Tamarindus

• Authority

  Isley, Duane. 1975. Leguminosae of the United States: II. Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25 (2): 1-228.

• Family

  Caesalpiniaceae

• Scientific Name

  Tamarindus

• Description

  Genus Description - Trees. Leaves 1-even-pinnate. Stipules deciduous. Flowers in short, initially bracteate, pendent racemes towards ends of branches. Hypanthium turbinate; sepals 4, pinkish, imbricate; functional petals 3, the two lower reduced to rudiments; functional stamens 3, filaments basally fused; ovary-stipe fused to hypanthium. Legume indehiscent, irregularly oblong, subcompressed, succulent, becoming spongy or brittle-coriaceous, septate between seeds.

• Discussion

  CBN x = 12.

• Distribution

  A monotypic genus of warm and tropical regions.