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Dialium guineense
Also called Sierra Leone Tamarind
Dialium guineense, the velvet tamarind, is a tall, tropical, fruit-bearing tree in the family Fabaceae. It has small, typically grape-sized, edible fruits with brown, hard, inedible shells.
Dialium guineense is native to West Africa, from Senegal east to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It grows in dense forests along the southern edge of the Sahel.
The bark and leaves have medicinal properties and are used against several diseases. For example, it is a component of the Nigerian mixture Aju Mbaise, and it helps soothe coughs and toothaches.
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Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
