Sanskrit Name: खदिर (Khadira)

Botanical name: Senegalia catechu (L.f.) Willd.

Family: Fabaceae

English name: Cutch tree 

Malayalam name: കരിങ്ങാലി

Distribution: Eastern slopes of Western Ghats, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar

Parts used: Heart wood, Resin

Properties: Anti-diabetic, anti-styptic, anti-proliferative, hypolipidemic, anti-pruritic, anti-inflammatory

Useful in:  Catarrh, cough, Pruritps, skin diseases, leucoderma, helminthiasis, anorexia, chronic ulcers, blood dyscariasis, diabetes and obesity.