Tamarind monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future

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