Velvet Tamarind Fruit Plant (Dialium cochinchinense) Plant Type:Seedling Plant Found growing from the southern

Found growing from the southern tip of Mexico through the Pacific side of Central America and into Peru and Brazil

Fruits are consumed fresh and have sweet

Lempaung trees usually produce very dense fruit

Popular for making puddings

as overly wet soil can lead to root rot

Velvet Tamarind Fruit Plant (Dialium cochinchinense) Plant Type:Seedling Plant Found growing from the southernVelvet Tamarind (Dialium cochinchinense) Botanical Name: Dialium cochinchinense Common Name: Velvet Tamarind, Keranji General Information: Medium sized, deciduous tree. Can grow 25 35 meters tall. Native: Ghana, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Thailand, Vietnam, and many West African countries. Produces valuable timber traded internationally as Keranji. Harvested from the wild and used locally. Edible sweet pulp, similar to