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| Botanical Name | Tamarindus indica L. |
|---|---|
| Tamil Name | Puliyamaram |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Cotyledon | Dicot |
| Habit | Tree |
| Description | Leaves alternate, paripinnate, inflorescence terminal racemes, flowers yellow with reddish pink, fruits pod |
| Medicinal uses | • Constipation |
| • diarrhoea | |
| • fever | |
| • abdominal pain and | |
| • wound healing | |
| Places / Locations | * Cudallore District |
| * Alagar Hills, Dindigul | |
| * Mettupalayam Forest range of Coimbatore Forest Division | |
| * Thudaripettai, Nagapattinam | |
| * Paramakudi, Ramanathapuram | |