FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
VANGUERIA MADAGASCARIENSIS Rubiaceae, TAMARIND OF THE INDIES
Hedrick, U.P. editor. 1919. Sturtevant's Notes on Edible Plants. Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1919 II. Albany, J.B Lyon Company, State Printers. [References Available]
is a plant of tropical Africa. The fruit is eaten under the name of voa-vanga.
It is the size of an apple and is eaten both raw and roasted but is far
from palatable. In Bengal, the fruit is eaten by the natives. At Martinique,
it is called tamarind of the Indies; the flavor of its pulp and its color
recall the medlar of Europe.
