Catechu Tree

Scientific name : Acacia catechu (Lf) Willd.
Common name : Catechu Tree, Cutch Tree.
Wong : LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE.
Synonyms : Tsubasa J ( curved - Mae ) bitterly shy catechu (Northern) Siesiidแken ( Ratchaburi ) Siesiidehna ( The Bottom ) yellow catechu ( Chiang Mai) .

Botanical characteristics :: tree to fifteen m high , medium dark grey bark . Some ar flaky . cone-shaped cover is low . The thorny branches ar commissioned beneath a double arch of a feather two story with branching stems with leaves ten to twenty terribly little set of the core, Rams tight 30-50 game into atiny low flower bouquet with perfumed yellow soft silk . soft fruit could be a pod 5-10 cm long, narrow , flat , some ar brown once ripe .
Part used: bark , seed pods .
Lump catechu ( extract from the wood is take little items, stewed and filtered water to the boil . The remaining solid . Black and sleek.

Properties .

• Bark - astringent to cure infectious disease , diarrhoea is diarrhoea .
• Seeds in pods - a cure itch foot ulcers .