Leaves as cigarette wrappers - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 50617 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 102.00 EBENACEAE Diospyros tomentosa | Entry Book Number | 79.1888 | |
| Artefact Name | Leaves as cigarette wrappers | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Leaves as cigarette wrappers | Geography Description | India, Bombay, Thana | ||
| Uses | Leaves as cigarette wrappersUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Opuscular source: Contents: Leaves and cigarettes of the Temburni Tree (Diospyros ex sculpta?) Very common in the forests of North Thana. The leaves are collected during April and May when they are young and tender. A demand for the leaf for cigarett, es has only sprung up during the past 10 years or so previous to that native cigarettes 'bidis' used to be made of Apta? and plantain leaves only. The marathi name for this plant is Temburui? Divisional Forest Officer N. Thana. | ||||