LEGUMINOSAE 235 
16. TAMARINDUS Linnaeus 
A large, unarmed tree with abruptly pinnate leaves. Flowers in axil- 
lary racemes. Calyx-tube turbinate, the teeth lanceolate, much imbri- 
cated, the lower two connate. Only the three upper petals developed, the 
two lateral ones ovate, the upper hooded, the two lower ones reduced to 
scales. Stamens monadelphous, only 3 developed, the others reduced to 
mere bristles at the top of the sheath. Ovary many-ovuled, the stalk ad- 
nate to the calyx-tube. Pod oblong, indehiscent, thick, the mesocarp fleshy, 
containing several seeds. (Latinization of the Arabic “date” and “Indian,” 
literally “Indian date.”) 
A single species now planted in all tropical countries. 
*1. T. 1npIcA L. Sampaloc (Tag.); Tamarindo (Sp.); Sambac (Vis.); 
Salomague (Il.); Tamarind. 
A large tree 12 to 20 m high, nearly glabrous. Leaves even-pinnate, 
6 to 10 em long; leaflets 20 to 40, rather close, oblong, obtuse, 1 to 2 cm 
long. Racemes mostly axillary, sometimes panicled, 5 to 10 cm long. 
Calyx about 1 cm long. Petals yellowish with pink stripes, obovate-oblong, 
less than lem long. Pods oblong, thickened, 6 to 15 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, 
slightly compressed, the epicarp thin, crustaceous, the mesocarp pulpy, acid, 
edible. (FI. Filip. pl. 14.) 
Commonly cultivated, fl. April—Oct.; widely distributed in the Philip- 
pines, introduced in prehistoric times. Probably a native of tropical Africa, 
but now cultivated in all tropical countries. 
17. INTSIA Thouars 
Erect, unarmed trees with even-pinnate leaves of few large opposite 
leaflets. Flowers in terminal panicles. Calyx with the disk produced to 
the top of the elongated tube, the lobes slightly unequal, imbricated. Petals 
one only developed, orbicular, with a distinct claw, the others absent or 
rudimentary. Stamens 3 perfect, imperfect ones usually present, the 
filaments long, pilose. Pods large, flat, oblong, somewhat woody, 3- to 
6-seeded. Seeds not arillate. (From the native Madagascar name of one 
species. ) 
Species 6, tropics of the Old World, 2 or 3 in the Philippines. 
1. |. bijuga (Colebr.) O. Kuntze (Afzelia bijuga A. Gray). Ipil (Tag., 
Vis.). 
An erect, nearly glabrous tree, 5 to 25 m high. Leaves even-pinnate, 
the leaflets 4, rarely only 2, opposite, glabrous, base somewhat oblique, 
apex retuse or rounded, 5 to 10 cm long. Panicles terminal or leaf-opposed, 
pubescent, corymbose, 6 to 10 cm long. Calyx pubescent, the lobes about 
8 mm long. Petal somewhat exceeding 1 cm in length, the limb about 1 
cm wide, white or pink. Fertile stamens 3. Ovary stalked, pubescent on 
both sutures, exserted. Pod 10 to 25 cm long, 4 to 6.5 cm wide, thickly 
coriaceous, containing from 3 to 6 orbicular seeds. 
Singalon and Cementerio del Norte, cultivated, fl. in June and probably 
in other months; throughout the Philippines near the seashore. Tropical 
shores from Madagascar, through Malaya to the Caroline Islands and 
Fiji. 
