Tamarindus is a plant.

柽, the second-level Chinese character, pronounced as 柽 (chēng)

〔Tamarix〕 belongs to the family Tamarix, a deciduous tree and shrub with red old branches and scale-like leaves. Young leaves are medicinal. , the branches can be made into baskets, shackles, etc. The flowers are light red, sometimes bloom three times a year, and bear capsules. The whole tree is resistant to alkali and drought, and is suitable for building sand forest. It is planted on the bank to solidify the soil. It is also known as "Three Spring Willow" and "Red Willow".

Tamarix (scientific name: Tamarix chinensis? Lour.) is a plant of the genus Tamarix in the family Tamarixaceae. Tree or shrub, 3-6 (-8) meters high; old branches are upright, dark brown and bright. The leaves are bright green, and the leaves on the green vegetative branches arising from the lignified growth branches are oblong-lanceolate or long-ovate. Flowers two or three times a year.

Blooms every spring, with racemes lateral on lignified twigs; 5 flowers; 5 sepals, narrow and oval, with short pointed tips, slightly entire; 5 petals, pink. Capsule conical. Blooms in summer and autumn; racemes are 3-5 cm long, thinner than those born in spring, and are born on the tops of young branches of the current year; styles are club-shaped, and their length is equal to 2/5-3/4 of the ovary. The flowering period is from April to September.

Wild in Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu (northern), Anhui (northern) and other provinces of China; cultivated in provinces from eastern to southwestern China. It is also cultivated in Japan and the United States. It likes to grow in river alluvial plains, seashores, beaches, moist saline-alkali lands and sandy wastelands.

This species is suitable for use in humid saline-alkali lands and sandy wasteland afforestation in temperate coastal areas and other places. The material is dense and heavy. It can be used as firewood and agricultural tools. Its twigs are flexible and wear-resistant, and are often used to weave baskets, which are strong and durable. Its branches can also be used to weave grass and farm tool handles.

Its branches and leaves are slender and hanging, graceful and cute. It blooms three times a year with bright green and pink flowers. It is often planted in courtyards, parks and other places for ornamental purposes. The branches and leaves are used medicinally as a diaphoretic medicine and have the effect of removing measles.