Santalum Album Line (Sandalwood) is commonly known as Chandan or Srigandha. It is priced high for its oil and heart wood across the world. These woods are used as medicinal agents on a large scale in the manufacture of ayurvedic medicines.
But, all of the above plants are not quite competitive like the Indian Sandalwood and the Indian Sandalwood Chandan is in two different colors, White and Red.
COSTING AND PROFIT
Sandalwood is a semi root Parasite Plant. To grow well it will depend on a host plant. In the beginning we will provide Toordal.
In one acre land total plants be around 450. the distance from plant to plant is 10ft (10’*10’). The pits size 45cm*45cm*45cm. Water should not stagnate in pit. In summer we should provide water twice a week (2liters each plant) and Bio – fertilizer, weeding is necessary. After 3 to 4 years of cultivation it will starts flowering, by that time the formation of heart wood take place. After 12 years each plant may yield almost 10 to 25 kg of heart wood I.e., depend upon the growth of the tree. If we cultivate properly by 12 years the girth may around 60 cm at breast level. The oil content in root is 4% to 6% each year the growth will be 5cm.
RED SANDALWOOD HEART WOOD EXPECTED YIELD AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER TAKING 20% AS MORALITIES, THEFTS ETC.
No of sandalwood trees eligible for extraction 450 Tree / acre
Quantity of heart wood expected per tree-15 kgs
Average cost of sandalwood heart wood (Rs. 4000/ Kg) = 60,000 RS /TREE X 350 TREE
NET PROFIT WOULD BE MORE THAN Rs. 2,10,00,000/ Acre
(Approx.)
WHITE SANDALWOOD OIL EXCRETION EXPECTED YIELD AT THE AGE OF TWENTY YEARS AFTER TAKING 20% AS MORALITIES, THEFTS ETC.
2 LIT FROM ONE TREE ( COST IS 60,000 RS)/ LIT
No of sandalwood trees eligible for extraction 450 Tree / acre
RS 1,20,000 X 350 TREE = 4,20,00000 RS
NET PROFIT WILL BE 4,20,00000 (FOUR CRORE TWENTY LAKHS) plant nursery sandalwood plant nursery sandalwood seed supplier
