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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Plant Height: 30 to 40 feet
Leaves: Semi-evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Other: Greenish-brown to reddish-pink pods, each containing 10 shiny flat black seeds.
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Green
Other: Greenish-white
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Dye production
Shade Tree
Will Naturalize
Suitable for forage
Useful for timber production
Edible Parts: Seeds or Nuts
Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Days to germinate: 14 days
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Layering
Pollinators: Bees
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Madras Thorn
  • Guamuchil
  • Manila Tamarind
  • Pinzan

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Location: Sumatera Indonesia
Date: 2017-11-11
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2022-03-11
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2022-03-11
Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Date: 2008-03-01
Photo by J M Garg CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Location: Riverside, CA
Date: 2016-10-29
Grown from seed
Location: Sumatera Indonesia
Date: 2017-11-11
variegated cultivar
Location: Uppalapadu, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2009-03-31
Photo by J M Garg CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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