Tree Details

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Botanical Name	Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Bth.
Family Name	Mimosaceae
Common Name	Manilla Tamarind, Madras Thorn, Sweet Tamarind, Vilayati Ambli
Tamil Name	கொடுக்காப்புளி
Life Form	Tree
Distribution	Mexico, Central America, and northern South America
Botanical Distribution	Habit:A small, armed tree Leaves: Bipinnate, stipules modified into spines. Leaflets 2, oblique obovate-oblong, obtuse. Inflorescence : Terminal racemose panicles. Flower: White, sessile, in small heads Calyx:small, 5-tooth Corolla:steroid, saponin, lipids, phospholipids, glycosides, glycolipids, and polysaccharides Androecium:Stamens monadelphous. Fruit: Pods fleshy, twisted Seeds: thick, flat and covered with white or red when ripe, firm sweet edible pulp or aril.
Flowering and Fruiting	January - March
Key Compounds	steroid, saponin, lipids, phospholipids, glycosideglycolipids, and polysaccharides
Medicinal Use	chronic diarrhea, dysentery, constipation and tuberculosis
At the Campus	Near the tennis court