苏木Caesalpinia sappan

中文名(Chinese Name):苏木
学名(Scientific Name):Caesalpinia sappan L.
英文名(English Common Name):
别名(Chinese Common Name):苏方木、苏方
异名(Synonym):Biancaea sappan (L.)Tod.
科属(Family & Genus):云实科,Caesalpiniaceae云实属
形态特征(Description):小乔木,高达6米,具疏刺,除老枝、叶下面和荚果外,多少被细柔毛;枝上的皮孔密而显著。二回羽状复叶长30-45厘米;羽片7-13对,对生,长8-12厘米,小叶10-17对,紧靠,无柄,小叶片纸质,长圆形至长圆状菱形,长1-2厘米,宽5-7毫米,先端微缺,基部歪斜,以斜角着生于羽轴上;侧脉纤细,在两面明显,至边缘附近连结。圆锥花序顶生或腋生,长约与叶相等;苞片大,披针形,早落;花梗长15毫米,被细柔毛;花托浅钟形;萼片5,稍不等,下面一片比其他的大,呈兜状;花瓣黄色,阔倒卵形,长约9毫米,最上面一片基部带粉红色,具柄;雄蕊稍伸出,花丝下部密被柔毛;子房被灰色绒毛,具柄,花柱细长,被毛,柱头截平。荚果木质,稍压扁,近长圆形至长圆状倒卵形,长约7厘米,宽3.5-4厘米,基部稍狭,先端斜向截平,上角有外弯或上翘的硬喙,不开裂,红棕色,有光泽;种子3-4颗,长圆形,稍扁,浅褐色。花期5-10月;果期7月至翌年3月。
分布(Distribution):我国云南、贵州、四川、广西、广东、福建和台湾省有栽培,云南有野生。印度、缅甸、越南、马来半岛及斯里兰卡也有。
用途(Use):心材入药,为清血剂,有祛痰、止痛、活血、散风之功效。近年来云南植物研究所从苏木的心材中提取一种苏木素,可用于生物制片的染色,效果不亚于进口的巴西苏木素。本种边材黄色微红,心材赭褐色,纹理斜,结构细,材质坚重,有光泽,干燥后少开裂,为细木 工用材。
引自植物志英文版:FOC Vol. 10 Page 42, 45
Caesalpinia sappan Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 381. 1753.
苏木 su mu | Fabaceae  | Caesalpinia
Trees, small, to 6 m tall, ± puberulent except on old branches and legumes. Branches with dense, conspicuous lenti­cels. Leaves 30-45 cm; pinnae 7-13 pairs, opposite, 8-12 cm; leaflets 10-17 pairs, closely spaced, sessile, oblong to oblong-rhombic, 1-2 cm × 5-7 mm, papery, both surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy, lateral veins slender, conspicuous on both sur­faces, contiguous near margin, base oblique, inserted at oblique angles to rachis of pinnae, apex retuse or rounded. Panicles ter­minal or axillary, ca. as long as leaves; bracts caducous, lan­ceolate, large. Pedicels ca. 1.5 cm, puberulent. Receptacle shal­lowly campanulate. Sepals 5, slightly unequal, lower one larger than others, cucullate. Petals yellow, broadly obovate, ca. 9 mm, uppermost one entire at apex, tinged pink at base, clawed. Stamens slightly exserted; filaments densely pubescent at lower part. Ovary grayish velutinous, stalked, 3-6-ovuled; style slen­der, hairy; stigma truncate. Legume reddish brown, shiny, slightly compressed, suboblong to oblong-obovoid, ca. 7 × 3.5-4 cm, woody, attenuate to base, apex obliquely truncate, upper margin with a sharp beak. Seeds 3 or 4, light brown, slightly compressed, oblong. Fl. May-Oct, fr. Jul-Mar. 2n = 24.
Cultivated in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Si­chuan, Taiwan, Yunnan [native origin unknown; Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Vietnam; Africa, America].
The heartwood contains a red dye and is used medicinally to re­lieve pain.
苏木Caesalpinia sappan

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