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Family : Caesalpiniaceae |
Family (APGIII) : FABACEAE |
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 1: 34 (1753)  |
Information on the genus : Tamarindus |
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Status
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Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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Status for NA : | accepted (naturalised-introduced) |
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Status for SA : | accepted (naturalised-introduced) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (naturalised-introduced) |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Tamarindus erythraea Mattei (1908) |
=Tamarindus somalensis Mattei (1908) |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Tree to 25 m with stout bole to 65 cm Ø, often with several trunks; crown dark, evergreen, low-branching, rounded. |
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Ecology : |
Considered spontaneous, at least in an area from Mali to Niger, by certain botanists, in the drier parts of the sub-Saharan savanna, SC and E Africa across to W India where it has been dispersed by man world-wide. |
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Cultivated in the E Mediterrranean since Antiquity (mentioned first by Theophrastus, 4th Century BC). -See H. M. Burkill, Useful Pl. W. Trop. Afr. 3: 169-176, 1995. |
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But area of origin uncertain, probably Madagascar. Not mapped. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Peyre de Fabrègues B. & J. P. Lebrun (1976). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger. Maison Alfort
- Boudet G. & J.P. Lebrun (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16
- Exell, A. & Wild, H. (2007). Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate. London Kew 3[2]: 61
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:218, 340 (2012)
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
- César J. & C. Chatelain (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Food plants of Zimbabwe : 127-128 (1986).
Bibliography for North Africa :
- ALI, S. I., S. M. H. JAFRI & A. EL GADI (ed.) (1978). Flora of Libya. 61: 7
- LEBRUN, J. P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires de la Mauritanie et du Sahara occidental. Boissiera 55: 123
- FENNANE, M. & M. IBN TATTOU (1998). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires rares, menacées ou endémiques du Maroc. Bocconea 8: 130
 - FENNANE, M. & M. IBN TATTOU (2005). Flore vasculaire du Maroc. Inventaire et chorologie [1]. Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 37: 229
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under chg |
see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base |
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
see under Fgui |
see under The International Plant Name Index |
see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
see under Flora of Mozambique |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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Map |
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More information >> ( work in progress )
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 Tamarindus indica L. Tamarindus indica L.; Madagascar, Beanka, partie centrale; num.coll.: RFB 002; photo: Bolliger, R.F. & A. J. Tahinarivony  Tamarindus indica L. Tamarindus indica L.; Madagascar, Beanka, partie centrale; num.coll.: RFB 002; photo: Bolliger, R.F. & A. J. Tahinarivony
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