"Nature's Bounty: Pradip Madgaonkar's Passion for Tendu Leaves Collection"

The Tendu leaf has typical importance as secondary forests produce. Tendu is a naturally occurring plant. The leaves are used in making Bidis. ... Tendu leaf come out in the month of March, which are suitable for making Bidis. Collection work of these leaves is done during the first week of May and last week of June.The tendu tree (Diospyros melanoxylon) is found widely across central India. Leaves plucked from its shrubs are used to wrap bidi, the poor man's cigarette. ... Most of the land from which tendu was plucked belonged to the state governments.
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