Diospyros exsculpta

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Popular Names

• English: Nepal ebony (Wealth of India)
• Hindi: tendu, kendu, temru (Wealth of India)
• Bengali: kend, kyon (Wealth of India)
• Telugu: cittatumiki, mancitumiki, tumiki (Wealth of India)
• Tamil: tumbi (Wealth of India)
• Kannada: timburani, tumari, tindura (Wealth of India)
• Uriya: kendu (Wealth of India)
• Punjab: tendu, kinnu (Wealth of India)
• Madhya Pradesh: tumri, tumki (Wealth of India)

Classification and nomenclature

synonym:

• Diospyros tomentosa Roxb. (1832)

Main uses

• wood: ebony. "It is the black ebony of North India" (Wealth of India)
• fruit edible
• leaves: used for wrapping bidis

Main references

Wealth of India (The), 1952. A dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Vol. 3. Raw materials : D-E. New-Delhi, Council of scientific and industrial research. XX-236-XXX p., 22 pl., index vol. 1-3. (as Diospyros tomentosa)

Links

External

link to IPNI page