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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Caesalpinia sappan

Common Name
Setjang; Verzino; Soga jawa; Su Fang Mu; Sechang; Soo Mook; Sepang; Tjatjang; Brasilete

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Antiseptic Java *
Astringent Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Astringent Elsewhere *
Contusion China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Depurative Java *
Diarrhea Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Dysentery China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Dysentery Elsewhere *
Dysmenorrhea China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Emmenagogue Java *
Emmenagogue China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Enterorrhagia China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Flux China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Hematemesis Malaya *
Hematemesis China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hemorrhage China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Hemostat China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Mastalgia Malaya *