Sappanwood. Rainbow wood (Caesalpinia sappan)

Family: Fabaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

A small, prickly, straggling tree.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

refreshing, due to the fragrance and colour it imparts. — A few drops of wood extract in drinking water is considered refreshing, due to the fragrance and colour it imparts.; The dye obtained from the wood is sometimes used to colour food.

Habitat & North American Range

Secondary forest; near roadsides; at the forest-edges; limestone hills. Grows mostly at low and medium altitudes in hilly areas with clayey soil and calcareous rocks. (Zone 10)