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Areca catechu (L.)
Nombres relacionados: Areca dicksoni (similar), Areca hortensis (sinónimo), Areca nut (inglés), Betel nut (inglés), Betel Palm (inglés), Guvaca (sánscrito), Hsi-chang-tan (chino), Kramuka (sánscrito), Nuez de Areca (castellano), ...
Acacia catechu (Willd.)
Synonyms: Catechu nigrum, cutch, dark catechu
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Acacia catechu (L. f.) Willd. var. sundra (Roxb.) Kurz
Note: this species will soon be transferred to the new genus Senegalia.
Synonyms ...
Areca catechu, Areca triandra
Family: Arecaceae / Palmae
Areca palm, Betel nut , Bunga, Pinang
Origin: Malaysia, Singapore ...
सà¥à¤ªà¤¾à¤°à¥€ [Hindi]: Areca catechu
सà¥à¤®à¤°à¤¾à¤œà¥€ [Hindi]: Vernonia anthelmintica
सà¥à¤°à¤² [Hindi]: Pueraria tuberosa
सà¥à¤°à¤¸à¤°à¤¬à¥€ [Hindi]: Sauropus androgynus
सà¥à¤°à¤¸à¤°à¤¬à¥€ [Hindi]: Clutia androgyna ...
An astringent medicine, called catechu or cutch, is procured from several species, but more especially from Acacia catechu, by boiling down the wood and evaporating the solution so as to get an extract.
catechu, yield the dye . Blackwood (A. melanoxylon) is valued in Australia for its hardwood timber. Other members of the genus are valuable for , for perfume and essential oils, and for tannins; some are used as ornamentals.
Chemically it closely resembles catechu, and is very like it in action, but it is less astringent and therefore less effective.
 See also: India, Medic, May, Acacia, Mimosa
  
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