Black catechu
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Scientific name
Acacia catechu (L.f.) Willd.
English Name
Black catechu
Malayalam name
കരിങ്ങാലി
Common name
Cutch Tree
Description
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Dry deciduous forests, also planted
- Leaves : opposite, paripinnate, sessile, stipels absent
- Flowers : small, cream-colored,have a faint, sweet fragrance
- Bark : thick, brownish-gray, and deeply fissured, giving it an aged, weather-beaten appearance.
How to use
- Asthma, bronchitis : The heartwood extract is also used in asthma, bronchitis
- The extract is used in tanning leather, dyeing fabrics, and as a medicinal astringent.
Uses
Asthma, bronchitis, colic, diarrhea, boils, skin afflictions
Parts used
Leaf, Root ,stem, Fruit
Conservation
Propagation & Cultivation
It is propagated through seeds.Collect mature seeds, scarify and soak them, sow in a fertile nursery bed, water regularly, transplant at 6–8 inches, provide care with watering, mulching, and protection, and monitor growth, pruning, and pest control until maturity in 3–4 years.
