Tamarind monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future
Tamarind monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future
Tamarind monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future
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Contents<br />
PREFACE .....................................................................................................X<br />
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION, TAXONOMY, DESCRIPTION AND<br />
DISTRIBUTION............................................................................................1<br />
1.1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................1<br />
1.2 TAXONOMY.....................................................................................1<br />
1.2.1 <strong>Tamarind</strong>us in <strong>the</strong> Leguminosae ............................................1<br />
1.3 NOMENCLATURE .............................................................................2<br />
1.3.1 Vernacular names ...................................................................2<br />
1.4 DESCRIPTION...................................................................................5<br />
1.4.1 Vegetative morphology ..........................................................5<br />
1.4.2 Flowers ...................................................................................8<br />
1.4.3 Fruits and seeds ......................................................................8<br />
1.5 ORIGIN ............................................................................................9<br />
1.6 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION .....................................................10<br />
1.6.1 Africa....................................................................................10<br />
1.6.2 Asia.......................................................................................10<br />
1.6.3 The Americas........................................................................11<br />
1.7 HISTORICAL INFORMATION ...........................................................12<br />
CHAPTER 2. PROPERTIES OF THE SPECIES ........................................13<br />
2.1 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................13<br />
2.2 PULP..............................................................................................13<br />
2.3 SEEDS............................................................................................18<br />
2.4 LEAVES AND FLOWERS..................................................................22<br />
2.5 WOOD AND BARK .........................................................................23<br />
CHAPTER 3. USES AND PRODUCTS......................................................24<br />
3.1 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................24<br />
3.2 AGROFORESTRY AND LAND USE ....................................................24<br />
3.3 SOCIO – CULTURAL ASPECTS .........................................................25<br />
3.4 FRUIT AND FOOD PRODUCTS.........................................................26<br />
3.4.1 Pulp.......................................................................................26<br />
3.4.2 Seed ......................................................................................27<br />
3.4.3 Leaves and Flowers ..............................................................29<br />
3.4.4 Twigs and Bark.....................................................................30<br />
3.4.5 Lac........................................................................................30<br />
3.4.6 Wood ....................................................................................31<br />
3.5 MEDICINAL USES ..........................................................................31<br />
3.5.1 Pulp.......................................................................................32<br />
3.5.2 Seed ......................................................................................33<br />
3.5.3 Leaves...................................................................................33<br />
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