{"id":17080,"date":"2026-02-22T11:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T05:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=17080"},"modified":"2026-02-22T12:49:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T07:19:41","slug":"red-sanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/red-sanders\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sanders"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Red Sanders Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, forest officials said that the busy Tirupati pilgrimage route makes Red Sanders smuggling easy in south Andhra Pradesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Red Sanders<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sanders Pterocarpus santalinus, or Red Sandalwood, is an <\/span><b>endemic tree species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with distribution restricted to the Eastern<\/span><b> Ghats of India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Required Climatic Conditions:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It usually grows in rocky, degraded and fallow lands with Red Soil and a hot and dry climate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Characteristics of\u00a0 Red Sanders<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species is also fire-hardy and <\/span><b>resistant to droughts.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Maturity:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It <\/span><b>takes 25-40 years to reach maturity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> being a slow-growing species.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Red Sanders <\/span><b>wood is a bit brittle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when compared to other timber such as teak.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Applications<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>&#8216;Santalin&#8217;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a natural dye <\/span><b>obtained from its heartwood<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is used in <\/span><b>pharmaceutical <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">preparations, <\/span><b>food articles, leather, and textile industries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wood can be used for the <\/span><b>perfume industry, medicinal purposes.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Threats:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has been under heavy threat due to its high commercial value, leading to rampant smuggling.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Conservation Status of\u00a0 Red Sanders<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>IUCN:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Endangered<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>CITES:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Appendix II<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Schedule IV<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/forests\/busy-tirupati-pilgrimage-route-makes-red-sanders-smuggling-easy-in-south-andhra-pradesh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DTE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Sanders (Red Sandalwood) is an endemic tree of India\u2019s Eastern Ghats, thriving in rocky red soils under hot, dry climatic conditions. 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