Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Caesalpiniaceae | Genus: Tamarindus | Species: Tamarindus indica Linn.( इमली ) |
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| Synonym | Tamarindus occidentalis Gaertn., Tamarindus officinalis Hook., Tamarindus officinalis Hook. | Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Imli | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Tamarind | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Imli | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | 1500 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a pod oblong, fruit wall crustaceous, mesocarp pulpy, seeds 3-8 or more, obovoid-orbicular, compressed, brown. |
| Habitat | Found growing along stream and riverbanks | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | Native of tropical Africa and now it has now spread to Africa, India, and tropical Asia, as well as South America, West Indies, and Major islands in Indian Ocean | Bark Details | Bark rough, fissured, grayish-brown |
| Distribution in Haryana | Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sonepat | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | TTree upto 20 m high; Bark brown to brownish-black, rough with vertical fissures; Leaves paripinnate, alternate; stipules lateral, minute, cauducous; rachis pulvinate; leaflets 20-34, opposite, sessile, estipellate; lamina oblong. Flowers bisexual, yellow with reddish-pink dots, in lax terminal racemes; bracts and bracteoles ovate-oblong, coloured, cauducous; pedicelate; calyx tube narrowly turbinate, lined by disc; lobes 4, subequal, oblong, imbricate; petals 3, pink dotted, lateral 2, clawed, subequal. Fruit a pod oblong, fruit wall crustaceous, mesocarp pulpy, seeds 3-8 or more, obovoid-orbicular, compressed, brown. | Leaf Details | Leaves paripinnate, alternate; stipules lateral, minute, cauducous; rachis pulvinate; leaflets 20-34, opposite, sessile, estipellate; lamina oblong. |
