Common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum - manila tamarind, huamachil, wild tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce
Derived forms: camachiles
Type of: tree
Part of: genus Pithecellobium, genus Pithecolobium, Pithecellobium, Pithecolobium