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A traditional food plant in Africa, tamarind has the potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable landcare. [52] In Madagascar, its fruit and leaves are a well-known favorite of the ring-tailed lemur , providing as much as 50 percent of their food resources during the year if available.
Dialium indum, the tamarind-plum [2] or velvet tamarind, [3] is a tall, tropical, fruit-bearing tree. It belongs to the family Fabaceae , and has small, typically grape-sized edible fruits with brown hard inedible shells.
The tables below include tabular lists for selected basic foods, compiled from United States Dept. of Agriculture sources.Included for each food is its weight in grams, its calories, and (also in grams,) the amount of protein, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, fat, and saturated fat. [1]
Vangueria madagascariensis, commonly known by the names Spanish-tamarind, [2] tamarind-of-the-Indies, [2] or voa vanga, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae native to the African continent having edible fruit. [2] It is the type species of the genus Vangueria and was described in 1791 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin. [4]
Caterina Oltean/500px/Getty Images. Tamarind can be used in sauces, drinks, desserts, marinades and so much more. (It’s also an essential ingredient in pad Thai.)
Dialium guineense, the velvet tamarind, [3] is a tall, tropical, fruit-bearing tree in the family Fabaceae. It has small, typically grape-sized, edible fruits with brown, hard, inedible shells. It has small, typically grape-sized, edible fruits with brown, hard, inedible shells.
Mucuna pruriens is a tropical legume native to Africa and tropical Asia and widely naturalized and cultivated. [2] Its English common names include monkey tamarind, velvet bean, Bengal velvet bean, Florida velvet bean, Mauritius velvet bean, Yokohama velvet bean, cowage, cowitch, lacuna bean, and Lyon bean. [2]
Tamarind pods, fruit and seeds Tamarind pods. The primary ingredient of tamarindo, tamarind (also known as Tamarindus indica L), is a legume, part of the family Fabaceae. [2] Tamarind grows on tamarind trees which are typically found in tropical regions and grow to 24 meters high on average.