SAPAN-WOOD, Cmsalpinia sapan.
LoIan, . . . AmBOYN. I Samya, Roro, MOLUCCAS. Su-fang-mu, Su-muh, Cm. I Patonga, . . . . SANSIC. Puttung, Bukkum, HIND. Sibukas, . . . TAGALA. Sachang, . . . . JAV. Isiapungutn, . . TAM. Sapan, . . . MALAY. Vattanghy, . . . „ 1 The product of Cmsalpinia sapan, a thorny tree indigenous to Siam, Pegu, the Philippine Islands, Tenasserim, Bengal, throughout the Archipelago, in the south of India, in Tanjore, Travancore, Goa, and Cuddapah, and abundant in the Western, Southern, and Central Provinces of Ceylon. It is fit for cutting when about five years old, at which time it attains a height of 10 or 12 feet. The valley of the Tenasserim, between the latitudes of Tavoy city and the mouth of the Tavoy river, and the hills that border the valley on the eastern side, abound in sapan-wood. The tree has a wide range, the Karens say, on the Meinam side of.the mountain in Siam, and is abundant in the island of Sumbawa, and in the provinces of Ilolo in Panay, and Paugasinan in the great island of Luzon. In Siam it sells at 5s. 6d. per 133Ilbs. ;
in the Philippine Islands at 9s. 5d. per 133* lbs. Sapan-wood is the logwood of the Archipelago, whence it was formerly exported in large quan tities to. Europe and America. A red dye is made from an aqueous extract of the chips, but it is not reported to be a fast colour, and is principally used for common and cheap cloths. It is precipitated dark brown with iron, and red with alum. The wood contains much gallic and tannic acids, and is a substitute for logwood, though weaker. —Faulkner ; Simmonds' Diet.; Tredqold ; M. E. of 1855 ; Mason ; Crawfurd. ' SAPEC, in Japan a cash, about the 5200th of a dollar. A Tartar money of account, equal to about 5d. sterling.