English: Madras Thorn tree; Monkeypod; Blackbead; Sweet Inga.
Rajasthan: Kikar.
Mexico: Huamuche; Guamuche; Huamúchil; Guamúchil; Cuamúchil.
Nahuatl: Cuauhmochitl.
Name: Pinzán; Guamá americano; Chiminango”.
Telugu: Seema chintakaya.
Khmer: Plaeh umpel tek; Makham thet
Pakistan: Jungle Jalebi.
India: Madras thorn; Manila tamarind.
Kuwait: Showkat Madras.
Region: Pacific Coast of Mexico, Central America, northern South America; naturalised in the Caribbean, Florida, Guam, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Thailand, Philippines, Hawaii.
Habitat: drought resistant; from sea level to an elevation of 1,500 m.
Content: seed extract for a greenish oil; oleic acid, palmitic acid, protein.
Use: food; seed pods contain a sweet and sour pulp which is eaten raw; ornamental as a street tree.
BotanyTree; 10 to 15 m tall.
Stem: spiny.
Leaves: bipinnate; pinna has a single pair of ovate-oblong leaflets that are about 2 to 4 cm long.
Flowers: greenish-white, fragrant, sessile; about 12 cm in length, though appear shorter due to coiling.
Fruit: a pod; pink when ripe; opens to expose the seed arils; a pink or white, edible pulp.
Seeds: black, shiny, circular, flat.
Pollen: a polyad of many pollen grains stitched together.
Dispersion: by birds