Padhimugam / Sappan Wood (raw)

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 Padhimugam (Sappan Wood):-

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