Manila Tamarind
Pithecellobium dulce
Also known as Sweet Tamarind, Blackbead, Madras thorn, Monkeypod, Guamuchil, Guayamochil
About Manila Tamarind
Pithecellobium dulce, commonly known as Manila tamarind, Madras thorn, monkeypod tree or camachile, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Pacific Coast and adjacent highlands of Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. It is also sometimes known as monkeypod, but that name is also used for several other plants, including Samanea saman. It is an introduced species and extensively naturalized in the Caribbean and Florida, as well as the Philippines and Guam via the Manila galleons. It has also been introduced to Cambodia, Thailand and South Asia, It is considered an invasive species in Hawaii.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pithecellobium dulce
- Genus
- Pithecellobium
- Family
- MIMOSACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests, also planted in gardens
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Cultivated Tropics of the World
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Jangal Jalebi जंगल जलेबी, जंगल जलेबी, पिथोस्बॉबियम डूलस
- Nepali
- जलेबी
- Bengali
- খইয়া বাবলা
- Tamil
- கொடுக்காப்புளி Kodukkappuli, கொடுக்காப்புளி, கொடுக்காய்ப்புளி
- Telugu
- సీమ చింత
- Kannada
- ಸೀಮೆಹುಣಸೆ Seeme hunase, ಕೊರಕಾಪುಳಿ Korakaapuli, ಕೊಟ್ಟಾಂಪುಳಿ Kottaampuli
- Malayalam
- മാനിലപ്പുളി
- Marathi
- विलायती चिंच Vilayatichinch, विलायती चिंच
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
Manila Tamarind belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
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