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Khaira

Local Name	:	Khaira
Botanical Name	:	Senegalia catechu (L.f.) P.J.H.Hurter &Mabb.
Common Name	:	Catechu
Family	:	Fabaceae
Distribution	:	It is found throughout Odisha. Found throughout India, except in humid and temperate regions. Distributed from Pakistan to southwest China and Thailand.
Habit	:	Tree
Short Description	:	It is a medium-sized deciduous tree with a rough, dark brown bark and thorny branches. It has bipinnate leaves with small, feathery leaflets, and produces clusters of fragrant white flowers.

Descriptions

It is a small tree, with dark brown to black rough bark which peels off in long strips in mature trees, young trees have corky bark. Leaves are bipinnately compound, with 9–30 pairs of pinnae and a glandular rachis. Each pinnae has 16–50 pairs of oblong linear leaflets. Flowers are small, white to pale yellow, and fluffy in appearance. Fruit is a beaked pod, flat, shiny, and brown.

Flowering & Fruiting Period

June-March

Use(s)

Bark is used in traditional medicine to treat digestive problems.