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 catecu	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
acacia à cachou	Other	Les Plantes 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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
black cutch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants and 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)
catechu	Other, Pharmaceutical	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) 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) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
catechu acacia	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
catechu paste	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
catechu tree	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
catechu, black	Other	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
catechu-akazie	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
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)
chatrijali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cutch	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
cutch tree	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cutchtree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
er cha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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)
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	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kaachu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaachu mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachinamara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kachu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaderi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaggali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
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)
kalariro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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)
karunkali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kashu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katechu-akazie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
katechuakacia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
katechubaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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)
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)
khadira	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khadira (heart wood)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
khadiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khadiramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khair	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in Central Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
khair gum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khaira	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khairkatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khairtree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
khapuram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kharira	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
khaya sima	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khayar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khayer	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
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)
khir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khonri	Other	Plants and 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	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
koggigida	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
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	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
laalkhair	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mallasandra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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)
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	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
saeredu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sandra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seredu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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)
كادي	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
兒茶	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

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		Les Plantes 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 District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
Flower		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Branches		Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in Central 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)
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 6 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 catechuoides (Roxb.) Benth. London J. Bot. 1: 510 (1842).
Acacia wallichiana DC. Prodr. 2: 458 (1825).
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.	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Acacia catechu	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Traditional 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 District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Acacia catechu (L.) Willd.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
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) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in Central Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Acacia catechu (L.f.)Willd.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
Acacia catechu (Linn.f.) Willd.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Acacia catechu (Linnaeus fil.) Willdenow	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Acacia catechu Willd.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Acacia cetechu (L.f.)	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Mimosa catechu L. f.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Mimosa catechu L.f.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Senegalia catechu (L. f.) P. J. H. Hurter & Mabb.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Senegalia catechu (L.f.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
Senegalia catechu (Linnaeus f.) P.J.H. Hurter & Mabb.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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