Coromandel Ebony, East Indian Ebony (Diospyros melanoxylon)
€6.50
Coromandel Ebony, East Indian Ebony (Diospyros melanoxylon)
Price for Pack Of 5 Seeds
East Indian ebony is medium-sized tree to 25 m tall. Species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae native to India and Sri Lanka, it has a hard, dry bark.
Coromandel Ebony, East Indian Ebony (Diospyros melanoxylon)
Price for Pack Of 5 Seeds
East Indian ebony is medium-sized tree to 25 m tall. Species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae native to India and Sri Lanka, it has a hard, dry bark.
The leaves can be wrapped around tobacco to create the Indian beedi, which has outsold conventional cigarettes in India. The olive-green fruit of the tree is edible.
The tree has been determined to have significant antiplasmodial effects against Plasmodium falciparum, which causes malaria in humans.
Tendu tree is also used in making hockey sticks. A young and straight branch of the tree is heated in fire and slowly shaped into the curves of a hockey stick.
V 270 (5 S)
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Data sheet
- Handpicked seeds ?
- Handpicked seeds
- HEIRLOOM ?
- Yes
- Organic Seeds ?
- Organic Seeds
- Organic/natural ?
- Organic/Natural: Yes
- Edible ?
- Edible
- Plant height ?
- 25m
- Evergreen ?
- Evergreen: Yes
- Sun Exposure ?
- Full sun from an early age
- Tree Appearance ?
- Ornamental Value: Pretty
- Growth Rate ?
- Slow Growth Rate
- The wood is used for ?
- Firewood
- Watering?
- Watering: Medium
Coromandel Ebony, East Indian Ebony (Diospyros melanoxylon)
Price for Pack Of 5 Seeds
East Indian ebony is medium-sized tree to 25 m tall. Species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae native to India and Sri Lanka, it has a hard, dry bark.