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 '''Acacia chundra or Acacia catechu (Linn.f.) Willd.''' '''Family: Leguminosae''' is a small thorny 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 forests around Bangalore. The pods are flat, wavy and shinypart of India.

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{{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|stemBark}}, {{Parts Used|leavesLeaves}}, {{Parts Used|RootHeartwood}}.

{{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}}

 Tikta, Kashaya

{{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, 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.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Flower|Bisexual|Axillary spikes|Yellowish white|manyMany|Flowers yellowish-white, are 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 linearFlowering: June -lanceolate, glabrous; stamens many, connate at base; ovary stipitate, falcate, upto 1.5 mm, glabrous; style filiform; stigma small, terminal.December}}

{{Fruit|Pods|5-10 x 1.5-2 cm|| stipitateStipitate, flat, thin, glabrous, strongly nerved, obtuse at base, apically horned; suture wavy, depressed between seeds|seeds ca.6, ovoid, greenish-brown.8 seeds|Fruiting: June - December}}

{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.

{{Commonly seen|Open woodlands}}, {{Commonly seen|Grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|Subtropical area}}.

<ref name="chemical compositionUses">["chemistry"]Kappathagudda - A Repertoire of Medicinal Plants of Gadag, Page no: 33</ref>

<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31942 "morphology"Morphology]</ref>

<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/senegalia_chundra.pdf Cultivation"]</ref>

* [ 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]