Pterocarpus Oils

#### Pterocarpus Oils. See also **Sandalwood**** ****Oil**. It should be mentioned briefly in this work that the so-called "red sandalwood" is derived from the small tree **Pterocarpus Santalinus **(mainly in India) and that the wood is not fragrant. It does not yield an essential oil upon steam distillation, and it is not used in perfumery or flavor creation. The powdered wood is used as a red colorant in food products, particularly in canned food and spice mixtures, sauces, etc. Among the countless sorts of so-called "rose- wood" for furniture, etc. is also the "**African**** ****Rosewood**" from the West African tree, **Pterocarpus Erinaceus**. This wood is faintly fragrant, but it is not used for the distillation of perfume oil to the author's knowledge. See monograph on **Bois de Rose Oil**. The author has seen a great number of Pterocarpus species, many of which have fragrant wood in Madagascar, in East Africa (Tanganyika), and along the West African coast to the savannas of Senegal. The French botanical expert, R.-L. Joly, has reported on a number of these interesting African trees in French perfumery literature during the past two decades. ---