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Tamarind is a long lived and beautiful fruiting tree, growing up to 30 metres tall with a dense, spreading crown. The tree has fragrant flowers and a feathery foliage that is usually evergreen but becomes deciduous in drier regions.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Sores}}, {{Uses|Ulcers}}, {{Uses|Boils}}, {{Uses|Rashes}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|Cardiac}}, {{Uses|Blood sugar}}, {{Uses|Throat infection}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Fever}}.
{{Uses|Intestinal worms}}
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.
==Chemical Composition==
<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa= |en= |gu= |hi= |kn= |ks= |ml= |mr= |pa= |ta= |te=}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Evergreen Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Paripinnate|Oblong|Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled|||seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
Tamarind grows best in drier areas of the tropics, though it can also do well in much wetter, monsoon areas so long as there is a distinct dry season. It is found at elevations up to 1,500 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 35°c, but can tolerate 12 - 45°c.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Low-altitude woodland}}, {{Commonly seen|Savannah and bush}}, {{Commonly seen|Termite mounds}}, {{Commonly seen|Semi-arid areas}}, {{Commonly seen|Wooded grassland}}.
{{Commonly seen|Stream and riverbanks}}
==Photo Gallery==
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">["chemistry"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">["morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Tamarindus+indica"Cultivation"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
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[[Category:Herbs]]
