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{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Caesalpinia bonduc&&Caesalpinia bonducella&&Guilandina bonducella&&Bonducella guilandina
|family=Leguminosae
|nameE=Nicker tree&&Bonduc tree&&Molucca Bean&&Nikkar nut&&Nichol seed tree
|habitat=tropical Asia&&Africa&&Indonesia&&Brazil
|partUsed=Semen Bonducellae = Semen Guilandinae (the kernels)
|constituent=bonducin, guilandina, fixed oil, bitter principle, sugar, albumen, starch, tannin,
|action=bitter tonic, antiperiodic, febrifuge, diuretic, antispasmodic, vermifuge. In Jamaica the seeds are roasted, whereby the bitterness is partly removed, and made into coffee, which is employed in diabetes
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Caesalpinia coriaria
|family=Leguminosae
|nameE=Dividibi
|habitat=South America&&West Indies
|partUsed=Semen Divi-Divi (the pod)
|constituent=tannin,
|action=astringent, antiperiodic, tonic, febrifuge, used for tanning
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Caesalpinia echinata (and other species)&&Guilandina echinata
|family=Leguminosae
|nameE=Brazil wood&&Peach-wood&&Pernambuco wood
|habitat=tropical America. India&&Ceylon
|partUsed=Lignum Fernambuci = Lignum brasiliense rubrum (the heartwood)
|constituent=brasilin (colouring matter), essential oil, tannin,
|action=astringent used in diarrhoea, dyeing and tanning material
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Caesalpinia sappan
|family=Leguminosae
|nameE=Sappan Wood&&Bukkum Wood
|habitat=India&&Indonesia (especially the island of Sumbawa)&&Cochin China&&Thailand
|partUsed=heartwood
|constituent=brasilin, gallic acid, tannic acid; sappan-red (red colouring matter) resembling haematoxylin,
|action=wood: used as a red dye. It is an excellent substitute for Logwood, although weaker. Medicinally, an infusion is used against vomiting blood, as a powerful astringent in diarrhoea, and as an emmenagogue
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Caesalpinia tinctoria
|family=Caesalpiniaceae
|nameE=Tara
|habitat=Brazil&&Peru
|partUsed=Semen Tara (the pods)
|action=used for tanning and dyeing
}}

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