Sandalwood: Someone comb me please

Meria

Meria

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Why is it so expensive?
what is it used for?
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Two vehicles transporting Sandalwood have been impounded along the Wamba -Maralal road at Lpus area. At the same time, three adult males have been arrested in relation to the consignment.

The two vehicles, registration numbers KCU 288H make Toyota Landcruiser, and KAN 158L make Mitsubishi Pajero were intercepted by Kenya Wildlife Service rangers from Wamba. They were loaded with about 1.7 tonnes of the endangered sandalwood tree species with an approximate market value of KSh. 4,250,000.

The three occupants of the vehicles namely Alex Yatich Kapyaimei, John Leiyan Mereiyapie and Dickson Kapyag’a are booked at the Wamba Police Station OB number 02/12/2020.
The case is now under police investigation.
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Traditional/Ethnobotanical uses
Sandalwood oil has a warm, woody odor and is commonly used as a fragrance in incense, cosmetics, perfumes, and soaps. It also is used as a flavor for foods and beverages. The wood has been valued in carving because of its dense character.

Sandalwood is a class of woods from trees in the genus Santalum. The woods are heavy, yellow, and fine-grained, and, unlike many other aromatic woods, they retain their fragrance for decades. Sandalwood oil is extracted from the woods for use. Sandalwood is the second-most expensive wood in the world, after African blackwood.[1][dubious – discuss] Both the wood and the oil produce a distinctive fragrance that has been highly valued for centuries. Consequently, species of these slow-growing trees have suffered overharvesting in past centuries.[2]
 
mZENDE said:
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Traditional/Ethnobotanical uses
Sandalwood oil has a warm, woody odor and is commonly used as a fragrance in incense, cosmetics, perfumes, and soaps. It also is used as a flavor for foods and beverages. The wood has been valued in carving because of its dense character.

Sandalwood is a class of woods from trees in the genus Santalum. The woods are heavy, yellow, and fine-grained, and, unlike many other aromatic woods, they retain their fragrance for decades. Sandalwood oil is extracted from the woods for use. Sandalwood is the second-most expensive wood in the world, after African blackwood.[1][dubious – discuss] Both the wood and the oil produce a distinctive fragrance that has been highly valued for centuries. Consequently, species of these slow-growing trees have suffered overharvesting in past centuries.[2]
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sande sana for info, would have used it for firewood bila kujua nachoma nini kaa ningepatana nayo. now i know.
no wonder inatoleagwo forest na trucks za police.
hawa majamaa walikataa kuchota kitu fresh ile waliambiwa wakasema kufa dereva kufa makanga
 
Mwalimu-G said:
Nilijua Tugen man hawezi kosa hapo...a former forester and MP from the community is the kingpin of that illegal trade.
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Mimi nikifanya we used to export to tanzania from mwingi and kitui sahii ukambani the tree is extinct .....years later some chinese rented a go down along likoni road and it was all legal until the kibaki government banned the trade. Sahii ni mchezo wa paka na panya with the authorities.
 
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