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catechu::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | acacia catechu, jerusalem thorn |
| Type of | acacia |
catechu::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | black catechu |
| Type of | infusion, extract |
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The Areca catechu, commonly known as Betel Nut, is widely used across the region as an appetiser and a digestive.
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Cutch is an ancient brown dye from the wood of acacia trees, particularly acacia catechu, used in India for dyeing cotton.
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Cutch is an ancient brown dye from the wood of acacia trees, particularly Acacia catechu, used in India for dyeing cotton.
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Acacia catechu chosen as the Linnaean taxonomy name of the type-species Acacia plant which provides the extract.
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Under the name cutch, catechu is a brown dye used for tanning and dyeing and for preserving fishing nets and sails.
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It is estimated that one in four men in Taiwan chews the nut of the Areca catechu palm, sometimes flavoured with spices before being wrapped in betel leaves.
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Early research by Sir Humphry Davy in the early 19th century first demonstrated the use of catechu in tanning over more expensive and traditional oak extracts.
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- Black catechu: extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally
- East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu
- Catechu (or ; also known as cachou, cutch, cashoo, Terra Japonica or Japan earth) is an extract of any of several species of Acacia--but especially Acacia catechu--produced by boiling the wood in water and evaporating the resulting brew.
- * Acacia catechu, the mimosa catechu, a deciduous thorny tree species * Areca catechu, the areca palm or areca nut palm, a species of palm species found in much of the tropical Pacific
- Extract from Heartwood of the tropical mimosa plant (from the Javanese acacia family). Used as Mordant for textile dyes and leather tanners.
