Ecology
What this tree does for the land
Slow-growing, high-value hardwood endemic to the region's dry hills.
Income-bearing species
🪵 Red Sandalwood · செஞ்சந்தனம்
Senchandanam — A 30-year heritage timber — the flagship long-horizon asset.
Traditional uses
What this tree gives
- •Heritage timber
- •Craft
- •Long-horizon asset
Community income
What a tree earns
Cumulative income a village guardian or co-op can draw from one tree of this species, at each horizon.
5 years
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per tree, cumulative
10 years
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per tree, cumulative
20 years
₹1.50 L
per tree, cumulative
A generational asset — real value arrives at year 20–30.
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