Diospyros melanoxylon
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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. [3] The leaves can be wrapped around tobacco to create the Indian beedi,[4] which has outsold conventional cigarettes in India.[5] The olive-green fruit of the tree is edible.[6]
Quick Facts Coromandel ebony, Scientific classification ...
Coromandel ebony | |
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Bark of the Coromandel ebony | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ebenaceae |
Genus: | Diospyros |
Species: | D. melanoxylon |
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Diospyros melanoxylon | |
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