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Caesalpinia sappan - Pathanga

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[[File:Caesalpinia sappan1.jpg|thumb|right|''Pathanga'', ''Caesalpinia sappan'', ''Pattaranjaka'']]
'''Sappan Wood''' is a small thorny tree. It is having 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==
{{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Tuberculosis}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}.
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==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Dried folaige}}, 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{{Parts Used|Whole herb}}.
The wood is somewhat lighter in color than Brazilwood and its other allies==Chemical Composition==tectorigenin, but the same tinctorial principle appears to be common to all. Sappanwood was a major trade good during the 17th centurysappanone, when it was exported from Southeast Asian nations (especially Siam) aboard red seal ships to Japan.3-deoxysappanone, sappanchalcone, 3-deoxysappanchalcone<ref name="chemical composition"/>
== External Links Common names=={{Common names|kn=Sappange|ml=Chappannam, Sappannam|sa=Patrangah, Patangah|ta=Sappamgu, Patamgam|te=Bakaruchakka|hi=Patamg, Bakam|en=Sappan Wood, Brazil wood}}
*[https==Properties==Reference://enDravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesalpinia_sappan Caesalpinia sappan-Wikipedia]===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent), Madhura (Sweet)
===Guna===
Ruksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Kapha, pitta
===Prabhava===
 
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
 
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{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"/>
 
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-3 cm long|Yellow|5-20|Flowers Season is June - Augustand Stamens are waxy-white, filaments densely woolly at the base}}
 
===Fruit===
{{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}}
 
===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==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
 
==How to plant/cultivate==
Sappanwood succeeds in semi-arid to moist tropical regions<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Secondary forest}}, {{Commonly seen|Near roadsides}}, {{Commonly seen|Forest-edges}}, {{Commonly seen|Limestone hills}}.
 
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
Biancaea sappan flower bud.jpg|Flower
Biancaea sappan flower bunch.jpg|Buds
പതിമുഖം (തടി).jpg|Stem
പതിമുഖം- ഇല.JPG|Leaves
Caesalpinia sappan1.jpg|Pods
Caesalpinia sappan flowers 10.JPG|Flower
പതിമുഖം-മരം.JPG|Whole tree
 
 
</gallery>
 
==References==
 
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20103344002 Chemistry"]</ref>
 
<ref name="Leaf">[https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sappan%20Wood.html Flowers description]</ref>
 
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Biancaea+sappan&redir=Caesalpinia+sappan Cultivation Details]</ref>
</references>
 
==External Links==
* [http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/720d7502e581a303c06359b8b1966470/58bd2e8442a2a5051298f936975ca8cd Caesalpinia sappan on envis centre on medicinal plants]
* [https://www.bimbima.com/herbs/sappan-wood/3850/ Caesalpinia sappan Information, Uses and Warnings]
* [https://www.globethesis.com/?t=2214330374458217Study On Chemical Constituents Of Caesalpinia Sappan L.]
* [https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/np3003673 Phenolic Compounds from Caesalpinia sappan Heartwood]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
[[Category:Fabaceae]]
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