Does sandalwood repel mosquitoes and is it harmful to the human body?

Sandalwood has a mosquito repellent effect, almost no harm to the human body.

Sandalwood is the heartwood of the sandalwood family. Small evergreen tree, 6 to 9 meters high, with parasitic roots. Distributed in India, Malaysia, Australia and Indonesia. China Taiwan is also cultivated. It can be harvested throughout the year. Sandalwood is known as the "tree of gold", because it is almost the whole body is treasure. After harvesting, it is cut into small pieces and the sapwood is removed. Sandalwood also has important medicinal value.

Sandalwood evergreen tree, about 10 meters high; bark brown, rough or longitudinal cracks; branches terete, grayish brown, striped, with most lenticels and semicircular leaf scars; multi-branched, young branches smooth and glabrous; branchlets long and thin, light green, slightly swollen internodes. Leaves opposite, leaves elliptic-ovate, membranous, 4-8 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, apex acute or subacute, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, ± decurrent, margin undulate, slightly deflexed, abaxially with white powder, glabrous.

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The sapwood of sandalwood trunk is white and odorless, and the heartwood is yellowish-brown with a strong aroma, which is a valuable medicinal herb and a precious spice, and is a good material for carving craft.

The reason why the sandalwood tree is known as the "tree of gold", because it is almost all treasure. And the economic value of each component is very high. Sandalwood's heartwood is a valuable traditional Chinese medicine. Sandalwood roots, the main trunk of broken material can be refined essential oil, sandalwood essential oil is commonly known as "liquid gold". Sandalwood tree crown of young technology and growth process of pruning down part of the branch is a high-grade incense products factory to buy raw materials.

Source: Baidu Encyclopedia - Sandalwood