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ACACIA CATECHU, Willd, 
4 — Catechu tree (Eng.), kena Caakon (Fr.). 
: Hab.—India. Acacia Catechu or Cutch. 
Vernacular.—Khair. (Hind., Mar. Pei! Vodalia, Vodalam 
(Tam.), Khera-baval (Guz.), Kagli (Can. 
Catechu.—Katha, Kath (Hind., Mar.), Pails ( somes 
= Katho (Guz.). 
‘History, Uses, &c.—Sanskrit writers under the name 
of Khadira mention two kinds of catechu, dark and pale, both 
prepared from the wood of the Acacia Catechu, and these two 
kj ; 
eatechu is a porous earthy-looking substance, somewhat lami- 
nated and much more friable than the dark: it is used for 
e, schul in relaxed conditions of the throat, mouth and: 
cticia on the skin. A number of eusiccad formats for 
the Baisajya Ratnévali. Mahometan writers describe 
id rk and light catechu, and their use in medicine for the 
a of A. Catechu has been noticed in the article upon Subste- 
Fig.—Rozb. Cor. Pl., ¢. 175; Bentl. and Trim., t. 95. 
ms, also 1 in cough and diarrhoea. _ Externally they use ee 
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