Botanical Name: Tamarindus indica
Sanskrit Name: Tintrini, Chincha, Tindidi, Tindida
English Name: Tamarind tree
Family: Caesalpiniaceae

Plant part use: Fruit, Leaves, Seeds, Root.

Description Tamarindus indica:

A large evergreen tree grows up to 40 meters in height. Leaves paripinnately compound. Leaflets small in slender rachis, 10-15 pairs, oblong; flowers yellowish orange, striped in red, found in racemes in the slender branches. Fruits brown compressed pods. Seeds dark brown, stony hard, covered with sour jelly.

 

Medicinal Uses:

Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, indigestion, dyspepsia, swelling, inflammation, pain, arthritis, skin diseases, stomatitis, constipation, hemorrhoids, menorrhagia, leucorrhoea and urinary retention.

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