Tamarindus indica (Tamarind): Anyone know anything about the growth habits of this plant? How long does it take to produce fruit? I know this gets to be quite a big tree 20..24M and is evergreen but would like to know how messy it is so I can figure where to plant it. Does it shed it leaves at all? I don't think fallen fruit is going to be a problem ;-) That is if I can get to them before the damn monkeys. Luke gave me the idea of what to do with those empty 2L plastic soda bottles. So maybe I can reduce the monkey problem without disturbing the neighbours. In case there are any bunny huggers out there I would rather shoot the idiots that are feeding them and causing the problem in the first place. However these idiots are for some strange reason a protected species. ;-) Peter -- Peter Moss "Well, let's just say, 'if your VCR is still blinking 12:00, you don't want Linux'". - Bruce Perens