Tamarindus indica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Detarioideae
Tribus: Amherstieae
Genus: Tamarindus
Species: Tamarindus indica

Name

Tamarindus indica L. (1753)

Synonyms

Cavaraea elegans Speg.
Tamarindus erythraeus Mattei
Tamarindus occidentalis Gaertn.
Tamarindus officinalis Hook.
Tamarindus somalensis Mattei
Tamarindus umbrosa Salisb.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar
Introduced into:
- Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Doubtfully present in:
- Hainan

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 34. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tamarindus indica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Tamarindus indica. Published online. Accessed: Sep 12 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Tamarindus indica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Sep 2020.
Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tamarindus indica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Basa Bali: asem
বাংলা: তেঁতুল
català: Tamarinde
Deutsch: Tamarindenbaum
English: Tamarind tree
español: Tamarindo
euskara: Tamarindo
suomi: Tamarindipuu
français: Tamarinier
hts: Muhi
Bahasa Indonesia: Asam Jawa
Ilokano: Salamagi
italiano: Tamarindo
मराठी: चिंच
Nederlands: Tamarinde
polski: Tamaryndowiec indyjski
română: Tamarin
ไทย: มะขาม
Türkçe: Demirhindi

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