Tamarindus INDICA L.
| Synonym : | Tamarindus occidentalis Gaertn. Tamarindus officinalis Hook. Tamarindus umbrosa Salisb. |
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| Bangla Name : | Tetul, Ambli. ,Khen-thiri (Garo), Hao Mong, Gayoi Si (Marma), Teroi Gaith (Tanchangya). |
| English Name : | Tamarind Tree. |
| Family : | Caesalpiniaceae |
| Disease : | Fever,dyspepsia,gastritis,diarrhoea,inflammatory swellings, sprains, tumours and ringworms. |
| Description : | A large handsome, evergreen tree, 12-18 m high with round bushy crown and comparatively smaller bole. Leaves peripinnate, 5-12.5 cm long, leaflets small, 10-20 pairs, linear oblong, slightly nothched at the apex. Flowers in terminal, lax, few-flowered racemes, petals 1 cm long, subequal, yellowish with pink stripes. Fruit a pod, 7.5-20 cm long, indehiscent, slightly curved subcompressed, with very acidic pulp. |
| Distribution : | Planted throughout Bangladesh. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Fruit pulp contains large quantities (16-18%) of tartaric, citric, malic and acetic acids, potassium tartrate, invert sugar, gum and pectin. It also contains traces of oxalic acid. Seed testa contains a fixed oil. Seeds cotyledons contain albuminoids, fat |
| Uses : | Pulp of the ripe fruit is refrigerant, carminative, digestive, astringent, laxative and tonic to the heart, it is a household remedy for fever, dyspepsia, gastritis, dysentery and diarrhoea, also useful in diseases supposed to cause by deranged bile, such |
| Habit : | Tree |