Plant Details

Accepted name:: Senegalia catechu (L.f.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acacia catechu	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
acacia à cachou	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
babhal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
black catechu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
black cutch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
cachou	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cachu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
candra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catech. nig.	Other	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
catechu	Other, Pharmaceutical	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
catechu acacia	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
catechu nigrum	Other	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
catechu paste	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
catechu tree	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
cateku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cato	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
cato de pegu	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
cengarinali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cenkarinnali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chanbe kaath	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
chandra	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
chatrijali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cutch	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cutch tree	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cutchtree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dantdhaavan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
er cha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ercha	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
gaayatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gerberakazie	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ghubata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gāyatri	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
hei er cha	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
jerusalem thorn	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kaachu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaachu mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaasukkatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kachinamara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kachu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kacu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kadaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
kaderi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
kaggali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
kaggali mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaggalinara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kagli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaippu	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
kalariro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalippakku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kantaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karangalli	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
karigoli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karimgali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karinali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karingali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
karinnali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karr	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karukoli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karungali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karungkali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
karungnyali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunkaali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
karunkali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kashu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kata	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
katechu-akazie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
katechuakacia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
katechubaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kath	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
katha safaid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kathe	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
katsu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katthaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
katthakkaambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaviri	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kempu khairapa jaali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempukayiru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempukhair	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempukhairada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempukhairadajali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khaderi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
khadira	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
khadira (heart wood)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
khadiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
khadiramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khair	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
khair gum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khaira	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khairkatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khairtree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
khaiyar	Other	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
khapuram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kharira	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
khattha	Other	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
khaya sima	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khayar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khayer	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
khayera	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
khdira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kheera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kher	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khera	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kherio	Other	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
khir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khodiro	Other	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
khonri	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khor	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khoyer	Other	Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015)
khuri	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
koggigida	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
koir	Other	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
kor	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuglee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kugli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumtia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kādi	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
laalkhair	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mallasandra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mung-ting	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
nallacandra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallachandra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallasandra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallasundra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallatsandra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nya	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
pasaragunna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pdalamaanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
podalamanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
podalimanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
podeel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pogamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pugamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakhokwa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
raktasaara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rath kihiriya	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
saeredu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sandra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
seredu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sha	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
shaji	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
somavalka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
son kairi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sundara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sundra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
supari chikni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tareda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tere	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
terra japonica	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
thareddu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thellathumma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsandra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tun-sa-se	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
wadalee-gum tree	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
كادي	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
儿茶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
兒茶	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
孩儿茶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
branch, stem	dried concentrated decoction prepared from the peeled branch and stem	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
wood		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
branch	extract from the peeled branch and stem	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Stem		MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
Flower		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Branches		Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018)
Bark, Heart-wood		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wood	dried evaporated decoction prepared from the wood	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Heartwood		The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
Bark, wood		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
gum, heartwood, resins, seed, root	seed extract	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bark, bark heart wood, leaves, whole plant	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
extract of heartwood		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
wood extract		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
branch, stem	dried concentrated decoction prepared from the peeled branch and stem	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
wood	dried pieces of heartwood	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
	dry extract, tincture	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Bark (Stem), Wood (Heartwood)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acacia catechu (L.f.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 1079 (1806).
Mimosa catechu L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 439 (1782).
Acacia catechu var. catechuoides (Roxb.) Prain J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 508 (1898).
Acacia catechu var. wallichiana (DC.) P.C.Huang Sylva Sinica 2: 1259 (1985).
Acacia catechuoides (Roxb.) Benth. London J. Bot. 1: 510 (1842).
Acacia wallichiana DC. Prodr. 2: 458 (1825).
Mimosa cate Spreng. Gartenzeit. 2: 46 (1804).
Mimosa catechuoides Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 562 (1832).
Mimosa spinosissima Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 78 (1810).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acacia catechou Willd.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Acacia catechu	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Pl. Consv. of Forests in Garhwal, Himalaya (Kumar & Bhatt, 2006) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Acacia catechu (L. F.) WILLD.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Acacia catechu (L. F.) Willd.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Acacia catechu (L. f.) Willd.	Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Acacia catechu (L.) Willd.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Acacia catechu (L.) Willdenow	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Acacia catechu (L.f.) Willd.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Acacia catechu (L.f.)Willd.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Acacia catechu (Linn. f.) Willd.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Acacia catechu (Linn.f.) Willd.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Acacia catechu (Linnaeus fil.) Willdenow	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Acacia catechu Willd.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
Acacia cetechu (L.f.)	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Acaciacatechu (Linn.f.) Willd.	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Mimosa catechu L. f.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Mimosa catechu L.f.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Senegalia catechu (L. f.) P. J. H. Hurter & Mabb.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Senegalia catechu (L.f.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Senegalia catechu (Linnaeus f.) P.J.H. Hurter & Mabb.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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