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Red Cutch Tree
Senegalia chundra
Senegalia chundra is a perennial, deciduous tree found in Asia, India and in the Indian Ocean area. It grows 12 to 15 metres in height.
Common names for it include karangali, kodalimurunkai, lal khair, lal khair, rat kihiriya and red cutch.
From the article Senegalia chundra on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
At the table
The wood is used for certain applications in shipbuilding. The tree is used for timber, for cutch (catechutannic acid) from its wood and for tannin. It is also used as food for bees. It is a preferred nesting site for the scaly-breasted munia. Kheersal is found as a white substance in the tree's wood. Cutch is sought after commercially as a dye and to preserve fabrics from weather, mildew and marine exposure.
Wikipedia: “Uses”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Senegalia chundra in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 866494.