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Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys

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Scientific Name:<br />

Common Name(s):<br />

Tamarindus indicus<br />

Tamarind<br />

Height:<br />

Leaves:<br />

Flowers:<br />

Bark:<br />

Fruit:<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r:<br />

Treatment:<br />

Large tree 25-45 feet tall<br />

Pinnate compound, may lose leaves in <strong>the</strong> dry season<br />

Small yellow<br />

Grey / brown furrowed with age<br />

2-8 inch long fruit, large brittle shell covering sticky pulp<br />

In <strong>the</strong> legume family, starting to be found in <strong>the</strong> Key Largo hammocks, fruit<br />

used in many herbal remedies<br />

http://bibli<strong>of</strong>ile.mc.duke.edu/gww/Berenty/<strong>Plants</strong>/<br />

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