Black Velvet tamarind is a popular fruit snack, particularly among children. The fruit has a black velvet shell which is cracked to reveal an orange pulp that can be licked or chewed. The fruit has a sweet bitter taste.

Each fruit typically has one hard, flat, round, brown seed, which somewhat resembles a watermelon seed, though some have two seeds. The seeds are shiny, coated with a thin layer of starch.

African velvet tamarind is a tropical tree found mostly in  Africa. It's scientifically called Dialium indum. It is also  known as Awin by the Yorubas, Icheku by the Igbos and Tsamiyar kurm by Hausas, in Nigeria. The tree can also be found in Ghana, Senegal, Thailand and Malaysia.
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And here we call it licky licky ... Never knew its original name until now

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