Dialium guineense — a medium houseplant
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Dialium guineense

Dialium Guineense

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Dialium guineense, the velvet tamarind, is a tall, tropical, fruit-bearing tree in the flowering plant family Fabaceae. It has small, typically grape-sized, edible fruits with brown, hard, inedible shells.

CHARACTERISTICS

Botanical profile.

Genus
Dialium
Family
Fabaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS

Other names.

en Sierra Leone-tamarind en Velvet-tamarind en Black tumbler en West African Velvet Tamarind
PLATES
Dialium guineense leaf
PLATE 01 · leaf
Dialium guineense leaf
PLATE 02 · leaf
Dialium guineense flower
PLATE 03 · flower
Dialium guineense flower
PLATE 04 · flower
Dialium guineense fruit
PLATE 05 · fruit
Dialium guineense fruit
PLATE 06 · fruit
ALSO IN THE LIBRARY

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