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Wild Tamarind
Wild Tamarind
Lysiloma latisiliquum
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
50-70 yrs
Size
Large
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical dry forest
Range
North and Central America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

Wild Tamarind is a tree that grows in southern Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba, southern Mexico, and Belize. Its leaves are rich in tannin and provide anti-parasitic properties to sheep, which eat the leaves to fight nematode infections.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Lysiloma
Species
Lysiloma latisiliquum