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This plant has many uses. It possesses medicinal abilities as an antibacterial and for its anticoagulant properties. It also produces a valued type of reddish dye called brazilin, used for dyeing fabric as well as making red paints and inks. Slivers of heartwood are used for making herbal drinking water in various regions, such as Kerala, and Central Java, where it's usually mixed with Ginger, Cinnamon and Clove. Heartwood also contains juglone (5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone), also an active antimicrobial principle.
 
This plant has many uses. It possesses medicinal abilities as an antibacterial and for its anticoagulant properties. It also produces a valued type of reddish dye called brazilin, used for dyeing fabric as well as making red paints and inks. Slivers of heartwood are used for making herbal drinking water in various regions, such as Kerala, and Central Java, where it's usually mixed with Ginger, Cinnamon and Clove. Heartwood also contains juglone (5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone), also an active antimicrobial principle.
  
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The wood is somewhat lighter in color than Brazilwood and its other allies, but the same tinctorial principle appears to be common to all. Sappanwood was a major trade good during the 17th century, when it was exported from Southeast Asian nations (especially Siam) aboard red seal ships to Japan.
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==Uses==
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{{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|tuberculosis}}, {{Uses|dysentery}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}.
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==Parts Used==
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{{Parts Used|Dried Folaige}}, {{Parts Used|Whole herb}}.
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==Chemical Composition==
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tectorigenin, sappanone, 3-deoxysappanone, sappanchalcone, 3-deoxysappanchalcone<ref name="chemical composition"/>
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==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn=Sappange|ml=Chappannam, Sappannam|sa=Patrangah, Patangah|ta=Sappamgu, Patamgam|te=Bakaruchakka|hi=Patamg, Bakam|en=Sappan Wood, Brazil wood}}
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==Habit==
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{{Habit|Tree}}
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==Identification==
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===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Simple|double-compound|alternately arranged, 20-45 cm long, 10-20 cm broad, with 8-16 pairs of up to 20 cm long side-stalks. Side-stalks are prickles at the base and with 10-20 pairs of oblong}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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===Flower===
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{{Flower|Unisexual|2-3 cm long|Yellow|5-20|Flowers Season is June - Augustand Stamens are waxy-white, filaments densely woolly at the base}}
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===Fruit===
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{{Fruit|woody pods||The heartwood which is used in medicine is light yellow when freshly cut, but it quickly changes to red|compressed with a hard recurved short beak|3-4 seeds}}
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===Other features===
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
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==Where to get the saplings==
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==Mode of Propagation==
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
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==How to plant/cultivate==
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Sappanwood succeeds in semi-arid to moist tropical regions<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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{{Commonly seen|Secondary forest}}, {{Commonly seen|near roadsides}}, {{Commonly seen|forest-edges}}, {{Commonly seen|limestone hills}}.
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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File:Odermennig.jpg
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File:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg
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Image:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg
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</gallery>
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==References==
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<references>
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20103344002 "cab direct"]</ref>
  
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== External Links ==
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<ref name="Leaf">[https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sappan%20Wood.html "flowers of india"]</ref>
  
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesalpinia_sappan Caesalpinia sappan-Wikipedia]
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Biancaea+sappan&redir=Caesalpinia+sappan "practical trophical palnts"]</ref>
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</references>
  
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==External Links==
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* [http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/720d7502e581a303c06359b8b1966470/58bd2e8442a2a5051298f936975ca8cd]
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* [https://www.bimbima.com/herbs/sappan-wood/3850/]
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* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286221634_Study_on_chemical_constituents_from_heartwood_of_Caesalpinia_sappan]
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* [https://www.globethesis.com/?t=2214330374458217]
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* [https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/np3003673]
 
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Pathanga, Caesalpinia sappan, Pattaranjaka

This plant has many uses. It possesses medicinal abilities as an antibacterial and for its anticoagulant properties. It also produces a valued type of reddish dye called brazilin, used for dyeing fabric as well as making red paints and inks. Slivers of heartwood are used for making herbal drinking water in various regions, such as Kerala, and Central Java, where it's usually mixed with Ginger, Cinnamon and Clove. Heartwood also contains juglone (5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone), also an active antimicrobial principle.

Uses

Wounds, tuberculosis, dysentery, Curing liver disorders, Skin eruptions, Pimples, Diarrhea.

Parts Used

Dried Folaige, Whole herb.

Chemical Composition

tectorigenin, sappanone, 3-deoxysappanone, sappanchalcone, 3-deoxysappanchalcone[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Sappange
Hindi Patamg, Bakam
Malayalam Chappannam, Sappannam
Tamil Sappamgu, Patamgam
Telugu Bakaruchakka
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Patrangah, Patangah
English Sappan Wood, Brazil wood


Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple double-compound alternately arranged, 20-45 cm long, 10-20 cm broad, with 8-16 pairs of up to 20 cm long side-stalks. Side-stalks are prickles at the base and with 10-20 pairs of oblong

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 2-3 cm long Yellow 5-20 Flowers Season is June - Augustand Stamens are waxy-white, filaments densely woolly at the base

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
woody pods The heartwood which is used in medicine is light yellow when freshly cut, but it quickly changes to red compressed with a hard recurved short beak 3-4 seeds {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Sappanwood succeeds in semi-arid to moist tropical regions[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Secondary forest, near roadsides, forest-edges, limestone hills.

Photo Gallery

  • Odermennig.jpg
  • Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg
  • Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg

References

  1. ↑ "cab direct"
  2. ↑ "flowers of india"
  3. ↑ "practical trophical palnts"

External Links

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