Tamarind
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Tamarind is an attractive, evergreen, nitrogen fixing tree, growing to 30 m in height, and best adapted to semi-arid conditions. The sweet-tart pulp from the pod is eaten fresh, used as an ingredient in cooking, or made into a refreshing drink. Tamarind wood is used for lumber, firewood, and high...
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- Bhadoriya SS, Ganeshpurkar A, Narwaria J, Rai G, Jain AP. Tamarindus indica: Extent of explored potential. Pharmacogn Rev. 2011 Jan;5(9):73-81. doi: 10.4103/0973-7847.79102. PMID: 22096321; PMCID: PMC3210002. Tamarindusis a monotypic genus and belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the...
- 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);...
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Devi, Barsha & Boruah, Tridip. (2020). Tamarind (Tamarindus indica). 10.1007/978-981-15-7285-2_16. Tamarindus indica is recognized highly around the world for its nutritional and high health promotion values. In the recent past, antioxidants from natural sources and their roles in prevention...
- Aline Pereira Paes Menezes, Silvia Cristina Cerini Trevisan, Sandra Maria Barbalho and Elen Landgraf Guiguer, 2016, Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry Tamarindus indica is a plant that can be used traditionally in wound healing, snake bite, abdominal pain, colds, inflammations, diarrhea,...
- Lab. Vitam. Anal., Nutr. Health Dep., Fed. Univ. Viçosa, PH Rolfs Avenue, Viçosa, 36571-000, Minas Gerais, Brazil, The Cerrado is a Brazilian biome that has a large plant heterogeneity. Among the fruit species of the Cerrado, the tamarind stands out due to its economic potential and use in human...
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Edible portions:Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, Flowers, Spice, Vegetable A large spreading tree up to 24 m tall. It has a broad dense evergreen crown. In dry areas the tree can lose its leaves. Thetrunk can be 1 m across. The bark is rough and grey with a checkered pattern. The leaves are carried one...
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A frost-tender, tropical, evergreen tree, tamarind is densely foliated with pale green, compound, feathery leaflets which give the broad, spreading crown a light, airy effect. Tamarind may reach heights of 65 feet and a spread of 50 feet but is more often seen smaller. The delicate leaflets cast...