The crop should be given sufficient amount of FYM for good growth and
harvest. One can apply 12-15 tons per acre.
Following are the functional uses; contact various pharma companies, ayurveda companies who manufactures related products for market.
Functional uses
Products
Fuel: The wood is used for firewood and its energy value is about 25 000 kJ/kg. Timber: The tree is the source of the commercial redwood or Brazilwood. Sapwood is white, heartwood makes up to 90 % of the total volume, is yellow or deep orange when fresh turning to dark red. The wood is straight grained with a fine to moderately fine texture, fairly heavy (600-780 kg/m³), hard and lustrous. It is difficult to dry and susceptible to warping and collapse, but moderately easy to work; it takes high finish and is tough and resistant to termite attack. It is used for inlaying work, cabinet making, violin bows and for walking sticks. Gum or resin: The stem produces a gum. Tannin or dyestuff: The heartwood yields a valuable red crystalline dye, brazilin, used on cotton, silk and wool fabrics. Bakam gives bright red and violet shades, and with garcine produces a chocolate tint. Bark and pods yield similar dyes, pods contain ca. 40% tannin used for production of light leather goods. Roots give a yellow dye. Essential oil: Leaves contain a pleasant smelling volatile oil. Medicine: A decoction of the wood is a powerful emmenagogue and, because of its tannic and gallic acids, is an astringent used in mild cases of dysentery and diarrhoea. It is also given internally for certain skin ailments. The sappan is given as a tonic to women after confinement and to relieve vomiting of blood. It is one of the ingredients in a mixture prescribed for malaria. The dried heartwood is widely used in oriental medicine, particularly against inflammation. Seeds serve as a sedative. Other products: Seeds are reported to contain trypsin and chymotrypsin inhibitors. Protosappanin A isolated from C. sappan heartwood has a mild sedative effect. Six 3-benzylchroman derivatives (isoflavonoids) were isolated from Sappan Lignum, the dried heartwood of C. sappan. Screening showed that the methanolic extract had significant anti-hypercholesteraemic activity. Brazilin (7,11b-dihydrobenzindeno-[1,2-d]pyran-3,6a,9,10(6H)-tetrol), the principle component of C.sappan has been found to exhibit hypoglycaemic properties and to increase glucose metabolism in diabetic rats.
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