Barn Red Dye

Botanical Name - Pterocarpus Santal
Common Name - Red Sandalwood
Other Name - Laal Chandan, Sandal Red
Part Used - Sandal Wood
Uses - Textile Dyeing, Ayurvedic Medicine And Food Colour

Pterocarpus Santalinus, with its familiar names red sanders, red sandalwood, and saunderswood, is a species obtained from Pterocarpus endemic of the southern Eastern Ghats mountain range of South India. These are valued for producing rich bright red colour extracted from its wood. These are generally used as dye stuff for dyeing of Silk, Wool and Cotton fibre and fabrics. Shades can be adjusted accordingly by adding mordants to that. Alum and Stannous Chloride are used as pre-mordant and ammonia after baths provide Rich Red hue as a dye. It is renowned for its characteristic timber of exquisite colour and beauty. The red sandalwood has natural hue i.e. Santalin, which is used as colouring agent in pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs. Traditionally Pterocarpus Santalinus is used as herbal medicine as antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and anthelmintic.