Sri Lanka Telecom - Velvet Tamarind (Wild Fruits)
Channel: Sri Lanka Telecom
Date: 2016-08-05

A blackish brown, oval, velvet shelled fruit, about 2 cm long, 1.5 cm wide and 0.5 cm thick and produced in clusters, is freely available in many markets around the country. Inside the brittle shell, the edible part of the fruit, used in the preparation of chutneys, is a sour to sweet, starchy coating of a hard brown flat seed. Velvet tamarind is a large tree
about 20 m in height and its timber is highly valued.

Harvesting is exclusively from wild populations. Harvesting malpractices such as felling the tree and cutting large branches have led to mature trees becoming rare in the wild. Velvet tamarind trees generally require a longer period of approximately 20-30 years to reach maturity.This endemic tree is restricted to thick moist forest patches usually in large rocky hills in the intermediate and dry zones of Sri Lanka.

Fruiting season: April to August, occasionally displays mass fruiting.

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