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marind, Manila. 



Xiiiiie in India for Vilhcoilobuim dnlcc. 



.marindo (Philippines). See Tamarindus indica. 



-marindus indica. Tamarind. Plate l.xvi. 



Family Caesalpiniaceae. 



Local names. — Kamalindo (Guam); Sampalok, Sambalagui, Sambag, Sam- 

 bagui, Tamarindo (PhiUppines). 

 An introduced tree witli spreading brandies and beautiful foliage, bearing pods 

 iitaining seeds surrounded by an acid pulp of jileasant flavor. Leaves abruptly 

 mate, with 20 to 40 glabrescent, close, obtuse, opposite, oblong leaflets; flowers 

 V together, in copious lax racemes at the end of the branchlets; pedicels articulated 

 the base of the calyx; bracts boat-shaped, inclosing the buds, caducous; calyx 

 be top-shaped, the disk produced some distance above its base; teeth lanceolate, 

 ich imbricated, the lowest 2 connate; only the 3 upper petals developed, tlie 2 

 eral ovate, the upper hooded, 12 mm. long, yellow striped with red, the 2 

 iver petals reduced to scales; stamens monadelphous, only 3 developed,. the others 

 luced to bristles at the top of the sheath; ovary niany-ovuled, with a stalk adnate 

 the calyx tube; style filiforni, stigma capitate; pod 5 to 15 cm. by 2.5 cm. or more, 

 o 10-seeded, with a thin crustaceous epicarp an(i a thick pulpy luesocarp. 

 The acid pulp makes a very pleasant, cooling drink wlieu mixed with water and 

 eetened. In India it is a favorite ingredient of curries and chutneys, and the seeds 

 ? eaten liy the natives, the outer skin being first removed by roasting or soaking, 

 d the seed then boiled or fried. Thej' are also made into a flour after being dried 

 d ground. The tender seedlings are eaten as a vegetable, and the leaves and 

 wers are also eaten. Nearly every part of this tree is utilized in India, and it 

 lys an important part in the economy of the natives. The wood is highly prized, 

 t is hard to work. It is used for mallets, rice pounders, wheels, etc. The leaves, 

 wers, and fruit are used as mordants in dyeing; and the fruit is a valuable laxative 

 d antiscorbutic." 



In Guam the trees grow well, but as they do not spread spontaneously they are 

 md only near villages and houses where they have been pilanted, and on the sites 

 abandoned ranchos. 



References; 



Tamarindus indica L. Sp. PI. 1 : 34. 1T53. 

 imauian (Philippines). See Caloplnjllum. inophyllum. 

 imbalisa (Philippines). See Sop!iora tomenlosa. 

 imbo (Philippines). See Trichoon roxbiirghii. 

 imo (Philippines). See Zinziher zerumhet. 

 metane (Samoa). See Nothnpatiaj- fruticosum. 

 mga-mimi (Samoa). See Ipomoea congesta. 

 ingantangan (Guam), iiee Leucaena glatica. 

 iiTgantangan (Philippines). See Eicinns coinmimix. 

 mgerine orange. See Citrus nobili.s. 

 mglad (Philippines). See Andropogon nardus. 

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.4mong the plants yielding tan stuffs are the following: 

 Anacardium occidentale. — Kasoe, the cashew tree. 

 Bruguiera gymnorhiza. — Mangle macho, the many-petaled mangrove. 

 Ficus sp. — Nunu, the banyan; bark astringent. 

 Heritiera littoralis. — Ufa; free from coloring matter. 



« Watt, Economic Products of India, vol. 6, pt. 3, pp. 405-409, 1893. 



