Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: red sandalwood, red sanders, saunderswood

Family: Fabaceae (Pea)

Distribution: India

IUCN Red list: Endangered

Comments: In India sandalwood is one main and lucrative market for smugglers, as a high price is paid for this wood in China. Since the exporting of sandalwood is illegal in India, the underground market is growing and there are a number of arrests every year of those trying to smuggle this wood to China.