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|image = Acaciachundra.jpg<br />
|genus = Senegalia<br />
|species = chundra<br />
|authority = ([[Roxb.]] ex [[Rottler]]) Maslin <br />
|range_map = Acacia-chundra-range-map.png<br />
|range_map_caption = Range of ''Senegalia chundra''<br />
|synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?sciname=Acacia+chundra International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS)]</ref><br />
|synonyms = * ''Acacia catechu'' <small>(Rottler) [[Carl Ludwig Willdenow|Willd.]]</small><br />
* ''Acacia catechu'' <small>''auct. non'' Willd.</small><br />
* ''Acacia catechu'' <small>([[L.f.]]) Willd. [[var.]] ''sundra'' (Roxb.) [[Prain]]</small><br />
* ''Acacia sundra'' <small>(Roxb.) [[A. P. de Candolle|DC.]]</small><br />
* ''Mimosa chundra'' <small>[[Rottler]]</small><br />
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'''''Senegalia chundra''''' is a perennial, deciduous tree found in [[Asia]], [[India]] and in the [[Indian Ocean]] area. It grows 12 to 15 metres in height.<ref>[http://www.frienvis.nic.in/Khair.htm Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930122737/http://www.frienvis.nic.in/Khair.htm |date=2007-09-30 }}</ref><br />
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Common names for it include '''karangali''', '''kodalimurunkai''', '''lal khair''', '''lal khair''', '''rat kihiriya''' and '''red cutch.'''<br />
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Its uses include chemical and wood products.<br />
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==Uses==<br />
The wood is used for certain applications in [[shipbuilding]].<ref>[http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5356e/x5356e04.htm FAO]</ref> The tree is used for timber, for cutch ([[catechutannic acid]])<ref name="cutch">[http://www.environsciences.com Cutch and Katha]</ref> from its wood and for [[tannin]]. It is also used as food for [[bee]]s.<ref>[http://mandafamily.com/indhonindbeeforage.htm Sources of Bee Forage in India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070110145355/http://mandafamily.com/indhonindbeeforage.htm |date=2007-01-10 }}</ref> It is a preferred nesting site for the [[scaly-breasted munia]].<br />
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'''Kheersal''' is found as a white substance in the tree's wood. Cutch is sought after commercially as a dye and to preserve fabrics from weather, mildew and marine exposure.<ref name="cutch"/><br />
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==Conservation==<br />
''Senegalia chundra'' is considered "moderately threatened". In India it is now necessary to get a permit before cutting this tree down.<ref>[http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/hpg/cesmg/pew/acachu.html Biodiversity Information System] Plants of Western Ghats</ref><br />
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