FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
ACACIA CATECHU, CATECHU, KHAIR, WADALEE-GUM TREE
Hedrick, U.P. editor. 1919. Sturtevant's Notes on Edible Plants. Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1919 II. Albany, J.B Lyon Company, State Printers. [References Available]
is a tree in the East Indies. Furnishes catechu, which is chiefly used for chewing in india as an ingredient of the packet of betel leaf.