The fruit is of Diospyrosmelanoxylon from family Ebenaceae. Commonly known as Ebony tree. In centralIndia i.e. in Madhya Pradesh it is known as Tendu & in Orissa - Kendu. Theleaves can be wrapped around tobacco to make Bidi (conventional cigarettes inIndia). Nayan............................N.S.Dungriyal IFS Chief Conservator of ForestsSagar Circle, SagarMadhya PradeshMo - 09424793805
On Wednesday, 6 May 2015 12:16 AM, Dev Kumar <dev.kumar.vasude...@gmail.com> wrote: Fruit gifted by a tribal child on 02 May Saturday. I did not see the tree. Is this the fruit of the Tendu aka Temru Diospyros celebica.? Mhow, Dist Indore, Madhya Pradesh. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.