Malabar Tamarind - Kudam Puli - Garcinia Live Tree

Malabar Tamarind
Kudampuli, an inevitable ingredient for the Kerala cuisine. Kudampuli is unique for its compact stature and early bearing traits. Ideal for every kitchen garden if you like Kerala cuisine.

Garcinia is known as Malabar tamarind, brindle berry.
The fruit pulp and rind have long been used in Asian countries as a condiment and food preservatives. Garcinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Clusiaceae.
Origin: Southeast Asia.
Distribution: Asia, South Africa, and Polynesia

These are budded plants and will be minimum a year old. 

These trees will bear fruits from 3 years on.
It performs well under various approaches in planting, for example, as a landscaping item, crop of kitchen garden, component of mixed farming, an inter crop or as a pure crop. There are separate male and female flowers in Malabar Tamarind; male ones which are much more in number appear on lateral branches whereas females which later develop into fruits tend to be on the tips of branches. The heavy rind of fruits which is the commonly used part, is rich in minerals, nutrients and anti oxidants and is smoked and dried before using. It is supposed to be the best natural remedy to fight body fat. The tree tends to grow less in height if budded planting materials are used.