The listing, 6 Tamarind Tropical Fruit Tree Seeds! Unique Tree! has ended.
Tamarind is a healthy and delicious fruit! These seeds from the raw fruit have been propogating great. The picture is 2 of 3 I planted in less than two weeks time! Dont let the small sprout fool you, this girl gets HUGE bearing up to hundreds of pounds of fruit yearly! Good luck and enjoy!
Some info found online:
The tamarind is a long-lived, medium-growth,bushy tree, which attains a maximum crownheight of 12 to 18 metres (40 to 60 feet). The crown has an irregular, vase-shaped outline of dense foliage. The tree grows well in full sun in clay, loam, sandy, and acidic soil types, with a high drought and aerosol salt (wind-borne salt as found in coastal areas) resistance.
The tamarind does flower, though inconspicuously, with red and yellow elongated flowers. Flowers are 2.5 cm wide (one inch), five-petalled, borne in smallracemes, and yellow with orange or red streaks. Buds are pink as the four sepals are pink and are lost when the flower blooms.
The fruit is an indehiscent legume, sometimes called a pod, 12 to 15 cm (3 to 6 inches) in length, with a hard, brown shell. The fruit has a fleshy, juicy,acidulous pulp. It is mature when the flesh is coloured brown or reddish-brown. The tamarinds of Asia have longer pods containing six to 12 seeds, whereas African and West Indian varieties have short pods containing one to six seeds. The seeds are somewhat flattened, and glossy brown.
The tamarind is best described as sweet andsour in taste, and is high in tartaric acid,sugar, B vitamins and, oddly for a fruit,calcium.