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.Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
Common names for it include karangali, kodalimurunkai, lal khair, lal khair, rat kihiriya and red cutch.
Its uses include chemical and wood products.
Uses The wood is used for certain applications in shipbuilding.FAO The tree is used for timber, for cutch (catechutannic acid)Cutch and Katha from its wood and for tannin. It is also used as food for bees.Sources of Bee Forage in India 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.
Conservation Senegalia chundra is considered "moderately threatened". In India it is now necessary to get a permit before cutting this tree down.Biodiversity Information System Plants of Western Ghats
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