Ecology
What this tree does for the land
Extremely drought-tolerant; a single tree yields for a century.
Income-bearing species
🌰 Tamarind · புளி மரம்
Puli maram — Long-lived tree whose pods are a kitchen staple across South India.
Traditional uses
What this tree gives
- •Fruit pulp
- •Seed
- •Timber
- •Shade
Community income
What a tree earns
Cumulative income a village guardian or co-op can draw from one tree of this species, at each horizon.
5 years
—
per tree, cumulative
10 years
₹15.0k
per tree, cumulative
20 years
₹75.0k
per tree, cumulative
First pods from year 8–10; heavy, decades-long yields thereafter.
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