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Acacia chundra - Khadira

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[[File:Acacia chindra-1-ghat road-yercaud-salem-India.jpg|thumb|right|''Khadira'', ''Acacia chundra'']]
'''Acacia chundraor 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.
==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==
<ref name="chemical composition"/>Catechin, catechu - tannic acid and tannin
==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, 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===
{{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===
{{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}}
===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==
<references>
<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>
</references>
==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]]

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