Tamarindus indica L.

TRUMAN G. YUNCKER HERBARIUM
OF OEPAUW UNIVERSITY (DPU)
PURCHASED BY NY IN 1987
DEPAUW UNIV.
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Tamarindus indicaXmnaeus, Spec. Plant., 34, 1753.
Medium to large, thickly branched, round-topped tree. Leaves alternate, even-pinnate
leaflets up to 36 or more, oblong, about 2 cm. long, obtuse or slightly emarginate, sessile’
light green, base obliquely inequilateral. Flowers yellow with red veins, in axillary, race-
mose clusters. Pods linear, curved, up to 12 or more cm. long, seeds several, enclosed in
an edible pulp.
Introduced (9852). English name, tamarind; native names, fitihetau,
tamaleni.
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Flora of Niue Island
Herbarium of Bernice P. Blahop Mmeum
No. 9852
Tamar IncLu s lndlea L.
Pis. yellow. Tree 10 m. tall. Near
Tuapa. 20 m. alt. Jan. 24, J.940.
Coll. T. G. Juncker
Dm.
* fitihetau1
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