English names:
Sappan wood, brazil-wood, bukkum wood.
Description:
Small tree, 5-7m. in height, with hard wood, brownish-red. Stems prickly. Young shoots tomentose, branches glabrous; covered with short spines. Leaves alternate, pinnate; leaflets trapeziform, glabrous above, tomentose beneath.
Inflorescence in terminal raceme; flowers yellow; peduncle clothed with a ferruginous tomentum. Pod compressed, with hard shell and sharp horn. Seeds yellowish-brown.
Flowering period:
April - June.
Distribution:
Grows wild in mountains and is cultivated in many places as a hedge plant
Parts used:
Trunk wood. The cutting can be done in autumn and winter. The wood is first cut into short fragments which are chopped into slices before drying.
Chemical composition:
The woody part contains brasilin and brasilein and an essential oil consisting of D - a - phellandrene, ocimene, tannin, gallic acid and saponin.
Therapeutic uses:
The trunk wood possesses antibacterial, demulcent and haemostatic properties. It is indicated for the treatment of bacillary dysentery, diarrhoea, intestinal and uterine haemorrhages, post-partum haematometra, contusions, wounds, dysmenorrhoea, colic, furunculosis, impetigo, leucorrhoea and parturient’s anaemia. It is administered in a dose of 6 to 12g per day as a decoction, liquid extract or pills. The concentrated decoction is used externally as a wash.
Source: Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (Institute of Materia Medica - HANOI - WHO/WPRO, 1990, 444 p.)
Sappan wood, brazil-wood, bukkum wood.
Description:
Small tree, 5-7m. in height, with hard wood, brownish-red. Stems prickly. Young shoots tomentose, branches glabrous; covered with short spines. Leaves alternate, pinnate; leaflets trapeziform, glabrous above, tomentose beneath.
Inflorescence in terminal raceme; flowers yellow; peduncle clothed with a ferruginous tomentum. Pod compressed, with hard shell and sharp horn. Seeds yellowish-brown.
Flowering period:
April - June.
Distribution:
Grows wild in mountains and is cultivated in many places as a hedge plant
Parts used:
Trunk wood. The cutting can be done in autumn and winter. The wood is first cut into short fragments which are chopped into slices before drying.
Chemical composition:
The woody part contains brasilin and brasilein and an essential oil consisting of D - a - phellandrene, ocimene, tannin, gallic acid and saponin.
Therapeutic uses:
The trunk wood possesses antibacterial, demulcent and haemostatic properties. It is indicated for the treatment of bacillary dysentery, diarrhoea, intestinal and uterine haemorrhages, post-partum haematometra, contusions, wounds, dysmenorrhoea, colic, furunculosis, impetigo, leucorrhoea and parturient’s anaemia. It is administered in a dose of 6 to 12g per day as a decoction, liquid extract or pills. The concentrated decoction is used externally as a wash.
Source: Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (Institute of Materia Medica - HANOI - WHO/WPRO, 1990, 444 p.)
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