Biancaea sappan seed
LATIN NAME: Biancaea sappan
COMMON NAME: Sappanwood
The sappanwood is the red-hearted tree of the warm East, and the heartwood has dyed the cloth and the ink of the old courts. The small, spiny, deciduous tree carries the bipinnate leaves and the dense clusters of the small, yellow flowers through the warm season, to be followed by the flat, brown pods. The heartwood has a very long record as the fine, red dye of the old practice, and the tree is a fine, historic presence of the warm garden and the study border. It is a tree of the open, sunny, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The sappanwood is a red, historic subject of the plant science, and the red heartwood keeps showing up in the work on the dye plants. The chemistry of the heartwood, which carries the brazilin pigment of the old red dye, has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the natural dyes, the historic pigment plants and the members of the pea family. The bipinnate leaves and the dense, yellow clusters have also made it a fine garden tree, and the sappanwood is a regular subject of the work on the red dye woods of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The sappanwood is a fine, historic tree of the warm garden and the study border. The heartwood has a very long record as the fine, red dye of the old practice, colouring the cloth, the ink and the lacquer of the old courts, and the same red heartwood still gives the natural dyers their fine, clear red. The dense clusters of the small, yellow flowers open through the warm season, drawing the bees, and the tree is one of the fine choices for the warm garden, the dye garden and the study collection. It has been written up in the textile and the botanical papers for the red dye and the very long history, and it is a fine, long-lived tree of the open, sunny, well-drained garden.
The sappanwood is one of the historic dye woods of the warm East, and the red heartwood has coloured the cloth and the ink of the old courts. The dense clusters of the yellow flowers draw the bees.
To grow the sappanwood from seed, sow the small, flat seeds into pots of moist, free-draining soil, in the warmth, keep the pots in a bright spot and water gently. The seedlings show themselves within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun, the warmth and the well-drained ground, the yellow clusters will come through the warm season.
Biancaea sappan / Karingali / Pathimugam / Sappan wood / Brezel wood
Pathimugam or Indian red wood soaked in water is a popular thirst quencher in Kerala. The bark of the tree is used to attain medicinal benefits. The healing water that turns light pink in color is used as a cure for kidney disorders, skin diseases, cholesterol, blood purification and diabetes
How to plant:
Soak the seeds in water over night and bury 5 cm under the soil. Do very little watering (Mist watering) regularly. The seeds will germinate within 3 months.