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{{stub}}[[File:Acacia chindra-1-ghat road-yercaud-salem-India.jpg|thumb|right|''Khadira'', ''Acacia chundra'']]'''Acacia chundra or Acacia catechu (Linn.f.) Willd.''' '''Family: Leguminosae''' is a perennial, deciduous moderate sized tree found in Asia, India and in the Indian Ocean area. It grows 12 to 15 metres in height. Found mostly in dry part of India.
<ref name="chemical composition"/>Catechin, catechu - tannic acid and tannin
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==Uses==
{{Uses|Skin deseases}}, {{Uses|Leukaemia}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Stomatatis}}, {{Uses|Sores}}, {{Uses|}}, {{.<ref name="Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}."/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|stemBark}}, {{Parts Used|leavesLeaves}}, {{Parts Used|RootHeartwood}}.
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Gayatri|en=Black catechu, Cutch tree, Red kutch,Red Ebony|guhi=Khaira|hiGu=Kher|kn=|ks=Kaggali, Kaggalinara, Kachinamara, Koggigida, Kach, Kempu jaali|ml=|mr=|pa=Karingali,Kannali|ta=Karangali,Karangaali|te=Podalianu}}
==Properties==
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta, Kashaya
===Guna===
Laghu, Ruksha
===Veerya===
Sheeta
===Vipaka===
Katu
===Karma===
Kaphapittahara, Raktashodhaka, Kusthaghna, Medohara, Krimighna, Dantya
===Prabhava===
NA
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|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}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Axillary spikes|Yellowish white|Many|Flowers are 2 mm across, in axillary 1-3 clustered spikes shorter than leaves, Flowering: June - December}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|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|Fruiting: June - December}}
===Other features===
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|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.
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Open woodlands}}, {{Commonly seen|Grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|Subtropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Acacia chundra (Rottler) Willd..JPG|FLowersFile:Acacia chundra-002.jpg|ThornsFile:Acaciachundra.jpg|FlowersFile:Acacia chundra-3-foot hill-yercaud-salem-India.jpg|Pods
</gallery>
<references>
<ref name="chemical compositionUses">["chemistry"]Kappathagudda - A Repertoire of Medicinal Plants of Gadag, Page no: 33</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">["morphology"https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31942 Morphology]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/senegalia_chundra.pdf Cultivation"]</ref>
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==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] * [ https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/senegalia_chundra.pdf Acacia chundra on keyserver.lucidcentral.org]* [ https://www.ipni.org/n/469951-1 Acacia catechu in The Internaltional Plant Name Index on ipni.org]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Fabaceae]]
