page_title: Senegalia catechu
hierarchical_section_title: Senegalia catechu
caption_attribution_description: English: Pollens of Senegalia catechu
context_page_description: 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. Common names for it include kher, catechu, cachou, cutchtree, black cutch, and black catechu.
  Senegalia catechu is found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia, including India, Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia
  Through derivatives of the flavanols in its extracts, the species has lent its name to the important catechins, catechols and catecholamines of chemistry and biology.
context_section_description: Senegalia catechu is a deciduous, thorny tree which grows up to 15 m (50 ft) 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. Common names for it include kher, catechu, cachou, cutchtree, black cutch, and black catechu.
  Senegalia catechu is found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia, including India, Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia
  Through derivatives of the flavanols in its extracts, the species has lent its name to the important catechins, catechols and catecholamines of chemistry and biology.
caption: Pollens of Senegalia catechu
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