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

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Parts Used

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Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	kalu
Hindi	Khaira
Malayalam	Karingali,Kannali
Tamil	Karangali,Karangaali
Telugu	podalianu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
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

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Commonly seen growing in areas

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