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16. TAMARINDUS Linnaeus 



A large, unacmed tree with abruptly pinnate leaves. Plpwers in axil- 

 lary racemes. Calyx-tube turbinate, the teeth lanceolate, much imbri- 

 cated, the lower two coniiate. Only the three ipper 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. INDICA L. Sampaloc (Tag.) ; Tamarindo (Sp.) ; Sambac (Vis.) ; 

 Salomague (II.) ; Tamarind. 



A large tree 12 to 20 m high, riearly glabrous. Leaves even-pinnate, 

 6 to 10 cm 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-objong, 

 less than 1 cm 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. (Fl. Filip. pi. H.) 



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. I NTS I A Thouars 



Erect, unarmed trees with even-pitinate leaves of few large opposite 

 leaflets. Flowers in terminal j)anicle;^' Calyx with the disk produced to 

 the llop 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 pne 

 species.) 



Species 6, tropics of the Old World, 2 or 3 in the Philippines. 



1, I. bijuga (Colebr.) 0. Kuntze (Afzelia hijuga, 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 nun long. Petal somewhat exceeding 1 cm^ in length, the limb about 1 

 cm wide, white or pink. Fertile stamens 3. Ovary stalkecj, 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. Trbpicid 

 shores from Madagascar, through Malaya to the Caroline Islands and 

 Fiji. 



