Catechu

The manufacture of catechu from the _Acacia catechu_ as practised in Canara and Behar, has been described by Mr. Kerr ( "Med. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

The term catechu, observes Dr. Pereira, is applied to various astringent extracts imported from India and the neighbouring countries. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

A few years ago the terms catechu, terra japonica, and cutch were employed synonymously; they are now, however, for the most part used in trade somewhat distinctively, though not uniformly in the same sense. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

They are no more alike than the terms _catechist_ — one who instructs by questions and answers, and the term catechu — a dry, brown astringent extract. ❋ Various (N/A)

-- The drug known as catechu is principally prepared from this tree, the wood of which is boiled down, and the decoction subsequently evaporated so as to form an extract much used as an astringent. ❋ William Saunders (1861)

After the nuts are dried, they are put into a fresh quantity of water, boiled again; and this water being inspissated, like the former, yields the best or dearest kind of catechu, called Coony. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

It is generally cultivated in the same plantation with pepper, as the leaves and shoots, after undergoing the process by which their juice is extracted, to furnish a kind of catechu, are found to be an excellent manure for the pepper vines. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

The catechu which is obtained in India from the Bonga differs from that obtained from the _Acacia Catechu_ and is a tonic analogous to rhatany and cinchona. ❋ Jerome Beers Thomas (1891)

There is an article occasionally used called "catechu," which is an extract made from the wood of a mimosa tree, a native of India, half a pound of which answers the same purpose. ❋ Unknown (1863)

A kind of catechu is obtained by boiling down the seeds to the consistence of an extract, but the chief supply of this drug is ❋ William Saunders (1861)

But in drier areas, the teak-dominated forests are replaced by almost pure stands of Anogeissus pendula that grow predominantly on the quartzite ridges and gneiss hillocks of the Aravalli system, in association with Acacia catechu. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The riparian forests are characterized by an Acacia-Dalbergia association that includes Acacia catechu, Albizzia procera, Bombax ceiba, Sterculia villosa, and Dalbergia sisso. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Trees associated with them are Acacia catechu and Bauhinia racemosa. ❋ Unknown (2007)

(Adina cordifolia), Shisham (Dalbergia sissoo), Khair (Acacia catechu), Teak ❋ Unknown (1992)

RAJAGOPAL, N.S. and ACHAYA, K.T. (1961) A note on the palm kernel fats: Corypha umbraculifera, Hyphaene thebaica and Areca catechu. ❋ Unknown (1953)

Khadira (catechu), Kapittha (wood-apple) and Dhava trees. ❋ Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli (N/A)

With the exception of such earthy matters as are communicated to it during the preparation, or are added purposely as adulterants, catechu is entirely soluble both in water and alcohol. ❋ George Field (N/A)

To our knowledge, none of these have been introduced as pigments, but a brown prepared by Dr. Lyon Playfair some years back from the catechu bark has been described as exceedingly rich, transparent, and beautiful; and recommended for painting _if not too thinly applied_. ❋ George Field (N/A)

Catechu is an extract of the Khair tree or _acacia catechu_ of Bombay, ❋ George Field (N/A)

Treatment: If vomiting does not already exist, emetics must be given immediately -- albumen of eggs in continuous large doses, and infusion of catechu afterwards, sweet milk, mixtures of flour and water in successive cupfuls, and to check excessive salivation put a half ounce of chlorate of potash in a tumbler of water, and use freely as a gargle, and swallow a tablespoonful every hour or two. ❋ Barkham Burroughs (N/A)