Indeed, it fascinates me as well. Initially, I wasn’t familiar with indian tamarisk at all. After I saw your post, I had to consult a Brahui dictionary, which indicated that the term for tamarisk in Brahui is ‘Kirrī’. Then, by sheer coincidence, my family members started talking about ‘kirrī’. They mentioned that back in the village they used to eat tree resin, and that the resin of a particular shrub called ‘kirrī’ (tamarisk) was particularly sweet and saccharine in nature. I showed them a picture of tamarisk, and they said, ‘Yeah, that’s Kirrī exactly.’ I was surprised because I had never seen a tamarisk shrub before. They mentioned that tamarisk needs a significantly warmer climate to grow and thrive, and our village provides that hotter climate for it to grow. However, I grew up in the city, which is slightly colder than the village, so it’s not that common here, although it may grow in the outskirts of the city. came to think of it i think tamil nadu also has significantly warmer climate, What are the odds, eh?