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  • COMMON NAME: Bread-and-Cheeese, Madras Thorn, Manila Tamarind.
  • ARABIC: غاف البحر
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth.
  • SYNONYMS: Albizia dulcis, Feuilleea dulcis, Inga dulcis, Mimosa dulcis.
  • FAMILY: FABACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ras-Al-Khaimah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Landscape (L)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Tree
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt) Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: The seed pods contain a sweet and sour pulp which is eaten raw in Mexico, the Philippines, Pakistan, and India as an accompaniment to various meat dishes and used as a base for drinks with sugar and water.
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1003508-2 Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Moderately salt tolerant, ornamental tree with several folk medicinal uses.
Large dense, round-headed, prickly tree, 3-8 meters high. Twigs somewhat flexuose, cortex grayish with bipinnate leaves. Leaflets opposite, in 1-3 pairs, each lanceolate-oblong. Stipules spinous. Inflorescence of axillary racemes or terminal. Flowers small, white, in globular heads. Calyx tubular or campanulate, 4-5 toothed. Corolla tubular-campanulate, 4-5 lobed. Stamens very numerous, fused below; filaments long, exserted. Style short. Pod spirally twisted and contorted, 5-12cm long, brownish. Seeds small, flat, shiny black. Flowering in February.
Cultivated as a hedge in date gardens, parks and streets.
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