Tamarind
ಹುಣಸೆइमलीபுளிய மரம்
Tamarindus indica L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 16 m
- wide
- 14 m
Fabaceae
Formerly Cavaraea elegans, Tamarindus erythraeus, Tamarindus occidentalis, Tamarindus somalensis
When it flowers
Flowers April to September in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Comoros, MadagascarKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from UF/IFAS, one source
- Height
- 12 m to 20 mRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Spread
- 12 m to 15 mRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from UF/IFAS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: UF/IFAS yellow; Wikipedia orange, red, yellow
- Coldest it survives
- -1.1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from UF/IFAS, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Apple-of-PeruFlowers October to March, when this does not
Arabian jasmineFlowers October to March, when this does not
Barbados lilyFlowers October to March, when this does not
Billygoat weedFlowers October to March, when this does not
Black-eyed Susan vineFlowers October to March, when this does not
Blue dazeFlowers October to March, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Tamarindo africano, Tamarindo
- root
- Pah-ch'ukuk, pajch´ujuk, M'bhwemba, tanmawen
- Indonesian
- Asam Jawa
- Portuguese
- Tamarindeiro, Tamarindo
- French
- Tamarinier
- Chinese
- 羅望子/酸酸果, 亞森果, 酸豆
- Finnish
- tamarindipuu
- Czech
- tamarind indický
- Japanese
- タマリンド
- Chinese (China)
- 酸角, 罗望子, 酸豆
- Sinhala
- සියඹලා
- Arabic
- تمر هندي
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- UF/IFAS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.5
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Tamarindus indica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.