Acacia catechu (L.f.)Willd.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Acacia Miller
Tribe: Acacieae
References: [2832][2825][1915][1914]

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Other names:

• Mimosa catechu L.f. [Synonym] [1998]
  

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Common Names:

• Black Cutch [2159]
  
• Catechu [2159]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Tree
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1992(Phytochem.)Southon I & Bowes I
  • 1993 Polhill RM
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
  • 1996(Japan)Ohashi H
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1994 Rico ML
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Chemical products [2828] [2829]
  
• Medicine [2829]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Asia [1914] [1998] [2022] [2085] [2825] [2827]
  • Bhutan [1914]
  • China [1914] [2085]
  • India [1998]
  • India-ISO [1914]
  • Jawa [2022]
  • Myanmar [1914]
  • Nepal [1914]
  • Pakistan [1914]
  • Ryukyu Is [2825]
  • Taiwan [2085] [2827]
  • Thailand [1914]

• Indian Ocean [3052]
  • Mauritius [3052]

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Notes:

• Widely cultivated.
  
• Presence on Mauritius not confirmed by Polhill(1990). [1915]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 14:26:06