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Pathanga, Caesalpinia sappan, Pattaranjaka

Sappan Wood is a small thorny tree, 6-9 m in height and 15-25 cm in trunk diameter with a few prickly branches. Biancaea sappan is a prickly, shrubby tree that can grow up to 20 metres tall, but is usually smaller.

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

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent), Madhura (Sweet)

Guna

Ruksha (Dry)

Veerya

Sheeta (cold)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Kapha, pitta

Prabhava

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

Vishatinduka Taila as root juice extract

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

References

External Links

[chemical_composition-1] "chemistry"

[Leaf-2] "flowers description"

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-3] "Cultivation Details"

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