Tree Details

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Botanical Name	Tamarindus indica L.
Family Name	Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name	Tamarind
Tamil Name	புளிய மரம்
Life Form	Tree
Distribution	Tropical Africa, Asia and Australia
Botanical Distribution	Habit: large evergreen tree up to 30 m tall, bole usually, bark rough, fissured, greyish-brown. Leaves: Alternate, compound, with 10-18 pairs of opposite leaflets; leaflets narrowly oblong, petiole and rachis finely haired, midrib and apex rounded to almost square, margin entire, Stipules present. Flowers: Attractive pale yellow or pinkish, in small, lax spikes about. Flower buds completely enclosed by 2 bracteoles, which fall very early; sepals 4, petals 5, the upper 3 well developed, the lower 2 minute. Fruit: Pod, indehiscent, subcylindrical, straight or curved, velvety, rusty-brown; the shell of the pod is brittle and the seeds are embedded in a sticky edible pulp. Seed: 3-10, approximately, irregularly shaped, testa hard, shiny and smooth.
Flowering and Fruiting	Throughout the year
Key Compounds	Procyanidin B2, epicatechin, tartaric acid, mucilage, pectin, arabinose, xylose, galactose, glucose, uronic acid and triterpen.
Medicinal Use	Parasitic infestations, wound healing, constipation and inflammation.
At the Campus	Front of the commerce department