Question

rich source of sandalwood in forest

Answer 1

Sandalwood is an evergreen tree that grows in Mysore and Coorg areas of Karnataka. The sale of its wood and its oil is by law a monopoly of the government.

Anyone can grow it. The only one you can sell it to is the govt.

Its been used since centuries for its oil by the Pharma industry and for ceremonial purposes. You can also carve things out of its wood.

Imagine a sandalwood statue of Cameron Diaz!

Its a semi-parasitic tree. It needs to grow 20–40 years for the characteristic smell to be produced. This means the host tree also has to last 40 years.

India has 150 host trees capable of supporting sandalwood. Therefore only India produces sandalwood and its products.

Mysore sandalwood factory is the first and largest plant in the world. Every unit of oil or by product that is produced has a govt. certificate vouchig for its genuineness.

They really ought to brand it as Alfred E. Newman’s Sandalwood Oil, Number 1 in a field of 1.

There are poor and adulterated substitutes for its oil from a tree called West Indian sandalwood. These are used by poor people.

Australia exports something that looks like sandalwood. It's the Irish moonshine of wood. Therefore all of it goes to China.

India has 9/10 th of the worlds supply sandalwood.

About 50% of the oil produced is exported to Germany, 20% to US, 20% UK and the rest go here and there with Cyndi Lauper.

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Answer 2

karnataka is the answer