Common name: Black Cutch Tree, black catechu, Cutch tree, cashoo, catechu, wadalee gum
Hindi: दन्त धावन dant-dhavan, Vernacular name:-Kher
Botanical name: Senegalia catechu Family: Mimosaceae (Touch-me-not family)
Location:-Himachal Pradesh,Chamba(Katoribangla)
DOC:-06/2022
Synonyms: Acacia catechu, Mimosa catechu, Acacia wallichiana
Black Cutch tree is a small tree, growing 3-15 m high. The stem is dark brown to black, with rough bark which peels off in long strips in mature trees; young trees have corky bark. The fern-like leaves are 100-200 mm long and contain between 8 and 30 pairs of small leaves made up of numerous, oblong pairs of secondary leaflets 2-6 mm long. Glands occur on the stem below the first pair of leaves, and between the uppermost six pairs of leaves. Pairs of stout thorns up to 10 mm long are found at the base of each leaf. The flowers are white or pale yellow, about 3 mm long and bunched tightly together to form a cylindrical flower spike, 35-75 mm long, resembling a lamb's tail. The brown, beaked seed pods are 50-125 mm long on a short stalk and contain between four and seven seeds, which are dark brown, flat and 5-8 mm in diameter. The taproot branches to 2 m depth.
sensitive stomach can leave you exhausted and weak for days on end. Kattha is an effective homely remedy for tackling diarrhoea issues. Simply dry roast the catechu or boil it in water to relieve yourself of stomach sensitivity and a host of other digestion issues in the most natural way.
The extract of this plant is used to treat sore throats and diarrhoea, also useful in high blood pressure, dysentery, colitis, gastric problems, bronchial asthma, cough, leucorrhoea and leprosy. It is used as mouthwash for mouth, gum, sore throat, gingivitis, dental and oral infections.
From @ Gajendra Varma
