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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Dill, Hydrangea, Kanaloa kahoolawensis, Tamarind, Verticordia, Cephalotus, Dillenia, Oreostylidium, Castilleja, Franklinia, Calluna, Buxus, Galium, Tetracentron, Entelea, Emblingia, Gunnera, Chilopsis, Triumfetta, Rhodiola, Pterospora, Adenium, Brunonia, Eucommia, Hibbertia, Elingamita, Meliosma, Spathodea, Cyrilla, Polyosma, Granitites, Carpenteria, Ocimum, Allotropa, Proboscidea, Callicoma, Tectona, Aextoxicon, Chosenia, Galax, Aphanopetalum, Trochodendron, Muellerolimon, Pachysandra, Aralidium, Howittia, Eremosyne, Lagunaria, Balmea, Orthilia, Broussaisia, Cadellia, Berula, Hemitomes, Cuttsia, Emmenanthe, Nothoalsomitra, Horminum, Sarcococca, Cedronella, Glaux, Tersonia, Tribeles, Ixerba, Apiastrum, Myosotidium, Sphenoclea, Ornithostaphylos, Agarista, Harpagonella, Tristania, Rhynchocalyx, Myrothamnus, Akania, Sarcococca hookeriana, Einadia, Emmenosperma, Woollsia, Aulax, Stahlia, Platypterocarpus, Hannafordia, Bretschneidera, Sinowilsonia, Fendlerella, Maingaya, Asperugo, Anopterus, Chuanminshen, Styloceras, Choritaenia, Schumacheria. Excerpt: Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) (from Arabic:, romanized tamar hind, "Indian date") is a tree in the family Fabaceae. The genus Tamarindus is monotypic (having only a single species). Tamarindus indica is indigenous to tropical Africa, particularly in Sudan, where it continues to grow wild; it is also cultivated in Cameroon, Nigeria and Tanzania. In Arabia, it is found growing wild in Oman, especially Dhofar, where it grows on the sea-facing slopes of mountains. It reached South Asia likely through human transportation and cultivation several thousand years prior to the Common Era. It is widely distributed throughout the tropical belt, from Africa to South Asia, Northern Australia, and throughout South East Asia, Taiwan and China. In the 16th century, it was heavily introdu...