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• n  long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
• n  large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys

• Though varieties differ regionally stuffing can include any combination of lemongrass, tamarind, star anise, garlic, green onions and chili leaves, while condiments range from .
• This is the place to find, among other delights: stuffed baby crabs, young mangoes the size of quail eggs, fresh tamarind pods, a full array of khanom (traditional desserts .
• Thick chunks of fresh tuna are marinated in a blend of mustard seeds, tamarind pulp and fenugreek and then mixed into a rich coconut sauce.

• tamarind tree
• tamarindo
• Tamarindus indica

News & Articles

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• Review: 'June Wayne: Eloquent Visionary' reveals a bold mind
  June Wayne (1918-2011) is best known for starting and running the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, a world-renowned institution that has been going strong for 53 years. She is also known as an innovative printmaker, her own lithographs outstanding examples of what the medium can deliver. As a painter, Wayne is not so well known.
  June 28, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
• Keys initiative spotlights need to preserve South Florida’s historic burial sites
  Nearly 60 years ago, Sylvia Murphy was clearing brush from around her rented cottage when she tripped over an iron bar, stumbling upon an abandoned burial site hidden beneath a tamarind tree in the Upper Keys town of Tavernier.
  June 27, 2013 - Miami Herald
• Meet the native: False tamarind
  False tamarind grows naturally in a rare habitat known as pine rockland. A characteristic feature of this upland habitat is its limestone substrate.
  June 23, 2013 - The News-Press

Quotes

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• Ernest Hemingway in Daytona Beach News-Journal
  In 1931, Hemingway wrote about life in Key West: "It's the best place I've ever been anytime, anywhere, flowers, tamarind trees, guava trees, coconut palms . . . Got tight last night on absinthe and did knife tricks. Great success shooting the knife...
• Tim Flannery in Sydney Morning Herald
  We were doing a story about tamarind trees,says Flannery, the scientist, environmentalist and former Australian of the Year who first teamed up with Doyle to investigate the Murray-Darling river system in the ABC's Two Men In A Tinnie.
• A. V. Ilango in The Hindu
  Recently, an exhibition of mine at Tamarind in New York, featured only my sculptures,says Ilango with a wide smile on his face.