Black Cutch
Acacia catechu
Also known as Cutch Tree, White kutch
About Black Cutch
Senegalia catechu, previously known as Acacia catechu, is a deciduous, thorny tree which grows up to 15 m (50 ft) in height. The plant is called kachu in Malay; the Malay name was Latinized to "catechu" in Linnaean taxonomy, as the species from which the extracts cutch and catechu are derived. Other common names for it include kher, catechu, cachou, cutchtree, black cutch, and black catechu. Senegalia catechu is native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, including the Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Cambodia and China (Yunnan). Through derivatives of the flavanols in its extracts, the species has lent its name to the important catechins, catechols and catecholamines of chemistry and biology.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acacia catechu
- Genus
- Acacia
- Family
- MIMOSACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Native to
- South Asia
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutone, Thailand, China, Taiwan. Introduced in Mauritius
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- खैर
- Nepali
- खयर
- Bengali
- খয়ের
- Tamil
- மாரோடம், செங்கருங்காலி
- Telugu
- కాచు, నల్లచండ్ర
- Kannada
- ಅಕೇಶಿಯ ಕ್ಯಾಟೆಚು
- Malayalam
- കരിങ്ങാലി, Acacia catechu, ഖദിര
- Marathi
- खैर
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
Black Cutch belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
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