Showing Food Tamarind
General Information | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name | Tamarind | ||||||||||
Scientific Name | Tamarindus indica | ||||||||||
Description | Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) is a leguminous tree in the family Fabaceae indigenous to tropical Africa. The genus Tamarindus is a monotypic taxon, having only a single species. The tamarind tree produces edible, pod-like fruit which are used extensively in cuisines around the world. Other uses include traditional medicines and metal polishes. The wood can be used in carpentry. Because of the tamarind's many uses, cultivation has spread around the world in tropical and subtropical zones. | ||||||||||
Primary ID | FOOD00180 | ||||||||||
Picture | |||||||||||
Classification | |||||||||||
Group | Fruits | ||||||||||
Sub-Group | Tropical fruits | ||||||||||
Taxonomy | |||||||||||
Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
Order | Fabales | ||||||||||
Family | Fabaceae | ||||||||||
Genus | Tamarindus | ||||||||||
Species | indica | ||||||||||
Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
External Links | |||||||||||
ITIS ID | 26980 | ||||||||||
Wikipedia ID | Tamarind | ||||||||||
Composition | |||||||||||
Compounds |
Processing... | ||||||||||
Macronutrients |
Processing... | ||||||||||
References | |||||||||||
Content Reference | — Duke, James. 'Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. United States Department of Agriculture.' Agricultural Research Service, Accessed April 27 (2004). — Saxholt, E., et al. 'Danish food composition databank, revision 7.' Department of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (2008). — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. — Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181. |