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THE CUBA REVIEW 



The Tamarindo Tree in a Cuban Pasture 



tamarindo is self-sown in all regions of its growth, especially around cities and towns, 

 it is extensively cultivated for shade and ornament, as well as for its fruit. The tree 

 is suitable for avenue planting, especially in India, where it attains larger sizes and 

 the branches spread more than in the West Indies. There are several varieties of 

 this species. The kind growing in India produces larger and better fruit than that in 

 the other parts of the Tropics. 



The importance of this tree cannot be overestimated. While the fruits are of 

 prime usefulness, every part of the tree is utilized in one way or another. The fruit 

 is highly esteemed wherever the tree grows and much of it finds its way into commerce 

 either in the raw or prepared state. It is a pod botanically called legume which is 

 common to all plants of the bean family. The pod is from three to six inches in 

 length and from three-fourths to one and a Quarter of an inch in width and about 



