Taxon:  Senegalia catechu (L. f.) P. J. H. Hurter & Mabb.



Summary
Genus:
Senegalia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Acacieae
Nomen number:
465184
Place of publication:
Mabberley's Pl.-Book 1021.  2008
Verified:
05/10/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mimosa catechu L. f.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Acacia catechu (L. f.) Willd.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Acacia wallichiana DC.

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Reference(s)
  1. Ferdousee, N. et al. 2009. Production, processing and marketing of khair (Acacia catechu), an important non-timber forest products in Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh. Int. J. Forest Ususfructs Managem. 10:77-85.
  2. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English black catechu 1 Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
English black cutch 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English catechu 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English cutchtree 1 McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
English khairtree 1 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Bangladesh khair 2 Ferdousee, N. et al. 2009. Production, processing and marketing of khair (Acacia catechu), an important non-timber forest products in Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh. Int. J. Forest Ususfructs Managem. 10:77-85.
German Katechu-Akazie 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
German Katechubaum 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Swedish katechuakacia 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese er cha 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan n.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Yunnan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan (n.)
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Food additivesflavoring Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Fuelscharcoal Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Invertebrate foodlac insects Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Materialstannin/dyestuffsource of a brown pigment1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: source of a brown pigment
Materialswood Lemmens, R. H. M. J. & N. Wulijarni-Soetjipto, eds. 1991. Dye and tannin-producing plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 3:37-39.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weed  Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=465184. Accessed 5 August 2025.