Thai Herbs Plus: Tamarind

		English name: Tamarind , Indian Date Thai name: Ma Khaam Botanical name: Tamarindus indica Linn. Family name: Fabaceae







Description: The tree can grow to about 25 meters high, with very small leaves of even-pinnate, alternate and oblong shapes. Its flowers are brownish yellow with reddish purple lines. It has oblong, and curved pod. When ripen, its pulp is brown and its stones are dark brown.










Indications: Its laxative pulp contains tartaric and citric acid. This is considered a good ingredient for Thai food. Its leaf and twig has sour taste.

Parts of Its Medical Uses:	a) Tamarind preparations are recognized as refrigerants in fevers and as laxatives and carminatives.
	b) The pulp is considered effective as a digestive, a remedy for biliousness and bile disorders, and an antiscorbutic.
	c) The pulp mixed with salt is used as a liniment for rheumatism.
	d) The bark yields the alkaloid, hordenine.

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Common Names:	Thai Names:		Botanical Names:	Family Names:
African Marigold Aloe Asiatic Pennyworth Bael Fruit Tree Bitter Cucumber - Cassod Tree Finger Root Galangal Garcinia Cambogia Ginger Green Tea Guava - Holy Basil Horse Radish Tree Leech Lime Lime Malva Nut Mangosteen Myrobalan Wood Pepper Pineapple Pomegranate Sesban Siam Cardamon Soap Pod Stevia Sweet Basil Tamarind Turmeric Zedoary	Daao Reuuang Waan Haang Jarakheh Buaa Bohk Madtuum Mara Khee Nohk Baawrapaeht Kheelek Grachaay Khaa Sohm Khaaeg Khing Chaa Khiaao Farang Hanoomaan Bprasaan Gaay Ga Prao Ma Rhoom Magruut Manaao Sahmraawng Mangkhoot Samaaw Thai Prik Thai Sapbparoht Thap Thim Khaae Grawaan Sohm Bpaawy Yaa Waan Horapaa Ma Khaam Khamin Chan Khamin Aawy	Tagetes Erecta Linn. Aloe Barbadensis Centella Asiatica Urban Aegle Marmelos Corr. Momordica Charantia Linn. Tinospora crispa (Linn.) Miers ex Hook.f.et Thomas. Cassia Siamea Lamk. Boesenbergia Rotunda Mansf. Alpinia Nigra B. L. Burtt Garcinia Atroviridis Griff. Zingiber officinale Rosc. Garcinia Atroviridis Griff. Psidium Guajava Linn. Schefflera Leucantha Viguier Ocimum Tenuiflorum Linn. Moringa Oleifera Lamk. Citrus Hystrix DC. Citrus Aurantifolia Scaphium Macropodum Beaum. Garcinia Mangostana Linn. Termiinalia chebula Retz. Piper Nigrum Linn. Ananas Comosus Merr. Punica Granatum Linn . Sesbania Grandiflora (Linn.) Pers. Amomum Krervanh Pierre Acacia concinna (Willd.) DC. Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni Ocimum Basilicum Linn. Tamarindus indica Linn. Curcuma Longa Linn. Curcuma Zedoaria (Berg.) Rosc.		Asteraceae Aloaceae Apiaceae Rutaceae Cucurbitaceae Menispermaceae Fabaceae Zingiberaceae Zingiberaceae Guttiferae Zingiberaceae Guttiferae Myrtaceae Araliaceae Lamiaceae Moringaceae Rutaceae Rutaceae Sterculiaceae Clusiaceae Combretaceae Piperaceae Bromeliaceae Punicaceae Fabaceae Zingiberaceae Fabaceae Asteraceae Lamiaceae Fabaceae Zingiberaceae Zingiberaceae