Host for the plant The tree is a semi-parasitic, it requires more than one host for its survival at different stages for obtaining nutrition and nitrogen fixation. According to few studies, tur dal (Cajanus cajan) is the best primary host nursery of sandalwood for better growth.

There are two colors of Sandalwood in India that are white, yellow, and red. The best part of this Chandan Tree Farming is that you can also grow these trees as an intercrop in Malabar Neem Plantation.

Growing sandalwood by individuals was banned until 2002. Today, we can grow the trees but it is illegal to cut and harvest the wood, use it or sell it in the open market. Permission is required from the state forest department, which sends its officials to cut the tree and buy the sandalwood.

It takes a whole long three decades before the Red Sandalwood tree develops its dense heartwood. Red sandalwood's bark does not have any smell, unlike white sandalwood. The heartwood can accumulate various earth elements like strontium cadmium, zinc, copper, and uranium.