TAMARIND-TAMARINDUS INDICA- LIVE PLANT - ALL CLIMATE - BANGALORE AGRICO

Tamarind is a leguminous tree.The fruit is best described as sweet and sour in taste. The tamarind tree produces pod-like fruit that contains an edible pulp.A mature tree can produce about 175 kg of tamarind per year. The fruit is an indehiscent legume and this is sometimes called a pod.The fruit has a hard brown shell.The fruit has a juicy pulp. The fruit gets matured when the flesh is coloured brown or reddish brown.The pulp is acidulous. The fruit is highly rich in tartaric acid. The fruit is also rich in sugar, B vitamins, and unusually for a fruit, calciumThe fruit is harvested by pulling the pod from its stalk. The pulp of tamarind is found to be fleshy .