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Catechu

Catechu (/ˈkætɪʃuː/ or /ˈkætɪtʃuː/) is an extract of acacia trees used variously as a food additive, astringent, tannin, and dye. It is extracted from several species of Acacia, but especially Senegalia catechu (previously called Acacia catechu), by boiling the wood in water and evaporating the resulting brew.

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Ayurvedic medicineLicoricePastillesPaanPaan masala
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Derivative chemicals

CatechinCatecholJapanic acid
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Overview

Food additiveAstringentTanninDyeAcacia
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Catechu

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples14
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
Components1

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Catechu

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related to Uses · 9
Catechu → As, Ayurvedic, Early, France, Humphry Davy, It, Italy, South Asian, The
related to Derivative chemicals · 5
Catechu → Its, Japanese Dirt, Japanese Earth, Japanic, The

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dye name extract also acacia cutch used species astringent extracted wood uses tannin citation needed research first black ˈkætɪʃuː ˈkætɪtʃuː

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Catechurelated to Derivative chemicalsThe0.60section
Catechurelated to Derivative chemicalsIts0.60section
Catechurelated to Derivative chemicalsJapanese Earth0.60section
Catechurelated to Derivative chemicalsJapanese Dirt0.60section
Catechurelated to Derivative chemicalsJapanic0.60section
Catechurelated to UsesAs0.60section
Catechurelated to UsesAyurvedic0.60section
Catechurelated to UsesFrance0.60section
Catechurelated to UsesItaly0.60section
Catechurelated to UsesIt0.60section
Catechurelated to UsesSouth Asian0.60section
Catechurelated to UsesThe0.60section

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