Scientific Name : Tamarindus indica L.
Category : Angiosperms
Status : Alive
Habit : A large tree. Leaves : Paripinnate compound, leaflets 10-20 pairs, oblong, obtuse, stipules linear, caducous. Flowers : Flowers in few flowered terminal racemes pedicels articulated below the calyx, bracts concave, bracteoles small. Calyx conelike, segments 4, unequal, oblong, obtuse. Petals 5, 3 unequal, the other 2 rudimentary, obovate-oblong, yellow with pink-red stripes. Stamens 10, 3 fertile, united above half way up, the rest rudimentary, as small scales or bristles. Ovary stalked, ovules 8, 12 or more, stigma capitate. Fruit : Pod curved, indehiscent, with a tuft, scaly epicarp and an edible pulpy, acid mesocarp. Seeds 3-12, obovate-oblong, truncate. Flowering and Fruiting Time : May - July Significance : Cultivated for its edible fruits. The bark is used for loss of sensation in paralysis. The leaves are applied on inflammation.
Specimen Information
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Common Name(s):
चिंच, Tamarind
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Synonym(s):
Tamarindus officinalis Hook. Tamarindus umbrosa Salisb.
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Family:
Caesalpiniaceae
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