Ecology acacia catechu occurs naturally in mixed deciduous forests and savannas of lower mountains and hills.
Acacia catechu wood extract.
The wood being hard is used for making rice pestles ploughs handles for knife and rollers for crushing sugar cane and oil seeds.
Paan is an indian and southeast asian tradition of chewing betel leaf piper betle with areca nut and slaked lime paste.
Catechu catechu ˈkætɪʃuː or ˈkætɪtʃuː is an extract of acacia trees used variously as a food additive astringent tannin and dye.
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The wood extracts are used for tanning and dying khaki.
Acacia catechu extract is derived from heartwood of the tree and is known to contain catechins which have wide range of therapeutic actions catechu is an herb.
Acacia catechu is generally used to add darker tones to henna.
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In ayurveda katha is used in the treatment of cough dysentery throat infections chronic ulcers and wounds.
Kattha catechu an extract of its heartwood is used as an ingredient to give red color and typical flavor to paan.
The acacia catechu can be used alone or in combination as a dyeing base.
The leaves shoots and wood are used to make medicine.
It is extracted from several species of acacia but especially senegalia catechu acacia catechu by boiling the wood in water and evaporating the resulting brew.
Catechu called pale catechu or katha in hindi is a necessary ingredient of pan which is beetle leaf preparation chewed in india.
It can be used.