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Dialium indum
Dialium indum, the tamarind-plum or velvet tamarind, is a tall, tropical, fruit-bearing tree. It belongs to the family Fabaceae, and has small, typically grape-sized edible fruits with brown hard inedible shells. No reports of cultivation exist, information on propagation is limited.
Dialium indum is native to Thailand, Malaysia, Kalimantan, Java and Sumatra.
The bark and leaves have medicinal properties and are used against several diseases.
Dialium bipindense · Velvet Tamarind · Dialium excelsum · Ironwood · Velvet tamarind · Dialium holtzii · Dialium lopense · Dialium orientale · Dialium ovoideum · Dialium polyanthum · Hill Tamarind · Dialiums
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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.
