Diospyros melanoxylon
About
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.
- Family
- Ebenaceae
How to use it
Coromandel ebony is valued for its hard, durable wood, making it ideal for furniture and crafts. Additionally, its leaves are traditionally used to wrap tobacco for beedi, showcasing the tree's ecological and cultural significance in India.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
In the kitchen
The leaves of the Coromandel ebony tree are not eaten by humans, but they play a crucial role in the production of beedi, a popular Indian cigarette. So, while you won't find this tree in your salad, its leaves are essential for creating a traditional smoking product enjoyed by many in India.
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Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Diospyros melanoxylon
- Slug
- diospyros-melanoxylon
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Ebenaceae
- Genus
- Diospyros
- Species
- melanoxylon
- Wikidata QID
- Q2672321
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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