SANDALWOOD KUPANG

Sandalwood has been used for centuries as incense. The aroma brings a calming sensation. It calms our mind, stabilizes our breath. It is often added to unscented liquid soaps and in foot massage creams for a soothing, strengthening and grounding effect. It has a woody, balsamic, and sweet scent. Sandalwood is also used as a moisturizer and antiseptic for skin problems. You can place a small amount on a warm cloth and use it as a compress for dry or dehydrated skin.

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Usage:

This oil is compatible with Benzoin, Bergamot, Black Pepper, Cedarwood, Copaiba Balsam, Coriander Seed, Fennel, Geranium, Kewra, Jasmine Sambac, Lemon, Mandarin, Myrrh, Neroli, Night flower jasmine, Nutmeg, Palmarosa, Patchouli , Rosewood, Rose Absolute, Rose Geranium, Tuberose and Vetiver.

Overview:

Botanical:

The sandalwood plant is a parasitic tree that belongs to the Santalaceae family. It can grow to a height of 12m. Sandalwood is the most expensive wood in the world and is used for oil extraction as well as many other benefits. The oil has a uniq sandalwood aroma.

A brief History:

Sandalwood (Santalum album L.) is a plant originating from Indonesia, specifically in the Outer Banda Arc of Islands (the southeast of Indonesia), mainly the islands of Timor and Sumba. The history of the sandalwood trade in the past supports the fact that sandalwood is a native plant in East Nusa Tenggara, especially on the islands of Timor and Sumba.

The existence of sandalwood that grows in India is related to the sandalwood trade in the past. It was imported to India, and developed in India in areas with climates and habitats such as in East Nusa Tenggara.

The oldest data on the sandalwood trade from the island of Timor was recorded in the 3rd century AD. It says that China was the main country that bought sandalwood. The earliest mentioned trade of sandalwood in Indonesia, is recorded from the Yuan Dynasty, in the 12th and 13th centuries. In 1436 during the Ming Dynasty, Hsing-cha Shenglan described the mountains on the island of Timor as being covered with sandalwood trees and this area produces no other wood apart from sandalwood. Indeed, Chinese trade at that time was very rapid; the ships used for this purpose weighed 1500 tonnes or more, much larger than any European fleet at the time. For example, the Vasco da Gama ship was almost 300 tons.

In the 15th century, China obtained sandalwood through the Malacca market. The Chinese market experienced a bleak period in the early 1800s with competition for sandalwood from India and with extensive logging in the Pacific Islands. The Chinese market experienced a temporary fix in 1890 and 1900 as Pacific supplies declined. The Hawaiian Islands and the Marquesa lose all their sandalwood trees within a few years; and in addition the demand from Europe increased.

Guillemard (1894) mentions that the Bugis then played an important role, controlling trade from Portuguese Timor (East Timor). A small-scale sandalwood trade also takes place with the Kisar and Leti residents of southwest Maluku who visit Wetar to obtain sandalwood and food ingredients. Since 1920, Flores has exported sandalwood, but Timor's broad sandalwood forest are nearly washed out. This is partly due to the discovery that sandalwood oil can also be extracted from its roots.

Sandalwood is an export commodity that is in demand by Chinese traders who come to trade to the island of Timor. Likewise, Portuguese traders also bought a lot of sandalwood since 1512 from the same island. In 1566 when the Portuguese built a fort on the island of Solor, the Dominican priest christianize the people of Flores, Lombok, Alor, Roti, and Timor. Therefore around the fort developed a community consisting of Mestizo-Timor pirates, Portuguese soldiers and sailors, and sandalwood traders from Macao and Malacca.

Usage History:

The wood is used as spices, incense ingredients, aromatherapy, perfume mixtures, and sangkur keris (warangka). Good wood can retain its aroma for centuries. Good wood can retain its aroma for centuries. It is said that in Sri Lanka this wood was used to embalm the bodies of the king's daughters since the 9th century.

In Indonesia, this wood is mostly found in East Nusa Tenggara, especially on Timor Island, although now it can also be found on Java Island and other Nusa Tenggara islands. Sandalwood is considered as an alternative medicine to bring people closer to God. Sandalwood base oil, which is very expensive in its pure form, is used primarily for Ayurvedic healing, and for relieving anxiety.