Yogeshwari
A leading Maharashtra variety with deep red pulp and high, regular yields, widely grown in Marathwada and preferred by processors for the strong colour it gives sauces and concentrates.
Quick facts
- Crop
- Imli (Tamarind)
- Type
- Grafted improved variety
- Season
- All seasons
- Maturity period
- Bears from year 4–5 (grafted)
- Expected yield
- High and regular
- Suitable soil
- All soils
About this variety
Yogeshwari is one of the mainstay improved tamarind varieties of Maharashtra, grown as a graft across the Marathwada tamarind belt and into Karnataka and Telangana. Its defining trait is a deep red pulp, which processors value because it carries strong natural colour into chutney, sauce and concentrate without additives. It bears regularly and heavily from about the fourth or fifth year on a grafted tree and is a common choice for orchards aimed at the pulp-processing trade.
Key characteristics
Yield & maturity
Maturity period
Bears from year 4–5 (grafted)
Expected yield
High and regular
Actual yield depends on sowing time, soil, irrigation, weather, seed quality and crop management.
Pest & disease considerations
Major diseases
- Not separately documented
Advantages & considerations
Why farmers may choose it
- Deep red pulp — strong natural colour prized by chutney, sauce and concentrate processors
- High, regular annual yield
- Well proven across the Maharashtra tamarind belt
Things to consider
- Disease and pest resistance is not separately documented
- Grafted plants are most readily available within Maharashtra and neighbouring states
Suitable regions
States this variety is recommended for — check locally, since a state can have more than one recommended zone.
- Maharashtra
- Karnataka
- Telangana