Sandelholz (Santelholz, Santalholz, lat. lignum santalinum, lignum santali, frz. bois de santal, English sandal wood) is a trade name for woods, which come from completely different trees. Under this name come two with different characteristics and uses, also from completely different tree-coming woods into the trade, first of all the red Sandelholz, a color wood, and secondly the white and yellow (latter both of the same tree) in the production country, the eastern Asia, when a precious probably smelling furniture wood and to are used, while in Europe only this latter application takes place. Red wood, which, partially at least, comes into which strongest blocks also Kaliaturholz is called, from a powerful tree with leguminous plants, Pterocarpus santalinus, which grows in the mountains of east India and Ceylons.

The wood comes both into blocks or Scheiten of 100 kg weight and more, and geraspelt and husbands in feinenwolligen fibers or in powder form into the trade; a particularly fine, impalpable pellet of screen end powder wirdFlugsandel mentioned. One uses the usual powder also for the production of the red The color more istdunkler or more brightly red, by air influence in the brown pulling. The wood is heavy, under-sinking in the water, rough and crossed running fibers and is with resin-shining channels pulled through. Of others it red-wood-differentiates itself by the fact that it delivers neither to cold, still to simmering water its coloring material. It can out that cut up wood by alcohol (with blood-red color) or alkaline caustic solutions (soda solution, violet) take off will. From the alkaline solution the coloring material can be struck down by acids; one can fix thus the color up textiles, if one soaks and then by a sour bath pulls her with that solution. But always is the color of wool going into the violet. Wool takes up however already the coloring material, despite its insolubility more inWasser, from the wood, if the fine powder with water and wool is cooked; the color is then purely red and will through additive of one pickles still more beautifully. One uses the Sandelholz also in connection with other wood coloring materials bronze and brown nuances on Wollstoffen. In addition alcoholic excerpts of the wood are particularly used for red-color-different Tinkturen, confectionery goods, The Sandelholz contains several coloring materials, crude ability test is the Santalin.

The white and yellow Sandelholz comes mainly from Santalum album, a tree, whose kind forms the type one-own small natural family (Santalaceen). It grows on Timor and unites other east Indian islands as on the coast of Koromandel, is also cultivated, since its wood is very searched and expensive. In addition will still an equivalent kind, freysinetianum, growing Santalum on the South Seas islands, aforementioned. When furniture wood uses, it has the preference/advantage that it is not turned on by worms.

On the uninhabited island belonging to the Pitcairnarchipel Henderson grows the endemic low shrubs Santalum insulare ranking among the hendersonensis.

Mainly Sandelholz is used around its Wohlgeruchs sake as smoking means and for The Chinese refer important quantities of the wood to perfumes and as utilizable wood; in addition it is for India and for Europe a always looked for commodity. The wood form-usually only poor-thick, 60-90 cm coming to us is enough, smoothly peeled Scheite, at which the split pin is yellow white-yellowish, that core. Eskommt in addition, wood from America of origin mentioned; it is to be assumed that the tree was transplanted there, perhaps up those westIndian islands, from east India, since the circumstances probably invite to such speculation. The wood is now mainly used, in order to distill the ethereal oil from it by letting direct steam go over that-cut up and in water wood poured. The yield is about 1 1 2%. It comes also oil-directly from east India. It is yellowish white, very high-viscosity and heavier than water; its strong smell finely and balsamisch, very long continuing and only in large dilution pleasantly. One particularly uses it and for the of soaps. (see also

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