Grafted
Sweet tamarind
Sweet-tart brown paste in a brittle pod. This is a sweet selection, so it eats as a snack more kindly than a sour cooking tamarind.
This variety
The fruit
Sweet-tart brown paste in a brittle pod. This is a sweet selection, so it eats as a snack more kindly than a sour cooking tamarind.
Taste, season, cold, and how to plant this one.
- Taste
- Sweet-tart brown paste in a brittle pod. This is a sweet selection, so it eats as a snack more kindly than a sour cooking tamarind.
- Ripens
- Pods ripen in the warm months, often late spring into summer. They rattle when the paste has pulled from the shell.
- Zones
- Zones 9 to 11.
- Hardiness
- Very tough once established. Drought bothers it less than almost anything else on this list. Young trees still need water and a frost cover.
- Size
- A long-lived, large tree with fine foliage. It is a legacy planting, 30 feet and more.
- Tips
- One 7-gallon is available. Put it where a deep root and a wide crown are a gift, not a problem.
- Pollination
- Self-fruitful.