Diospyros melanoxylon - its Problems of Cultivation

Diospyros melanoxylon has attained great economic importance due to its leaves being used as wrappers; in the bidi industry. It is yielding large returns to the States like M.P., Maharashtra, Orissa and U.P. Inspite of this, adequate attention has not been paid to the artificial regeneration and its cultivation with the object of increasing the quality and quantity of leaf production. This article attempts to bring at one place the results of the experiments carried out on its various aspects in the country and indicates the fields in which further scope for research exists.