Barcode: CAL0000003537

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Family: MIMOSACEAE

Scientific Name: Acacia catechu (L.f.) Willd.

Collector: G. Panigrahi

Country: India

Uses: Cutch from wood powerful astringent used in urinary and vaginal discharge, antidiarrhoeal, haemostatic; used for treating excessive mucous discharges, haemorrhages, relaxed conditions of gums, throat and mouth, stomatitis, irritable bowel; also used as an antileprotic drug.