Tamarindus indica L.

Tamarindus indica L.

Status: Accepted
Genus: Tamarindus L.
Tribe: Detarieae-formerly Amherstieae
References: [106][1056][1941][2264]

Other names:

Tamarindus occidentalis Gaertner [Synonym] [1606]
Tamarindus officinalis Hook. [Synonym] [1606]
Tamarindus umbrosa Salisb. [Synonym] [1606]

Common Names:

Imli [2264]
Tamaleni [2266]
Tamare [1941]
Tamaren [3058]
Tamarin [2157] [3061]
Tamarin des Bas [1915]
Tamarind [2264] [106] [2968] [2153] [1915] [1056]
Tamarindo [2157]
Tamarinier [1915] [2968] [113]
Tamarinier des Bas [3053]
Tamerine [2968]
Tamrind [3058]

Descriptors:

Habit:
- Tree
Lifespan:
- Perennial
Stems:
- Not climbing
Source(s):
- 1988(Africa)Lock JM
- 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
- 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
- 1993 Polhill RM
- 1993 Zarucchi JL
- 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
- 1999-05 Heald J
Conservation Status:
- Not Threatened

Uses:

Chemical products [14]
Environmental [14] [113]
Food and Drink [106] [453] [14] [1915] [2264] [2968]
Medicine [111] [9] [2968] [1915]
Wood [2264] [14] [113] [9] [453]

Geographical Distribution:

Africa
- Angola-ISO [113]
- Benin [11]
- Burkina [8]
- Burundi [8]
- Cameroon [111]
- Cape Verde [8]
- Central African Rep. [8]
- Chad [64]
- Djibouti [239]
- Egypt [8]
- Equatorial Guinea-ISO [8]
- Ethiopia [113]
- Ghana [11]
- Guinea [11]
- Guinea Bissau [11]
- Ivory Coast [11]
- Kenya [106]
- Liberia [11]
- Libya [8]
- Malawi [8]
- Mali [11]
- Mozambique [113]
- Niger [11]
- Nigeria [11]
- Senegal [11]
- Sierra Leone [11]
- Socotra [8]
- Somalia [8]
- South Africa [107]
- Sudan [29]
- Tanzania [106]
- Togo [8]
- Uganda [106]
- Zaire [113]
- Zambia [28]
- Zimbabwe [8]

Asia [261] [1914] [1929] [1939] [1947] [1948] [1969] [1979] [2002] [2021] [2023]
- Bhutan [1947]
- Cambodia [2023]
- India-ISO [1914]
- Indonesia-ISO [1969]
- Iran [1939]
- Iraq [1939]
- Irian Jaya [261]
- Laos [2023]
- Malaysia-ISO [1948]
- Pakistan [2021]
- Philippines [1979]
- Sri Lanka [2023]
- Taiwan [1929]
- Thailand [2002]
- Vietnam [2023]

Australasia [261] [1880]
- Australia [1880]
  - Northern Territory
  - Queensland
  - Western Australia
- Papua New Guinea [261]

Caribbean [453] [1056] [2153] [2157]
- Bahamas [2153]
- Cayman Is [453]
- Dominican Republic [2157]
- Haiti [2157]
- Jamaica [1056]

Central America [1117] [1188] [1470] [2156] [2233]
- Belize [1242]
- Costa Rica [1367]
- El Salvador [2156]
- Guatemala [1645]
- Honduras [2233]
- Mexico(North & Central) [1470]
- Mexico(South East) [1117] [1188] [1470]
- Nicaragua [2233]
- Panama [1224] [1606]

Indian Ocean [33] [1915] [1941] [1982] [3054] [3062] [3067] [3076] [3078]
- Aldabra [1941] [3078]
- Comoro Is [3054]
- Laccadive Is [3076]
- Madagascar [1982]
- Maldives [3062]
- Mauritius [1915] [3067]
- Reunion [1915]
- Rodrigues [1915]
- Seychelles [1941]

Middle East [1939]
- Bahrain [1939]
- Oman [1939]
- Saudi Arabia [1939]
- South Yemen [1939]
- Yemen [1939]

North America
- United States [1114] [1542]

Pacific Ocean [261] [2235] [2264] [2265] [2266] [2968]
- Bismarck Archipelago [261]
- Cook Is [2265]
- Fiji [2264]
- Gilbert Is [2235]
- Niue [2266]
- Northern Marianas [2235]
- Society Is [2968]
- Tonga [2265]

South America [1140] [2233]
- Argentina [1114] [1140]
- Bolivia [1289]
- Brazil [1414]
- Colombia [1114] [1292]
- Ecuador [2233]
- French Guiana [1408]
- Paraguay [2233]
- Peru [1114] [1442]
- Venezuela [2233]

Notes:

Very widely planted; natural range obscured.Entered as N unless definitely I.
Aubreville (Fl.Cam.,ref.111) suggests native of W.Madagascar.

Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:52:50