Wood Secang which in Latin language CAESALPINIA SAPPAN L, long since grown wild and is usually used for plant communities guardrail. Secang living in rocky mountainous areas that do not have too cold and the plant is living up to an altitude of 1000 m above sea level.Cup has a tree height of 5 to 10 m, has prickly stems and branches outboard that looks crooked and lying scattered. Cup-shaped sticks, brownish green. Double pinnate compound leaves, 25-40 cm long, 10-20 pairs of leaflets which was situated opposite. Children are not stemmed leaves, oval shaped, base rompang, rounded edges, flat edge and almost parallel, 10-25 mm long, 3-11 mm wide, green color. Panicle-shaped flowers are compound interest, out of the end of the shaft with a length of 10-40 cm, crown shape of a tube, the color yellow. The fruit pods, 8-10 cm long, 3-4 cm wide, beak-like tip contains 3-4 seeds, when ripe black. Seeds rounded elongated, 15-18 mm long, 8-1 1 mm wide, 5-7 mm thick, yellow-brown. Timber harvest can be done from age 1-2 years.
Wood cup has various properties, among others: as a dye in plaiting materials, cakes, drinks or as ink. Because the wood will give you a cup if boiled red young ivory. In addition to the above properties, the wood cup was also believed to cure various diseases. Some diseases can be treated are: Diarrhea, dysentery, tuberculosis, injuries, syphilis, dirty blood, dysentery, bruises bleeding, malaria, tetanus, tumors, inflammation of the lining of the eyes of lenders.
The content contained on the wooden cup:: Acid gallate, tannins, resins, resorsin, brasilin, brasilein, d-alpha-phellandrene, oscimene, essential oils. Leaf: 0.16% -0.20% volatile oil which smelled delicious and almost colorless, and has a pharmacological effect is to stop the bleeding, blood cleansing, detoxifying and as an antiseptic.
Secang we produce wooden handicraft with various forms, among others: flakes, bars, Muslim prayer beads, rosary, prayer beads buddha. we were able to work with various models of preference.
