Tendu (coromandel ebony)

Diospyros melanoxylon

fruit

Small yellow fruits with sweet, astringent flesh, picked in the forest and sold in markets; its leaves are used to roll bidis.

Origin

Central India and Sri Lanka

Season (United States)

April to June

Preparation

Fully ripe, they are eaten raw, spitting out the seeds; the astringent skin is left.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Its leaves, rolled around tobacco, support millions of forest families in India.