IUCN Status
: Not Applicable
Author: Ravi Kant Saini
Hi, This is Ravi Kant Saini a passionate Botanist and a Researcher scholar from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. I used to actively explores the rich flora of Rajasthan, contributing to research and knowledge in the field. #Pseudo_taxonomist #PlantsofRajasthan #TeameFloraofRajasthan #RajasthanFlora 🌾 🍂 🌿 🪹 🪴 🍃 🪺
- Trees
- Kota / Jaipur / Udaipur / Chittorgarh / Sawai Madhopur / Kota udaipur Chittorgarh Ajmer Bhilwara tonk Bundi baran jhalawar
- Naturally grown
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Trees, deciduous, small, 6-10 m tall. Bark split into laminar strips. Branchlets pubescent, often with a pair of flat, brown, hooked spines below stipules or without spines. Leaf glands near petiolar base and between several upper leaflets of rachis; rachis villous; pinnae 10-30 pairs; leaflets 20-50 pairs, linear, 2-6 × 1-1.5 mm, ciliate. Spikes 1-4, axillary, 2.5-10 cm. Flowers yellowish or white. Calyx campanulate, 1.2-1.5 cm; teeth deltoid, hairy. Petals lanceolate or oblanceolate, ca. 2.5 cm, sparsely pubescent. Stamens numerous. Ovary ca. 1 mm, glabrous. Legume brown, straight, strap-shaped, 12-15 × 1-1.8 cm, nitid, dehiscent, stalk 3-7 mm, apex rostrate. Seeds 3-10. Fl. Apr-Aug, fr. Sep to following Jan.
यह भारत का मूल निवासी वृक्ष है और शुष्क पर्णपाती वनों, पथरीली ढलानों तथा नदी किनारों में सामान्य रूप से पाया जाता है। इसकी हृदयकाष्ठ (heartwood) से कत्था (Katha/Catechu) प्राप्त किया जाता है, जिसका उपयोग पान, आयुर्वेदिक औषधियों, चमड़ा उद्योग तथा रंगाई में किया जाता है।
PC: Ravi Saini & Sonu Kumar -
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