WILD TAMARIND

Lysiloma latisiliquum

 

40 to 60 feet tall

Fast rate of growth

Full sun to very light shade

Excellent salt and drought tolerance

Cold sensitive

Zones 10 to 11

 

Large tree with a wide, spreading canopy, delicate, compound leaves,

showy, fragrant white flowers &  6-inch papery brown pods.

An excellent shade tree that withstands high winds.

Attracts warblers.

Larval host for the Large Orange Sulphur & Cassius Blue.