Padhimugam / Sappan Wood (Raw) – 100 gm

Padhimugam / Sappan Wood (Raw) – 100 gm

Botanical Name : Caesalpinia sappan
English Name : Sappan Wood
Tamil Name : Padhimugam

About :
Sappan Wood is a small thorny tree, 6-9 m in height and 15-25 cm in trunk diameter with a few prickly branches. Side-stalks are prickles at the base and with 10-20 pairs of oblong, very oblique at base, rounded to notch at the tip. Yellow flowers are borne panicles in leaf axils and at the end of branches. Flowers fragrant, 2-3 cm long, 5-merous. Stamens are waxy-white, filaments densely woolly at the base. Fruits are woody pods, compressed with a hard recurved short beak, with 3-4 seeds.

Benefits :
It is used as a Water Purifier
It Controls Blood Pressure
It is good against Piles
Cholesterol Control
Indigestion
Diabetes