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khadira - Acacia catechu Willd.

khadira - Acacia catechu Willd. -

khadira :

khadira : Acacia catechu Willd.

Medium sized thorny deciduous tree grows up to 13 meters in height. Leaves bipinnately compound, leaflets 30-50 paired, main rachis pubescent, with large conspicuous gland near the middle of the rachis. Flowers pale yellow, sessile, found in axillary spikes. Fruits flat brown pods, with triangular beak at the apex, shiny, narrowed at base. Seeds 3-10 per pod. The gummy extract of the wood is called kath or cutch.

Taxonomical Classification

VERNACULAR NAMES

English: black catechu, cutch tree, Dark catechu,
Hindi: Khair
Urdu: Khair
Malayalam: Karingali

Synonyms

Synonyms in Ayurveda: khadira, balpatra, kantaki, dantadhavan, kushthari, bahushalya, bahusar, madhya, kushthaghna, irimed

Rasa: Kashaya Tikta
Guna: Laghu Ruksha
Veerya: Sheetha
Vipaka: Katu

Parts used for medicinal purpose

Bark, Heart wood (Kanda Sara), ,

Morphology:

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Therapeutic Uses:

Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, kapha, skin diseases, cough, pruritus, and obesity. Useful in tooth ache, increases the strength of teeth.

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