Katha

Katha is a Mass Consumption item as it is used in preparation of paan all over the country and it has got several medicinal values and used in ayurvedic preparations as it cures:

• Itching
• Indigestion
• Bronchitis

It is also the one of the important sources of vegetable tanning materials and used extensively as an additive to the drilling mud used for oil drilling and for preserving sailing rods, fishing nets, mail bags etc.