Botanical Name : Caesalpinia sappan
Sanskrit name : Patang                        
English Name: sappanwood, false sandalwood, Indian redwood, samfen wood, sampfen wood
Family: Fabaceae

Description of Caesalpinia Sappan:
It is a small thorny tree indigenous to the Eastern and Western Asiatic Peninsulas, Pegu and Tenasserim, and is also cultivated in Central India. The leaves are large and abruptly bi-pinnate; the flowers being yellow and in axillary racemes; and the pods are oblong, flattened, nearly smooth and dehiscent or indehiscent. The wood yields a valuable red dye which is also prepared from the pods and from the bark.

Uses:
It possesses medicinal abilities as an anti-bacterial and for its anti-coagulant properties. It also produces a valued type of reddish dye called brazilin, used for dyeing fabric as well as making red paints and inks. The wood is somewhat lighter in color than Brazil wood and its other allies, but the same tinctorial principle appears to be common to all.

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