Acacia chundra - Khadira

Khadira, Acacia chundra

Acacia chundra is a perennial, deciduous tree found in Asia, India and in the Indian Ocean area. It grows 12 to 15 metres in height.

Uses

Skin deseases.

Parts Used

Root, Bark, Leaves.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Kalu
Hindi	Khaira
Malayalam	Karingali,Kannali
Tamil	Karangali,Karangaali
Telugu	Podalianu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Khadirah
English	Red kutch,Red Ebony

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Bipinnate	Alternate	Leaves bipinnate, alternate, stipulate; stipular spines short, hooked to 8 mm; rachis 8-10 cm long, slender, grooved above, pulvinate, glabrous; pinnae 10-15 pairs opposite, even pinnate, 2-4 cm long, slender, with a gland at the base of lowest pair of pinnae and between 1-2 extreme pairs on upper side; leaflets 30-60, opposite, sessile, stipels absent; lamina 4-10 x 1-2 mm, linear-oblong, base unequally truncate, apex obtuse, margin entire, glabrous, chartaceous, midrib subcentral, lateral nerves obscure.

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	Axillary spikes	Yellowish white	Many	Flowers yellowish-white, 2 mm across, in axillary 1-3 clustered spikes shorter than leaves; calyx tube campanulate, 1 mm long, 5-lobed, glabrous; corolla three times as long as calyx, lobes linear-lanceolate, glabrous; stamens many, connate at base; ovary stipitate, falcate, upto 1.5 mm, glabrous; style filiform; stigma small, terminal.

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Pods	5-10 x 1.5-2 cm		Stipitate, flat, thin, glabrous, strongly nerved, obtuse at base, apically horned; suture wavy, depressed between seeds	6 - 8 seeds

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Cutch tree (Senegalia chundra) is generally not grown as an ornamental in Australia. However, it has occasionally been cultivated in botanical gardens in the past.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Open woodlands, Grasslands, Tropical area, Subtropical area.

Photo Gallery

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  Pods

External Links

• [https://www.indianmedicinalplants.info/herbs/index.php/a/1311-acacia-chundra-willd-khadirah-medicinal-uses-morphology-images-side-effects-pharmacology Acacia chundra on indianmedicinalplants.info

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• Acacia chundra on keyserver.lucidcentral.org