Trees & Plants

Tamarind tree

Helen beli

Tamarindus indica L.

In homesteads The wood is hard and strong. Fruit pulp is rich in tartaric and citric acids, vitamin C and sugar. The root bark is astringent, constipating, emmenagogue and tonic. The leaves are anodyne, anti- inflammatory, diuretic, febrifuge, aperient and ophthalmic. The fruits

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uses: The wood is hard and strong. Fruit pulp is rich in tartaric and citric acids, vitamin C and sugar. The root bark is astringent, constipating, emmenagogue and tonic. The leaves are anodyne, anti- inflammatory, diuretic, febrifuge, aperient and ophthalmic. The fruits are a remedy for bilious vomiting, dipsia, scabies, stomatitis, constipation, haemorrhoids and ophthalmopathy. in 3, 2, 9, IBOR .J.A/OAF
family: Fabaceae
synonym: Tamarindus occidentalis Gaertn., Tamarindus officinalis Hook.
description: Trees, to 25 m high, bark brown to brownish-black, rough with vertical fissures. Leaves paripinnate, alternate; rachis 8-13 cm long; leaflets 20-34, opposite, sessile, for base unequal, apex obtuse; lateral nerves 10- 15 pairs, looped at the margin. Flowers 1 cm across, yellow with reddish-pink dots, in lax terminal racemes; pedicels upto 5 mm. Calyx tube narrowly turbinate, lined by disc; lobes 4, subequal, oblong, imbricate. Petals 3, × outer one, 1 0.3 cm, pink dotted, lateral 2, × 1-1.5 0.7-1 cm, clawed, subequal, oblong- lanceolate, lower pair scaly. Stamens 9, monadelphous, only 3 fertile. Fruit a pod, 10- × 15 1-2 cm, oblong, fruit wall crustaceous, mesocarp pulpy, seeds 3-8 or more, obovoid- orbicular, compressed, brown.
native range: Tropical Africa
distribution: Widely grown in the tropics
english names: Tamarind tree · Indian date
flowering fruiting: September – April
occurrence maldives: In homesteads