{"id":1301129,"date":"2011-04-01T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:48:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:18:30","slug":"tamarindus-indica","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/tamarindus-indica\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamarindus indica"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tamarindus indica\u00a0<\/i>L., Sp. Pl.: 34 (1753) (syn: Tamarindus officinalis<\/em>\u00a0Hook.<\/a> ; Tamarindus umbrosa<\/em>\u00a0Salisb.<\/a> ; Cavaraea elegans<\/em>\u00a0Speg.<\/a> ; Tamarindus erythraeus<\/em>\u00a0Mattei<\/a> ; Tamarindus indica<\/em>\u00a0var.\u00a0emarginata<\/em>\u00a0Chiov.<\/a> ; Tamarindus occidentalis<\/em>\u00a0Gaertn.<\/a> ; Tamarindus somalensis<\/em>\u00a0Mattei<\/a> );
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\ntam-uh-RIN-dus<\/b> — from the Arabic <\/span>tamar<\/i> (date), <\/span>hindi<\/i> (Indian)
\n<\/span>IN-dih-kuh<\/b> or <\/span>in-DEE-kuh<\/b> — of or from India
\n.<\/span>
\n<\/span>commonly known as<\/b>: camalindo, Indian date, madeira mahogany, sweet tamarind, tamarind \u2022 Assamese<\/b>: \u09a4\u09c7\u0981\u09a4\u09c7\u09b2\u09c0 tenteli \u2022 Bengali<\/b>: \u0986\u09ae\u09cd\u09b2\u09c0\u0995\u09be amlika, \u09a4\u09c7\u0981\u09a4\u09c1\u09b2 tentula, \u09a4\u09bf\u09a8\u09cd\u09a4\u09bf\u09a1\u09bc\u09c0\u0995 tintidika \u2022 Gujarati<\/b>: \u0a96\u0abe\u0a9f\u0ac0 \u0a86\u0aae\u0ab2\u0ac0 khati aamli \u2022 Hindi<\/b>: \u0906\u092e\u094d\u0932\u093f\u0915\u093e amlika, \u0907\u092e\u0932\u0940 imli, \u0924\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0924\u093f\u095c\u0940 tintiri \u2022 Kannada<\/b>: \u0cb9\u0cc1\u0ca3\u0cb8\u0cc7 hunase \u2022 Konkani<\/b>: \u091a\u093f\u0902\u091a\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092e chinchyaam \u2022 Malayalam<\/b>: \u0d2a\u0d41\u0d33\u0d3f puli, \u0d35\u0d3e\u0d33\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d41\u0d33\u0d3f valamapuli \u2022 Manipuri<\/b>: \u09ae\u0982\u0997\u09c7 mange \u2022 Marathi<\/b>: \u0905\u092e\u0932\u0940 amli, \u091a\u093f\u0902\u091a chinch \u2022 Nepalese<\/b>: \u0905\u092e\u093f\u0932\u093f amili, \u0907\u092e\u094d\u0932\u093f imli, \u0924\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093f titri \u2022 Oriya<\/b>: tintuli \u2022 Pali<\/b>: \u091a\u093f\u091e\u094d\u091a\u093e chincha \u2022 Punjabi<\/b>: \u0a05\u0a70\u0a2c\u0a32\u0a40 ambli, \u0a07\u0a2e\u0a32\u0a40 imli \u2022 Sanskrit<\/b>: \u0906\u092e\u094d\u0932\u0903 amalah, \u0905\u092e\u094d\u0932\u093f\u0915\u093e or \u0905\u092e\u094d\u0932\u0940\u0915\u093e amalika, \u0905\u092e\u094d\u0932\u092e\u094d amlam, \u0905\u092e\u094d\u0932\u092b\u0932\u0903 amlaphalah, \u0905\u092e\u094d\u0932\u0935\u0943\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0903 amlavrukshah, \u091a\u0923\u094d\u0921\u0903 chandah, \u091a\u0930\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093e charitra, \u091a\u093f\u091e\u094d\u091a\u093e chincha, \u091a\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0924\u093f\u0921\u0940 chintidi, \u091a\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0930\u093e chukra, \u091a\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0930\u092e\u094d\u0932\u093e chukramla, \u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941\u092a\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093e gurupatra, \u092e\u0939\u093e\u092e\u094d\u0932\u092e\u094d mahamlam, \u092b\u0932\u092e\u094d\u0932\u092e\u094d phalamlam, \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0937\u094d\u0920\u092e\u094d\u0932\u092e\u094d shreshtamlam, \u0924\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0924\u093f\u0921\u0903 tintidah, \u0924\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0924\u093f\u0921\u093f\u0915\u093e tintidika, \u0924\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0924\u093f\u0932\u0940 tintili, \u0924\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0924\u093f\u0932\u0940\u0915\u093e tintilika, \u0935\u0943\u0915\u094d\u0937\u092e\u094d\u0932\u092e\u094d vrukshamlam \u2022 Tamil<\/b>: \u0b86\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd ambilam, \u0b9a\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc0\u0bb5\u0b95\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bbf canciva-karani, \u0b9a\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd cantan, \u0b8e\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd ekin, \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bb3\u0bbe etala, \u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd intam, \u0b95\u0bbf\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd kincam, \u0b93\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bae\u0bcd otimam, \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbf puli \u2022 Telugu<\/b>: \u0c06\u0c2e\u0c4d\u0c32\u0c2e\u0c41 amlamu, \u0c05\u0c2e\u0c4d\u0c32\u0c3f\u0c15 amlika, \u0c1a\u0c3f\u0c02\u0c1a chincha, \u0c1a\u0c3f\u0c02\u0c24 chinta, \u0c24\u0c3f\u0c02\u0c24\u0c4d\u0c30\u0c3f\u0c23\u0c3f tintrini \u2022 Urdu<\/b>: \u0627\u0645\u0644\u06cc imlii
\n.<\/span>
\nNative of<\/b>: tropical Africa, Madagascar; widely cultivated
\n.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Tree often reaching 25 m; leaves with 8-20 pairs of opposite 12-25 mm long oblong leaflets; flowers in up to 8-flowered short raceme; pedicel up to 15 mm long; calyx up to 12 mm long, reddish; petals white or yellowish with reddish veins, 10-13 mm long; pod light brown, scurfy outside, 7-15 cm long, 2-4 seeded, with pulp inside.<\/span><\/span>
\n.<\/span>
\nPopularly eaten as table fruit, having been used largely in sauces, chutneys, and beverages;<\/span><\/p>\n
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