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Tamarindus indica

Floral Description According to Flora of Pakistan A large evergreen tree. Stipules linear, caducous.  Leaves 3.5-15 cm long, paripinnate.  Leaflets 10-20 pairs, opposite, 1.2-1.8 cm long, c. 3.7-5 mm wide, oblong, obtuse.  Inflorescence 10-15 flowered lax raceme.  Pedicel 8-10 mm. Calyx c. 1.2 cm long, tube turbinate, teeth lanceolate, the lowest two connate.  Petals 3, 1-1.5 cm long, pale yellow, with red veins, the two lower reduced to scales.  Stamens monadelphous, 3 perfect, others reduced to bristles. Pods 7.5-20 cm long, 2-2.5 cm wide, slightly compressed, indehiscent.  Seeds dark brown or black       According to Flora of China Trees, 10-15(-25) m tall. Trunk 30-50(-90) cm d.b.h. Bark dark ashy, irregularly longitudinally splitting.  Leaflets ob­long, small, 1.3-2.8 cm × 5-9 mm, glabrous, base obliquely rounded, apex rounded or emarginate.  Flowers few, yellowish tinged with purplish red str...