Herbarium JCB

Tamarindus indica L.

Family : FABACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
Species : Tamarindus indica
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Tamarindus indica L.
Common name : Tamarind Tree
Vernacular name : Amlika, Tintrini (San.); Imli, Amli (Hin.); Hunase mara (Kan.)
Collection Nos : CJS 8981, CJS 13513
Key identification features : A medium to large size, long-lived deciduous tree with dense characteristic canopy. Leaves are pinnately compound with small leaflets. Flowers are small (up to 2 cm.) many, on a long inflorescence, pale-green and pink in colour with 3 unequal-sized petals. Fruit is a bean-like pod, fleshy, green at first, ripening to cinnamon-brown. Bark is dark grey and is closely fissured.
Habit : Tree
Native : Tropical Africa
Comments : Cultivated extensively for its pods.Acidic fruit pulp is udedas a condiment. Seeds are roasted and eaten. The hard-wood is used for construction and domestic purposes.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamrajnagar, Chikamagalur, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Yadgir
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara