Senegalia Catechu
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| Scientific name | Senegalia catechu |
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| Family | Fabaceae |
| Leguminosae | |
| Higher classification | Senegalia |
| Order | Fabales |
| Rank | Species |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
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| ID | 2195042 |
About Senegalia Catechu
Senegalia catechu is a deciduous, thorny tree which grows up to 15 m in height. The plant is called khair in Hindi, and kachu in Malay, hence the name was Latinized to "catechu" in Linnaean taxonomy, as the type-species from which the extracts cutch and catechu are derived.
