| Senegalia chundra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Clade: | Mimosoideae |
| Genus: | Senegalia |
| Species: | S. chundra
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| Binomial name | |
| Senegalia chundra | |
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| Range of Senegalia chundra | |
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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.[2]
Common names for it include karangali, kodalimurunkai, lal khair, lal khair, rat kihiriya and red cutch.
Its uses include chemical and wood products.
Uses[edit | edit source]
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] It is a preferred nesting site for the scaly-breasted munia.
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.[4]
Conservation[edit | edit source]
Senegalia chundra is considered "moderately threatened". In India it is now necessary to get a permit before cutting this tree down.[6]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS)
- ↑ Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ FAO
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cutch and Katha
- ↑ Sources of Bee Forage in India Archived 2007-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Biodiversity Information System Plants of Western Ghats
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