Fabaceae
Tamarind
Tamarindus indica
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Tamarindus
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Common names
By language (111)
- ace
- Mè
- Afrikaans
- Tamarinde
- Amharic
- ሮቃ
- Arabic
- تمر هندي, العرديب, تمرهندي
- Armenian
- Թամարինդ
- arz
- تمر هندى
- awa
- इमिली
- azb
- تمرهیندی
- Azerbaijani
- Hindistan tamarindası
- Bambara
- Ntomi
- ban
- Clagi
- Bangla
- তেঁতুল
- Basque
- Tamarindo
- Belarusian
- Тамарынд
- Bhojpuri
- इमिली
- bik
- Tamarindo
- bjn
- Asam kamal
- Bulgarian
- Индийски тамаринд
- Burmese
- မန်ကျည်း
- Cantonese
- 羅望子
- Catalan
- Tamarinde, Tamarind
- Central Kurdish
- خورمای ھیندی
- Chinese
- 羅望子, 酸豆, 罗望子, 老虎须, 酸梅, 酸荚, 酸角, 酸豆（酸角)
- Croatian
- Tamarind
- Czech
- Tamarind indický
- dag
- Puhiga
- din
- Cuɛi
- Divehi
- ހެލެނބެލި
- Dutch
- Tamarinde
- English
- Tamarind
- Esperanto
- Tamarindo
- Estonian
- Tamarindipuu
- Filipino
- Sampalok, Tamarind
- Finnish
- Tamarindipuu, Tamarindi
- French
- Tamarinier
- Galician
- Tamarindo
- Georgian
- Თამარინდი
- German
- Tamarindenbaum, Tamarinden-Baum
- Greek
- Ταμάρινδος
- Guarani
- Tamaríno
- Gujarati
- ખાટી આમલી
- Haitian Creole
- Tamaren
- Hausa
- Tsamiya
- Hebrew
- תמרינדי, תמר הודי, תמר הינדי, תמרהינדי
- Hindi
- इमली
- Hungarian
- Tamarindusz
- Icelandic
- Tamarind
- Iloko
- Salamagi
- Indonesian
- Asam jawa, Asem, Asem jawa, Tamarin
- io
- Tamarindo
- Italian
- Tamarindo
- Japanese
- タマリンド, チョウセンモダマ
- Javanese
- Asem jawa
- Kannada
- ಹುಣಸೆ
- Kazakh
- Тамаринд
- kcg
- A̱ka̱laya
- Khmer
- អម្ពិល
- ki
- Mũgagatio
- Korean
- 타마린드
- ks
- تَمبٕر
- lah
- املی
- Latvian
- Tamarinds, Indijas tamarinds, Tamarindi
- Lithuanian
- Indinis tamarindas, Tamarindas
- mad
- Accem
- Maithili
- तेतड़ि
- Malagasy
- Voamadilo, Hily, Kilito, Kily, Madilo, Madiro, Monty, Tamarin
- Malay
- Asam jawa, Buah Asam Jawa, Buah Celagi, Celagi, Pokok Asam Jawa, Pokok Celagi, Tamar hindi, Tamarind
- Malayalam
- പുളി, Tamarind, പുളിമരം, വാളൻപുളി
- Marathi
- चिंच
- mcn
- Ci᷅ŋdà
- mwl
- Tamariño
- Nepali
- तित्री
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Tamarind
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Tamarind
- Occitan
- Tamarind
- Odia
- ତେନ୍ତୁଳି
- os
- Тамаринд
- pam
- Sampaluk
- pap
- Tamarein
- Pashto
- املۍ
- Persian
- تمر هندی, تمبر هندی
- Polish
- Tamaryndowiec indyjski, Powidlnik indyjski, Tamarynd, Tamaryndowiec
- Portuguese
- Tamarindus, Ajabaô, Ajagbaô, Tamarindeiro, Tamarindo, Tamarineiro
- Punjabi
- ਇਮਲੀ
- Russian
- Тамаринд, Тамаринд индийский
- Sanskrit
- तिन्त्रिणी, अश्वत्थः
- sat
- ᱡᱚᱡᱚ ᱡᱚ
- Serbian
- Tamarind
- shn
- မၢၵ်ႇၵႅင်း, တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၵႅင်း, မႆႉၵႅင်း, ၵႅင်း
- Sindhi
- گدامڙي, املي
- Sinhala
- සියඹලා
- Slovenian
- Tamarinda
- Somali
- Raqay
- Spanish
- Tamarindo
- Sundanese
- Asem, Kamal
- Swahili
- Mkwaju
- Swedish
- Tamarind, Tamarindsläktet
- Tamil
- புளி, புளிய மரம்
- tcy
- ಪುಳಿಂಕಟೆ
- Telugu
- చింత, చింత చెట్టు, చింత చెట్లు, చింతచిగురు, చింతపండు, టామరిండస్, టామరిండస్ ఇండికా
- Thai
- ต้นมะขาม
- Tongan
- Tamaline
- Turkish
- Demirhindi
- Ukrainian
- Тамаринд, Тамаринд індійський, Індійський фінік
- Urdu
- املی
- Uyghur
- تەمرى ھىندى
- Vietnamese
- Me
- war
- Sampaluk
- Wolof
- Daqaar
- wuu
- 酸豆
- Yiddish
- טאמארינד
Synonyms
- Cavaraea elegans Speg.
- Tamarindus erythraeus Mattei
- Tamarindus indica var. emarginata Chiov.
- Tamarindus occidentalis Gaertn.
- Tamarindus officinalis Hook.
- Tamarindus somalensis Mattei
- Tamarindus umbrosa Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to October, December (from 219 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Navassa Island: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sayee Girdhari, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Theivaprakasham Hari, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sayee Girdhari, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Raja Sekhar Chimirala, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: B.navez, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean Jacques Godon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KAKPO Sunday Berlioz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Neng Wei, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Lynn Harper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: geetika pandey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chris Elsass, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.