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Fabaceae

Sappanwood

Biancaea sappan (L.) Tod.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Biancaea

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Sappanwood (Biancaea sappan)
FruitPhoto: Utain Pummarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (32)
Arabic
بقم هندي, بقم
azb
ساپان آغاجی
Azerbaijani
Sappan sezalpiniyası
Burmese
တိန်းညက်ပင်
Cantonese
蘇木, C. sappan, Sapan wood, Sappan wood, Sappanwood
Chinese
苏木, 蘇木, 苏方, 苏方木, 苏枋, 苏枋木, 蘇方木, 天成沙
Czech
Sapan obecný
Danish
Sappantræ
English
Sappanwood, Indian redwood, Sappan
Hindi
पत्रंग, सीसालपिनिया सप्पन
Indonesian
Secang, Sepang
Japanese
スオウ, スボク, ソボク, 蘇方, 蘇枋, 蘇芳
Javanese
Secang
Kannada
ಕೆಸಾಲಿವನಿಯಾ, ಔಷಧೀಯ ಸಸ್ಯ
Korean
소목
lzh
蘇方木
Malay
Pokok Sepang
Malayalam
കുചന്ദനം, Sappanwood, ചപ്പങ്ങം, പതംഗം, പതിമുകം, പതിമുഖം
Marathi
पतंग
min
Cacang
Norwegian Bokmål
Sappantre
Persian
درخت ساپان
Polish
Brezylka sappan
Sanskrit
पट्टरङ्ग
Slovenian
Sapan
Spanish
Brasilere
Sundanese
Secang
Swedish
Sappan
Tamil
பதிமுகம், பதாங்கம்
tcy
ಪದಿಮುಖ
Thai
ฝาง
Vietnamese
Tô mộc

Synonyms

  • Caesalpinia angustifolia Salisb.
  • Caesalpinia sapang Noronha
  • Caesalpinia sappan L.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.