Santalum album
The forests in Kanyakumari District has numerous high trees and large plants. Especially, the Kanyakumari forests has highly grown [[Santalum album|sandal]] trees, [[teak]] trees, [[rosewood]] trees, [[Wild Jack]] trees. There are also plenty of [[Herbal medicine|herbal]] plants. These plants, if used properly, can cure many diseases. Several private estates are in the forests. [[Piper (plant)|pepper]] and [[cloves]] are grown in large numbers in such estates. Totally the district's forests has some 600 varieties of large trees and another 3500 varieties of small trees.