MEDICINAL USE OF THE SAGA TREE

This is the saga tree (Adenanthera pavonina L.) where we get all the lovely red bead-like saga seeds.  Do you know that in India the leaves are boiled and the water is used to treat rheumatism and gout?  The saga seeds which are pounded into powder form is used to treat boils, headaches and rheumatism.  Its wood is made into a tonic.  In Malaysia, the leaves are also used as herbal cures.

We have a few saga trees outside the workshops and there is always an abundance of saga seeds to be found on the ground.  In the above picture, Cikgu Fadlur is holding up a dried bean pod with some saga seeds.

Reference: http://wannura.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/saga-adenanthera-pavonina-l-merawat-reumatik-dan-gout/