Plant Details

Accepted name:: Biancaea sappan (L.) Tod. [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
anaikuntrumani	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
baggam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bakaanu chekka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bakam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bakam-i-kirmyz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bakamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bakanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bakanu-chekka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bakapu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bakarucakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bakaruchakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bakasu chekka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bakkapu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bakkapu-chekka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bakkom	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baqam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
baqqam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baqum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bharyavriksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bois de sappan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bokom	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
brasil-wood	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
brasilete	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
brazil wood	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brazil-wood	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
bukkamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bukkapu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bukkapuchettu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bukkum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bukkum wood	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
caesalpiniae lignum	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
caesalpiniae sappanis lignum	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
campêche sappan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cappan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cappanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cappanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cappanki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cappannam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cayamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cemmaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chapenga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chappanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chappanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chappannam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chì mù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ciyapankam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fang daeng	Other	Med. Pl. of Lao P.D.R. (Sydara et al., 2014)
fang deng	Other	Trade Liberal. in Med. Pl. & Spices, Lao (Sydara, 2007)
farng daeng	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
hóng chái	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
indian redwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
isiapangam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
isiyapangam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
japan wood	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
kaparimaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapuramaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kashtha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayu secang	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
kayusecang	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010)
kuchandana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lignum sappan	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
lohitaranga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
okaanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
okanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
okanu-katta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padangam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pagang	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
parthangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patamg	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patamgam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patang	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
patang-ki-lakri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
patanga-chekke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patanga-katta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patangachekke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patangada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patangah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patangam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
patangi	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
patankam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patankan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pataranjaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pathagi	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
pathang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pathanga	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pathanga chakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pathanga chakke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pathangada mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pathangee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pathangi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
pathimugam	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
pathranga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patranga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patrangah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patrangam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patrāṅga	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pattang	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pattanga	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pattanki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pattaranga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pattaranjaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pattaranjakah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pattaṅga (heart wood)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pattraanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pattranya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pattura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patunga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patungam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paṭṭaṅga	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
raktaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktasaara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
raktasar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ranjana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rogakashtha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ruktamukta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sapan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sapan wood	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
sapangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sappab wood	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sappamgu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sappan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sappan lignum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
sappan tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sappan wood	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
sappan wood tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sappanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sappangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sappannam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sappanwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sbaeng	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
sechang	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sepang	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seramak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
setjang	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
soga jawa	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
soo mook	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
su fang mu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
su mu	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
sumu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
suranga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
surangada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sū fāng mù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sū mù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tairi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tjatjang	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
tsiapangum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsja-pangan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsjampangam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varatanci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varattangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vartangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varttankikkattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vattangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vattankikattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vattekku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatunghe cuttay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verzino	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
vetteku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vurthingi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
بقّم	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
පතඟි	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ソボク	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
红柴	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苏方木	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苏木	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
蘇木	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
赤木	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
wood	dried heart wood	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
heartwood	dried heartwood	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Heartwood		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Stem		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Aerial parts		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Bark, Heartwood, Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Heart wood		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
heart wood	dried heart wood	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leaves, roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
stem wood		Med. Pl. of Lao P.D.R. (Sydara et al., 2014)
heartwood, stem, wood	OIL	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root, stem-heartwood	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
wood, heartwood		ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
	shavings, pieces of wood	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
duramen		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
trunk wood		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
heartwood		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
wood	dried heart wood	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
duramen	duramen	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
wood	dried heartwood	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pith		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
Wood (Heartwood)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
wood		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
wood		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
heartwood		Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Caesalpinia sappan L. Sp. Pl.: 381 (1753).
Caesalpinia angustifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 326 (1796).
Caesalpinia sapang Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 12 (1790), orth. var.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Biancaea sappan (L.) Tod.	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Caesalphina sappan Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Caesalpina sappan Linné	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
Caesalpinia sappan	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Caesalpinia sappan L.	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of Lao P.D.R. (Sydara et al., 2014) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Caesalpinia sappan Linn	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Caesalpinia sappan Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trade Liberal. in Med. Pl. & Spices, Lao (Sydara, 2007)
Caesalpinia sappan Linne	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Caesalpinia sappan Linné	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Coesalina sappan L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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