Tamarindus indica

Orwa C, A Mutua, Kindt R , Jamnadass R, S Anthony. 2009 Agroforestree Database:a tree reference and selection guide version 4.0 (http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sites/treedbs/treedatabases.asp)

LOCAL NAMES Afrikaans (tamarinde); Amharic (humer,roka); Arabic (ardeib,aradeib); Bemba (mushishi); Bengali (anbli,amli,nuli,tintul,tintiri,tentul); Burmese (magyee,majee-pen); Creole (tamarenn); English (madeira mahogany,Indian date,tamarind tree); Filipino (sampalok,kalamagi,salomagi); French (tamarinde,tamarinier); Fula (jammeh,jammi,dabe); Gujarati (ambali,amali); Hindi (tentul,chinta,anbli,tamrulhindi,amli,imli); Indonesian (asam,asam jawa,tambaring); Khmer (khoua me,‘am’pül,ampil); Lao (Sino-Tibetan) (mak kham,khaam); Luganda (mukoge); Malay (asam jawa); Mandinka (tomi,timbingo,timbimb,tombi); Nepali (imli); Nyanja (mwemba); Sanskrit (amlica,tintiri); Sinhala (siyambala); Somali (rakhai,hamar); Spanish (tamarin,tamarindo); Swahili (msisi,mkwaju); Tamil (amilam,puli,puliamavam); Thai (bakham,makham,somkham); Tigrigna (humer); Tongan (musika); Trade name (tamarind); Urdu (imli); Vietnamese (trai me,me); Wolof (daharg,dakah,dakhar,ndakhar)

BOTANIC DESCRIPTION Tamarindus indica is a large evergreen tree up to 30 m tall, bole usually 1- 2 m, up to 2 m diameter; crown dense, widely spreading, rounded; bark rough, fissured, greyish-brown.