Tamarind

Tamarindus India is a tree in the family Febaceae. Tamarindus indica is medigenous to tropical Africa, particularly where it continues to grow wild in Sudan. Tamrid is a long lived medium-growth bushy tree which attains maximum crown height of 12.1 to 18.3 meters. Tamrid does flower with red and yellow elongated flowers. The fruit has fleshy, juicy, acidulous pulp. The ripened fruit is considered the more pabtabe as it becomes sweeter and less sour as it matures. It is used in desserts as jam, sweetened drinks, sorbets, ice-creams and all manner of snack.