Tamarind

indica: of India although it has also been suggested that it may be native to Madagascar.

Medium to large evergreen tree. Leaves pinnate with up to 18 pairs of leaflets. Flowers in short attractive racemes; sepals creamy-white; petals conspicuously veined with red. Pods curved, sausage-like, constricted around the seeds, not splitting.

Occasional

Widespread in Tropical Africa and Madagascar.