EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Pithecellobium dulce, commonly known as Manila tamarind, Madras thorn, monkeypod tree or camachile, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Pacific Coast and adjacent highlands of Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.

Detailed explanation-2: -Camachile is a native of Southern Mexico, South America and Central America. In India, it is known as Manila tamarind fruit. Manila tamarind has no relation to well-known molasses-coloured tamarind.

Detailed explanation-3: -It has different names in different languages. It is referred as “Kodukka Puli” in Tamil, “Seema Chintakya” in Telugu, “Seema Hunase” in Karnataka, and in English it is referred as Monkey Pod, Camachile, Manila Tamarind, Ganga Tamarind, Jungle Jalebi and the Madras Thorn Fruit.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pithecellobium dulce is called by its common name Madras Thorn, or in Arabic lawz hindi. It originally comes from Mexico, Florida and southeast Asia.