Sandalwood, also known as sandalwood, is an ancient and mysterious rare tree species, semi-parasitic evergreen trees. It is unique in that there are thousands of "suction cups" on the fibrous roots of Qian Qian. These "suckers" are tightly attached to the host plants, robbing them of water, inorganic salts and other nutrients. Although the roots of sandalwood trees also absorb a small amount of nutrients from the soil, they mainly survive by plundering and exploiting the nutrients of host plants. Sandalwood is native to southern India and Timor Island in Indonesia. Sandalwood trees grow very slowly and generally take decades to mature. Sandalwood has been imported from China for 1000 years. Sandalwood has a wide range of uses and high economic value, integrating fragrance, medicine and wood plants. The distilled sandalwood, sandalwood resin and sandalwood oil can be used in traditional Chinese medicine, carving crafts and high-grade cosmetics. Known as the "holy tree" in the religious field; Known as the "God of Wealth Tree" in Feng Shui; Historically, it was called the "Royal Tree" because it symbolized power and status. In modern market economy, it is called "golden tree", and in Australia, it is called "cash cow".
Semi-parasitic tree species like tropical and subtropical climates. It can withstand the low temperature of 0 ~ 2℃ and overwinter safely under the condition of short-term frost. It is suitable to grow in hilly areas with altitude of 600 ~ 1000m, annual rainfall of 600~2000mm and annual average temperature of 10 ~ 35℃. Like light, not tolerant of shade, more tolerant of drought, and avoid water. It grows well on acidic red soil, yellow soil or alluvial sandy soil along the river, avoiding clay, and growing slowly on dry gravel soil, but the heartwood has high oil content; It grows rapidly in loose and fertile soil, but the quality of heartwood is poor. Location: East India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Australia, Fiji and other hot and humid areas. Sandalwood is planted in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Fujian and other provinces in China. It is required that the climate zone is south of the Tropic of Cancer, with an average temperature ≥ 10℃, accumulated temperature reaching 60℃, no snow and severe frost in winter, and the average minimum temperature for many years not lower than 0℃.