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We called it tambran desen but it grows on a shrup like tree not very tall and is half the size of a tennis ball. The skin is leathery and when brown it is read to eat. You first foll between your hands until it becomes soft on the inside then you squeeze the leathery skin until it rips open and there is this brown soft sweet/sour custard. There is a seed
WE HAVE THEM IN ST LUCIA BUT IS IN THE COUNTRY AREA. U HAVE TO SOFTENED IT BY ROLLING IT YOU HAND TO EAT, HAD IT ONCE OR TWICE NOT FOUND IN THE CITY
I think we call this Sapodilla in Trinidad. Tambran in longer the shell is brittle.
@John Oba it is Chinese tamarind. Sapodilla is much larger . The Chinese tamarind tree grows to about 9 to 10 feet high and shrub like whereas the Sapodilla grows up to 20 feet in height.
Have only ever seen this in Dominica. I know it as tarmarind desen (tambran desen). It is not at all like a sapodilla. I wish I could find it in Trinidad!
I have a tree in my backyard and waiting patiently for it to bear...it is about two years old and maybe 3 feet tall. The leaves resemble the noni leaves.but more leathery..not shiny
I have been searching for this fruit and its scientific name online for a long time. I finally found it here. I have a tree in my back yard which I planted. It bears only once a year. After the fruit forms on the tree it takes many many months to get ripe (brown). It's however really worth the wait.
I have a few trees in my garden .that a riping now ..yummy
Well I thought dis was called rolling cherry...lolzzz... ah shame😂
Anyone knows where I can buy a plant? 🙏🏼
Chinee tambran - After many months of waiting at this time of the year it ripes (gets soft and changes from light green to brown in colour). It grows very easily by setting the seed and keeping it moist. Each round pod contains about 3 seeds.
Geri - Try La Pastora Plant Propagation Station, Santa Cruz (Min. Of Agriculture). Chinee tambran is also called Tambran dayzah. Check out tree/fruit at website http://valenciaecoresort.com/fruits-trees/
Hi Che, Thank you 🙏🏼
Tamarind Daysan is one of my childhood favourite. Growing up in Santa Cruz there was a lot of trees in and around the area. We used to pick them when they were green at times but full, wrap them in brown paper bags or newspaper and put them to ripe. Really delicious fruit.
that was my favorite back in the days in trinidad
Yuh know how long I have been trying to find some one who knows abowt tambram Daysan . Just to day I went in search of a tree in Tobago. I found one but Tobago ppl don't seen to know about it. I could also b a family to Balata. I saw some trees at Baileaf Hill. If on I can get a fruit ...the birds eat them all. I can't even find a seed to plant.😭
* It could also be a family to Balata.
Hmmmm, again I went in search of the tambram Daysan tree. I saw many trees with the fruits that resemble tambram daysah but all on the ground was only shells no seed. I was so excited be thinking I cud finally get a seed to plant, so b I picked one and crushed it but ..I saw many small seeds like those of passion fruit. The leaves of the tree look the same as Noni tree, same hard shell n custardy
I planted 1 in port of Spain on d compound where I live.. it is bearing but d children pick all off and destroyed them 😓😤😥😥😥
Chinese Tamarind, Spanish Tamarind https://azmartinique.com/en/all-to-know/fruits-vegetables/spanish-tamarind-tamarin-des-indes
Love this so much!! Knew it as Chinee tambran in school!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾
Anyone knows how to germinate the seed
I know the fruit as Chinese tamarind. Always wanted to know how it tasted. Tried it for the first time today. There are a lot of trees in the Quassie San Juan and full of fruits. It seems like it's there for decorative purposes. All the fruits ripens and fall to waste. I think perhaps people don't know about it.
Tamarind (Chinese) Product Scientific Name: Vangueria madagascariensis ( Syn. Vangueria edulis Lam., Vangueria edulis Vahl) Product Short Description: Chinese Tamarind is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family, native to the African continent. It is commonly known by the names Spanish-tamarind, tambran dayzah or tambran desen.
also called Spanish tamarind, anways aside from being eaten raw, some turn the Chinee Tambran fruit into jams and chutneys.
Laura, where in Kroisee, San Juan did you find these tamarind desa trees?
This is a Chinese tamarin , not a sapadola I had a tree in the garden
Can anyone spare couple of seeds please
We have a couple trees at home. Not sure where you can buy the seeds though.
I will like to get some seeds to buy.
Tamarin desen have a tree in my uncle backyard good for high blood pressure and taste good. we need to stop cutting down those local trees.
Tamarind des Indes (the French patois name), from which we get tambran dazan.
I planted a seed but not anything growing. Does this fruit grow from seeds? What does the young seedling look like?