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Fabaceae - Senegalia catechu (L. f.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb., Acacia catechuoides Wall., Mimosa catechuoides Roxb., Mimosa sundra Roxb., Gerberakazie, Katechu
Native tree to India, Birma with brown bark; leaves long petioled (15cm), pinnate; flowers yellow,small; inflorescence a axillary spike.
Acacia catechu extract, Catechu, black catechu, catechu black, cachou, Catechu nigrum: Catechu is an extract, prepared from the heartwood of Acacia catechu. Constituents: Catechu is composed chiefly of condensed oligomeric procyanidins (25-35%), catechin (2-10%) and quercetin. Uses: Catechu (as tincture) has been used as astringent to treat diarrhea, dysentery, bleeding and stomatitis, also in mouthwashes.
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