Fruit · Medicinal · Spice
Tamarind
Tamarindus indica L.
Tropical Africa and Madagascar
Fun factThe tree's leaflets fold together at night, and the pulp from its pods is the ingredient that gives Worcestershire sauce its sourness.
A large, slow-growing evergreen legume tree with a dense dome-shaped crown of fine, feathery leaves that fold up at night. Small pale yellow flowers veined with red hang in loose clusters and are followed by velvety brown pods filled with a sweet-sour paste around hard seeds. That paste has been used as a food ingredient for thousands of years and is the souring agent in Worcestershire sauce and many curries.
Sourced · see Record tab
2on the estate
2carrying a tag
2sponsored
FamilyFabaceae
Spanish nameTamarindo
Also known asIndian date, Tamarindo
Native toTropical Africa and Madagascar (Kew gives Comoros and Madagascar), though the exact origin is uncertain because of ancient, widespread cultivation
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Main Orchard | B | 26 May 2014 | Healthy | Pamela F., Australia | |
| 29 | Main Orchard | B | 26 May 2014 | Healthy | Mike F., USA |
0 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.