Senegalia Species, Black Catechu, Black Cutch, Cutch Tree, Wadalee Gum

I'm a native of INDIA. I grew up and presently I'm staying in Kerala, a state in the country. Our language here is MALAYALAM.
The...Read More plant Acacia catechu grows here.
It is known as "Karingali" here
It is thought to have medicinal values.
In most of the houses here, we have "Karingali vellum", meaning water made Karingali. Its bark is used for making this water and has a light pink colour.
The most interesting fact about water made of Acacia catechu bark is that it can kill some parasites.
I'm siting this from my own experience. We've got mango trees in our estate. And on most of them parasites like Loranthus harbour. I simply made a bucket of water made of Acacia catechu's bark and watered a tree.
To my surprise, the loranthus ("or etthilkkanni" as it is called here) dried off.
Try this out urself and u'll see what I meant

I have not grown this tree. This tree is native to eastern India, Bangladesh and Burma. The resin from the inner wood (heartwood) of blac...Read Morek catechu is used to tan leather and it make brown dye (especially khaki colored). Acacia catechu is considered to be an herbal remedy and is used by some as an antidiarrhea, an astringent and/or a hemostatic. In herbal preparations, the leaves, the bark, the heartwood and and the shoots are used.