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'''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|Skin deseases}}, {{Uses|Leukaemia}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Stomatatis}}, {{Uses|Sores}}.<ref name="Uses"/>

{{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Heartwood}}.

{{Common names|sa=KhadirahGayatri|en=Black catechu, Cutch tree, Red kutch,Red Ebony|hi=Khaira|Gu=Kher|kn=KaluKaggali, Kaggalinara, Kachinamara, Koggigida, Kach, Kempu jaali|ml=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|Many|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|| Stipitate, flat, thin, glabrous, strongly nerved, obtuse at base, apically horned; suture wavy, depressed between seeds|6 - 8 seeds|Fruiting: June - December}}

{{Commonly seen|Open woodlands}}, {{Commonly seen|Grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub-tropical 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"]</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]