| Latin name | Tamarindus indica L. | | Family | Caesalpiniaceae | | Identified with (Skt) | tintriṇī, ciñcā | | Identified with (Hin) | imlī, amlī | | Identified with (Tam) | puḷi amiḷam | | Identified with (Mal) | puḷi, kōlpuḷi, vāḷanpuḷi | | Identified with (Eng) | Tamarind tree | | Botanical info | A large evergreen tree up to 30 m, growing throughout India, particularly in the south, leaves paripinnate up to 15 cm long, flowers yellow, fruits pods, seed enveloped by a tough leathery membrane and pulpy mesocarp | | Search occurrence | tintriṇī, ciñcā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | | See plant's image | Tamarindus indica L. in Google image search | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 395)
ciñcā, f. the tamarind tree, Bhpr. v, 9, 27 and 26, 75; vii, 18, 95; (g. harItaky-Adi), its fruit ib. (cf. kAka-).
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