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A traditional food plant in Africa, tamarind has the potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable landcare. [52] In Madagascar, its fruit and leaves are a well-known favorite of the ring-tailed lemur, providing as much as 50 percent of their food resources during the year if available. [53]
Foliage. Castanospora is a monotypic genus (i.e. a genus containing only one species) in the maple and lychee family Sapindaceae.The sole species is Castanospora alphandii, commonly known as brown tamarind, which grows naturally in rainforests of eastern Australia from about Coffs Harbour in mid north New South Wales, as far north as Rossville in far north Queensland.
Cupaniopsis flagelliformis, commonly known as brown tuckeroo or weeping flower tamarind, [2] is a tree in the lychee and maple family Sapindaceae, endemic to eastern Australia. It is a small tree that inhabits tropical and sub-tropical rainforest and monsoon forest .
Dialium guineense, the velvet tamarind, [3] is a tall, tropical, fruit-bearing tree in the family Fabaceae. It has small, typically grape-sized, edible fruits with brown, hard, inedible shells. It has small, typically grape-sized, edible fruits with brown, hard, inedible shells.
Tamarind grows on tamarind trees which are typically found in tropical regions and grow to 24 meters high on average. [3] [10] The trees produce fruit in abundance, on average, for 50 to 60 years but can live for over 200 years. [11] Tamarind trees produce brown fruit pods that enclose one to twelve reddish-brown seeds as well as pulp [citation ...
The tree is medium to large, with long and broad leaves. It can achieve a height of over 35 metres tall and a trunk diameter of 75 cm. The trunk is cylindrical and flanged at the base, somewhat resembling the trunk of the Coachwood. The branches bear alternate leaves, which are large and pinnate with conspicuously large leaflets. The leaf is ...
Diploglottis diphyllostegia, commonly known as the northern tamarind, native tamarind or wild tamarind, is a tree in the lychee family Sapindaceae which is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is an attractive tree with potential in cultivation, with a dense crown of dark green leaves and masses of fruit in spring and summer.
Diploglottis campbellii is a rainforest tree northern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland. Growing to 30 metres tall, it is commonly known as the small-leaved tamarind. It is rare and threatened and is restricted to a small number of sites, each with a maximum of 3 trees per site.