Tamarindus indica
Genus: Tamarindus
Genus: Tamarindus
Specific Epithet: indica
Common Names: tamarind, Indian date
Family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Flower Color: yellow with red veinsForm: tropical evergreen treeHardiness Zone: 10 Height: 80' Soil: well-drained, light soilSun: part shade to full sun
Uses and Application: culinary, medicinal, ornamental, economic, dyeParts Used: primarily fruits and seeds, but leaves, flowers, wood and bark are also used
.Food (pods are edible and the pulp used to make beverages, curries, chutneys and sauces); medicine (fruit improves digestion, coliic, relieves gas, soothes sore throats, and acts as a mild laxative, refrigerant & carminative); dye & tannin (leaves & flowers useed as mordants in dyeing); textile (kernel powder used in color printing of textiles, paper sizing, leather treating, the manufacture of a structural plastic, a glue for wood, a stabilizer in bricks, a binder in sawdust briquettes, and a thickener in some explosives); essential oils (seeds yield an amber oil useful as an illuminant and as a varnish especially preferred for painting dolls and idols)
Flower Color: yellow with red veinsForm: tropical evergreen treeHardiness Zone: 10 Height: 80' Soil: well-drained, light soilSun: part shade to full sun
Uses and Application: culinary, medicinal, ornamental, economic, dyeParts Used: primarily fruits and seeds, but leaves, flowers, wood and bark are also used
.Food (pods are edible and the pulp used to make beverages, curries, chutneys and sauces); medicine (fruit improves digestion, coliic, relieves gas, soothes sore throats, and acts as a mild laxative, refrigerant & carminative); dye & tannin (leaves & flowers useed as mordants in dyeing); textile (kernel powder used in color printing of textiles, paper sizing, leather treating, the manufacture of a structural plastic, a glue for wood, a stabilizer in bricks, a binder in sawdust briquettes, and a thickener in some explosives); essential oils (seeds yield an amber oil useful as an illuminant and as a varnish especially preferred for painting dolls and idols)
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