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Caesalpinia sappan L.
Synonym
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Biancaea sappan
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Family
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Leguminosae
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Local name
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English- Brazil wood , Sappan wood
Malayalam- Chappangam, Pathimukam
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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August - December
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Distribution
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Indo-Malaysia
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Distribution
in kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Cultivated
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IUCN Status
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Least
concern
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Uses
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Bark
decoction relieves mild dysentery, diarrhoea, leprosy, skin diseases,
diabetes, bronchitis, wounds, erysipelas and goitre. Heartwood pieces are
boiled in water and used for drinking purposes.
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Key botanical characters :
Small Thorny
tree or recurred prickles. Leaves bipinnate, alternatebase oblique, obtuse,
emarginated, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; Flowers bisexual, yellow,
fragrant in supra-axillary and terminal racemes; sepals 5, unequal; petals 5,
orbicular, sub equal, with red spot at the. Fruit a podobliquely oblong,
black, glabrous; seeds black, oblong or ellipsoid.
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