RED SANDERS
- October 12, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Environment
Context :Tamilnadu police seized red sanders liogs worth crores in Tiruvallur.
Concept:
About Red Sanders:
- Pterocarpus santalinus or Red Sanders is an endemic tree of South India
- They are found in Tropical Dry Deciduous forest of the Palakonda and Seshachalam hill ranges of Andhra Pradesh and also found in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
- Red Sanders usually grow in the rocky, degraded and fallow lands with Red Soil and hot and dry climate.
- IUCN has put it under the category of endangered species in the Red List due to the dwindling population because of illegal felling and smuggling.
- Its export is banned in India in accordance with the CITES and Wildlife Protection Act 1972.
- It is used for various purposes such as immunity medicine, furniture, radiation absorbent, musical instrument, food dyes and spices, Ayurveda and Siddha medicine, decorative and ornamental purposes etc.