Senegalia catechu(SZGCA)
Overview Code created in: 2019-03-26
- EPPO Code: SZGCA
- Preferred name: Senegalia catechu
- Authority: (C. Linnaeus) Hurter & Mabberley
Western Asia (Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand), China. The bark is used to colour paan, a chewing mixture of betel nut with other ingredients, widely used in southern Asia. Introduced in eastern China, Malesia (Java), Australia (Northern)
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Acacia catechu | (C. Linnaeus) Willdenow |
| Mimosa catechu | C. Linnaeus |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| black catechu | English |
| black cutch | English |
| catechu | English |
| cutchtree | English |
| cachou | French |
| acácia-catechu | Portuguese |
| catechueira | Portuguese |
| khayer | Bengali |
| ér chá (hé xiān yào) | Chinese |
| 兒茶(何仙藥) | Chinese |
| karangalli | Tamil |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Fabids (
1FABD )
Order
Fabales (
1FABO )
Family
Fabaceae (
1LEGF )
Subfamily
Caesalpinioideae (
1CAES )
Genus
Senegalia (
1SZGG )
Species
Senegalia catechu (
SZGCA )