Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Tamarindus indica

tam-uh-RIN-dus -- from the Arabic tamar (date), hindi (Indian) IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh -- of or from India

commonly known as: camalindo, Indian date, madeira mahogany, sweet tamarind, tamarind • Assamese: তেঁতেলী tenteli • Bengali: আম্লীকা amlika, তেঁতুল tentula, তিন্তিড়ীক tintidika • Gujarati: ખાટી આમલી khati aamli • Hindi: आम्लिका amlika, इमली imli, तिन्तिड़ी tintiri • Kannada: ಹುಣಸೇ hunase • Konkani: चिंच्याम chinchyaam • Malayalam: പുളി puli, വാളന്പുളി valamapuli • Manipuri: মংগে mange • Marathi: अमली amli, चिंच chinch • Nepalese: अमिलि amili, इम्लि imli, तित्रि titri • Oriya: tintuli • Pali: चिञ्चा chincha • Punjabi: ਅੰਬਲੀ ambli, ਇਮਲੀ imli • Sanskrit: आम्लः amalah, अम्लिका or अम्लीका amalika, अम्लम् amlam, अम्लफलः amlaphalah, अम्लवृक्षः amlavrukshah, चण्डः chandah, चरित्रा charitra, चिञ्चा chincha, चिन्तिडी chintidi, चुक्रा chukra, चुक्रम्ला chukramla, गुरुपत्रा gurupatra, महाम्लम् mahamlam, फलम्लम् phalamlam, श्रेष्ठम्लम् shreshtamlam, तिन्तिडः tintidah, तिन्तिडिका tintidika, तिन्तिली tintili, तिन्तिलीका tintilika, वृक्षम्लम् vrukshamlam • Tamil: ஆம்பிலம் ambilam, சஞ்சீவகரணி canciva-karani, சண்டன் cantan, எகின் ekin, எதளா etala, இந்தம் intam, கிஞ்சம் kincam, ஓதிமம் otimam, புளி puli • Telugu: ఆమ్లము amlamu, అమ్లిక amlika, చించ chincha, చింత chinta, తింత్రిణి tintrini • Urdu: املی imlii

Native of: East Africa, Madagascar, South India

Some common names of Tamarindus indica in other parts of the world: Afrikaans: tamarinde • Amharic: hemor, homar, homor, humar, humer, komar, roka, tommar • Arabic: ardeib, homer, hommor, humar, sbar, تمر هندي tamr hindi (tammer hendi), tamarind-hendi • Bangla: tẽtul • Bemba: mushishi • Burmese: ma gi, ma gyee, ma jee, ma jee pen, ma gyi thi • Cambodia: ampil, khoua me • Chinese: luo wang zi, suan dou • Creoles and Pidgins: tamarenn • Croatian: indijska datula, indijska urma, tamarind • Czech: tamarind • Danish: tamarind • Dutch: tamarijn, tamarinde, tamarindeboom, indische dadel, assem • English: camalindo, indian date, madeira mahogany, sweet tamarind, tamarind • Estonian: tamarindipuu, tamarind • Ethiopic: arabeb, dereho, dindie, ghroma, gianko, omar, racahu • Finnish: tamarindi • French: tamar indien, tamarin, tamarindier, tamarinier, tamarinier des Indes • Fula: dabe, jammeh, jammi • Galinya: roka • German: indische dattel, sauerdattel, tamarinde • Gondi: sitta • Greek: tamarin • Hebrew: tamar hindi • Hokkien: swee boey • Hungarian: tamarindusz gyümölcs, indiai datolya • Iloko: salomagi • Indonesian: asam jawa, asem jawa, assam, tambaring • Italian: tamarandizio, tamarindo • Japanese: tamarindo • Khmer: 'âm'puul, ampil (Cambodia), ampil khui, ampil tum, khoua me • Konsogna: rogo'ota • Laotian: khaam, kok mak kham, mak kham, naam maak khaam • Malagasy: voamadilo • Malay: asam, asam jawa, asam kuning, kemal (Java), tambaring • Masai: ol-masamburai • Nepalese: amilii, imli, titrii • Newari: paun, titis • Nyanja: mwemba • Persian: tamar i hindi, tamre hendi • Philippines: sampalok • Polish: tamarynd • Portuguese: jubai', tamanha, tamarindeiro, tamarindo (Brazil), tamarindeiro, tamarineiro, tamarinheiro, tamarinho, tambarina • Russian: Indiyskiy finik, tamarind, tamarind indiiskii • Senegal: dakar • Sinhalese: maha, siyambala • Sino-Tibetan: khaam, mak kham • Slovakian: tamarindy • Slovenian: indijska tamarinda • Soddu: ragai • Somali: hamar • Spanish: tamarin, tamaríndo, tamaríndo de la india • Sundanese: aradeib, danufi, kuashi, shekere, tamarihindi • Swahili: ukwaju • Swazi: mkwaju • Swedish: tamarind • Tagalog: kalamagi, kamalagui, salomagi, sampalok • Tahitian: makham • Thai: bakham somkham, ma khaam, ma-kharm, ma kham wan • Tigrinya: humer • Tonga: masika • Turkish: demirhindi, hind hurma, temirhindi • Vietnamese: cay me, me, me chua, tray me • Virgin Islands: taman • Wolayetgna: koria • Wolof: daharg, dakah, dakhar, ndakhar • and, other names: tamaleni, tamare, tamaren, tamarin des bas, tamarinier des bas, tamerine