red sandalwood

1a or red sanders or red sanderswood or red saunders :  a tree (Pterocarpus santalinus) of India and the East Indies b :  the hard durable fragrant timber of this tree that is much prized for cabinetwork —called also ruby wood c :  the dark red heartwood of red sandalwood used as a dyewood and for coloring tinctures and other liquid preparations

2 :  an East Indian tree (Adenanthera pavonina) much cultivated for ornament —called also bead tree, Barbados pride, coralwood — see circassian seed