Caesalpinia sappan, Chappangam, Sappan wood, ചപ്പങ്ങം

Family: Fabaceae
Vernacular names: Chappangam, ചപ്പങ്ങം (Malayalam), Sappan wood (English), Patranga (Sanskrit), Patamg (Hindi), Patungam (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia
Description: Small trees, sparsely armed with short straight or recurved prickles. Leaves bipinnate, alternate. Flowers bisexual, yellow, in supra-axillary and terminal racemes. Fruit a pod, seeds black, oblong or ellipsoid.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Cultivated
Flowering & Fruiting: August-December

Parts used: Bark and heartwood
Properties & Uses: Astringent, refrigerant, depurative and sedative. Heartwood is used to treat ear pain, menstrual pain, to cure wounds, skin diseases, tuberculosis, diarrhea dysentery, blood vomiting. Bark decoction relieves mild dysentery, bronchitis, wounds and goiter. It is also used as a diuretic and blood purifier.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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