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Tamarind Fruit Benefits

Tamarind Fruit Benefits - Known as Indian date, tamarind is a tree in family Fabaceae. This fruit is native tropical from Africa grows wild in Sudan. It is cultivated in Tanzania, Nigeria, and Cameroon. The Spanish and Portuguese colonists introduce tamarind fruit in South America and Mexico in the 16th century. In 1797, the first tree of tamarind was plant in Hawaii.


Tamarind has one type of fruit that has the medium-dense growth of trees reach heights a crown 12, 2-18, 1 meter. The crown is a vase-shaped stripe with the dense foliage. Not only grows well in full sun but also grow well in loam, sandy, clay,and acidic soils even tamarinds very tolerant of aerosol salt and drought. They are 2,5cm in width, borne in racemes, five petalled with yellow or streaks.

Have the length 11-15 cm, tamarind is an indehiscent legume. The fruit bears a fleshy, acidulous pulp and juicy. The tamarinds of Asian have longer pods bearing 5-11 seeds while those of India and West Africa have smaller pods with 1-5 seeds only, the seeds are brown and flat. The taste of tamarinds is sweet and sour. It is highly rich in calcium acid, sugar, and vitamin B. The trees of tamarind fruit are sensitive frost. The timber consists of yellowish sapwood and dark red heartwood also softer. A mature tree produces about 170 kg fruits every year. The native of tamarind is Sudan but the largest consumers come from the Asia, Mexico, and tropical Africa. Pulp Tamarind fruit is very popular and can be eaten. The ripe fruit is regarded palatable as it becomes sweet in taste rather than being sour. In HP sauce is used by western cuisines. In India, it is widely consumed in number of dishes.

Phytochemical studies have indicated in tamarind fruits the presence of alkaloids, phlobatamins, tannins, sesquiterpenes, saponins. This compound is active in against Gram positive and negative bacteria at range temperature of 4-310C in tamarind. The health benefit of tamarind is for making a decoction along with potash for curing body pain, stomach disorder, a blood purifier, jaundice, and skin cleansing agent. This treatment is particularly applicable in Northern Nigeria which is taken from fresh stem bark and leaves the part of tamarind. The benefit from tamarind is not for health but it can use for the furniture too.
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