Welcome to the picture gallery of Marayoor's unique Sandal forest and storage.
In this section you will find pictures
of Sandalwood forest and recorded sandalwood storage. Marayoor is famous for its
natural sandalwood grown in
natural abundance and it is one of the rarest places where natural sandal forest
can be seen. There is a sandalwood
depot near Marayoor town where sandalwood is being processed. Sandalwood or
Santalum album is a parasitic tree of having fragrant and close-grained
yellowish heartwood. Indian sandalwood is endangered and comparatively very
expensive. Sandalwood oil, otherwise called the ‘liquid gold’ is extracted from
the roots and wood of sandalwood. This oil is a costly item marketed at a few
choosy outlets all over the state. Less rainfall is suitable for the growth of
best sandalwood trees from which good quality oil can be extracted
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