Sandalwood 's the name for several fragrant woods. From the Sanskrit candanam the name's borrowed as the Greek sandanon. The local name in Indonesia and Malaysia's "Cendana" (pronounced approximately /tʃəndаna/ in IPA). In Kannada it's Sri Gandha and in Hindi it's Chandan. In Tamil it's called "santhanham" (சந்தணம்) and In Telugu it's called as "Ghandam". In the strict sense these are woods yielded by trees in the genus Santalum (sandalw… (More on Sandalwood)