Dialium Acutifolium
The velvet tamarind, so called, from the circumstance that its seed-pods are covered with a beautiful black velvet down. The seeds are surrounded by a farinaceous pulp of an agreeable acid taste.
The velvet tamarind, so called, from the
circumstance that its seed-pods are covered with a beautiful black
velvet down. The seeds are surrounded by a farinaceous pulp of an
agreeable acid taste.
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