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3508.000 Tamarindus
Description of the genus
Tree to 25 m tall, evergreen or semi-deciduous; Unarmed tree. Leaves paripinnate; leaflets sessile, opposite, 10-18 pairs. Flowers in lax racemes. Bracteoles 2. Sepals 4. Petals: upper 3 well-developed; lower 2, minute. Fertile stamens 3. Pods indehiscent; fruit irregularly cylindrical, seeds 1-10 embedded in acid pulp. Derivation of name: From Arabic: tamr (a date) and hindi (Indian) Worldwide: 1 species in the Old World tropics |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| indica L. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Tamarindus:
Flora of Zimbabwe: TamarindusePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Tamarindus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Tamarindus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Tamarindus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tamarindus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Tamarindus
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