ON THIS PLANT
Diospyros melanoxylon, the Coromandel ebony or East Indian ebony, is a species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae native to India and Sri Lanka; it has a hard, dry bark. Its common name derives from Coromandel, the coast of southeastern India. Locally it is known as temburini or by its Hindi name tendu. In Odisha, Jharkhand, and Assam, it is known as kendu. In Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana it is known as tuniki. The leaves can be wrapped around tobacco to create the Indian beedi, which has outsold conventional cigarettes in India.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Kendu en Malabar Ebony en Temburini en Tendu en Indian ebony en Coromandel ebony en East Indian ebony
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