Acacia chundra
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. chundra |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia chundra (Rottler) Willd. |
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Acacia chundra is a perennial, deciduous tree found in Asia, India and in the Indian Ocean area. It grows 12 m to 15 m in height.[2]
Common names for it include Karangali, Kodalimurunkai, Lal Khair, Lal Khair, Rat Kihiriya and Red Cutch.
Its uses include chemical products, medicine and wood.
[edit] Uses
The wood is used for certain applications in shipbuilding.[3] The tree is used for timber, for cutch (catechutannic acid)[4] from its wood and for tannin. It is also used as food for bees.[5]
Kheersal is found as a white substance in the tree's wood. It has medicinal uses including to sooth infection and severe irritations of the skin.[4][dead link]
Cutch is sought after commercially as a dye and to preserve fabrics from weather, mildew and marine exposure.[4]
[edit] Conservation
A. chundra is "moderately threatened" and in India it is now necessary to get a permit before cutting this tree down.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS)
- ^ Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
- ^ FAO
- ^ a b c Cutch and Katha
- ^ Sources of Bee Forage in India
- ^ Biodiversity Information System Plants of Western Ghats
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