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Acacia catechu (L.f.)Willd.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia catechu (L.f.)Willd. [Preferred name]
    Acacia catechu var. catechuoides (Roxb.)Prain {Synonym}
    Acacia catechuoides (Roxb.)Benth. {Synonym}
    Acacia sundra (Roxb.)Bedd. {Synonym}
    Acacia wallichiana DC. {Synonym}
    Mimosa catechu L.f. {Synonym}
    Mimosa catechuoides Roxb. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Black Cutch [2159]; Catechu [2159]; Katha [2010]; Khair [2010]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3383]; Bhutan (N) [1914, 1947]; China (N) [1914, 2085, 3403]; Guangdong [3403]; Guangxi [3403]; Yunnan [3403]; Zhejiang [3403]; India (N) [1914, 1945, 1998, 3020, 3027, 3028, 3040, 3116, 3140, 3366, 3371, 3372, 3373, 3377, 3384, 3387, 3584, 3590, 3591, 3616]; Andhra Pradesh [3384]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3590]; Bihar [3371]; Delhi [3372]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3366]; Madhaya Pradesh [3591]; Maharashtra [3116]; Orissa [1945]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3387]; West Bengal [3616]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (I) [2022]; Jawa (I) [2022]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 1998]; Nepal (N) [1914, 2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [1914, 2010]; Ryukyu Is (I) [2825]; Sri Lanka (N) [1998]; Taiwan (I) [2085, 2827, 3403]; Thailand (N) [1914, 3454]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [3052]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1947, 2010, 2022, 2825, 3403] ; Illustration [1929, 3386, 3403]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [2022] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree [2022] ; Lifespan: Perennial [2022] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Rico ML ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova

  
USES:
  Chemical products [1947, 2010, 2828, 2829, 3383]; Domestic [2022, 3383]; Medicine [2010, 2829]; Wood [1947, 2010, 3383]

  
NOTES:
  An introduction; recorded only once, from Chiang Mai, Thailand. [3454]
  Introduced and cultivated in Java. [2022]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1929.

  Huang, T.C. & Ohashi, H., 1977
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1945.

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1947.

  Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., 1987
    Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG

1998.

  Nielsen, I., 1985
    Flora of Thailand, Vol 4 Part 2. Mimosaceae. In:T.Smithinans

2010.

  Ali, S.I., 1973
    Flora of Pakistan,No.36.Mimosaceae.Karachi:Univ.of Karachi

2022.

  Nielsen, I.C., 1992
    Flora Malesiana, Series I Vol II Part I Mimosaceae.

2085.

  Chen, T.C., 1988
    Flora Reipubl.Popular Sin.Vol.39.Science Press. Beijing

2159.

  Wiersema, J.H. et al., 1990
    Legume Nomenclature USDA Germplasm Sys. USDA Tech. Bull.1757

2825.

  Walker, E.H., 1976
    Flora of Okinawa and S.Ryukyu islands. Washing.Smithson.Inst

2827.

  Huang, T.C. & Ohashi, H., 1993
    Leguminosae.In Flora of Taiwan, 2nd Ed. 3:148-421.Taipei,Tai

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  Hotta, M et al, 1989
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2898.

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3366.

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3371.

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3373.

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3377.

  Sharma, M., 1990
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3383.

  Khatun, R.B., 1987
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3384.

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    Flora of Anantapur District (Andhra Pradesh, India)

3386.

  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3387.

  Sharma, A.K. & Dhakre, J.S., 1995
    Flora of Agra District. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.

3403.

  Wu, T.L., 1988
    Mimososoideae. In: Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 39 (Leguminosae 1)

3454.

  Heald, J., 1992
    Specimen in Herb. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

3584.

  Sharma, B.M. & Kachroo, P., 1979
    Flora of Jammu & Plants of Neibourhood, Vol. 1.

3590.

  Hajra, P.K. & Jain, S.K., 1996
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3591.

  Roy, G.P. et al., 1992
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3616.

  Sikdar, J.K. & Ghosh, R.B., 1981
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