- Botanical Name
- Tamarindus indica
Tamarind
Details
Tamarind is a leguminous tree bearing an edible fruit, indigenous to tropical Africa and naturalised in Asia. Wikipedia says the fruit is sour when young and sweeter as it ripens, and the young pulp is used in savoury dishes and as a pickling agent. Cunningham gives it a feminine, Saturn, water character, the folk names Tamarindo, Sampalok, Tchwa and Mkwayu, and one power, love: the tamarind is carried to attract love. Wikipedia also says tamarind is toxic to dogs, with potential for acute kidney injury, which is set out in the safety notes and is the reason for the toxic flag. Kynes has no entry of her own for it.
Caution
Wikipedia says tamarind is toxic to dogs, with potential for causing acute kidney injury. The symptoms it lists include vomiting or diarrhoea within 6 to 12 hours of eating it, lethargy and dehydration.
Correspondences
- Elements
- Water
- Celestial Bodies
- Saturn
- Zodiac Signs
- No zodiac signs recorded.
- Colours
- No colours recorded.
- Deities
- No deities recorded.
Folk Names
- Mkwayu
- Sampalok
- Tamarindo
- Tchwa
Categories
- Love
Substitutes
No substitutes recorded.
Forms
Fruit
Wikipedia describes the fruit as a pod with sour pulp that sweetens as it matures, harvested by pulling the pod from its stalk.
References
References
Notes
Bibliography
- Cunningham, Scott. Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs. 2nd ed. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2012. (EPUB.)
1 - Wikipedia, under "Tamarind." Accessed October 23, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tamarind&oldid=1380680736. Open the Source (opens in a new tab)
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