| Common Name : | Tamarind. |
| Botanical Name : | Tamarindus indica |
| Bengali Name : | Tetul. |
| Family : | Fabaceae |
| Photo taken : | Bangladesh, India. |
Tamarind is a brown colored fruit which is extremely sour in taste. Botanical name of this tamarind is Tamarindus indica. This is not native to Indian zone. Instead, it is native to Africa. This belongs to the plant family Fabaceae. Common name of tamarind is Indian Date. In Bangladesh we call this as Tetul (তেতুল).
Tamarind fruit pods hanging from the tree.
Tamarind is a slow growing but can become a massive tree with lot of branches. Though very often it is seen over 50 feet in height. Leafs are ferny and holding lot of small leafs. This tree produces a shade by its dense leafs. Lot of pedestrians use to take rest under this tree when they are tired.
The Tamarind flowers are small and bloom as a cluster. Tamarind flower is pale yellow in color and having reddish vein like things through the petals. Fruits are pod type and brown colored (if you scratch it would show green color under the brown skin). Fruits are extremely sour in taste. Seeds are hard and dark maroon in color. In my childhood I used to play with those seeds.
Tamarind fruit pods hanging from the tree.
People love to make pickle and chutney using Tamarind because of its sourness. A nice refreshing sour juice can be made out of both green and ripe Tamarind.
Ferny leafs of Tamarind
A massive shady tamarind tree
Photos of Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) were taken from the following locations:
1. June of 2012, Rajshahi, Bangladesh,
2. June 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
3. September 2015, Kolkata, India.
This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog https://icflora.blogspot.com/
Comments
Post a Comment