Twenty Indian sandalwood (Santalum album L.) trees planted at Kununurra , Western Australia , were sampled for total oil yield and santalol content, at age 14 years. “Chips” (heartwood only) and “cores” (heartwood plus sapwood) were taken from each sandalwood stem at 30 cm and 100 cm from the base, and were anaylsed using solvent extraction. The mean total extractable oil yields were 2.9-3.4 % from chips, and 1.8-2.0 % from cores. The oil extracted from the chips contained 44.7-46.7 % a-santalol and 20.8-22.2 % ß-santalol.
The reason that many core samples have not been taken is that the plants are valuable and core sampling before 14 years of age is risking the life of the plant.
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