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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.
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Medicinal
Uses:
Plant
pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, indigestion, dyspepsia, swelling,
inflammation, pain, arthritis, skin diseases, stomatitis, constipation,
hemorrhoids, menorrhagia, leucorrhoea and urinary retention
Herbal Extract packing:
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