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Q. Kendu leaves, recently seen in the news, are called the "green gold" of which state?
Answer: Odisha
Notes: In Maharashtra, a leopard fatally attacked a tendu leaf plucker. Tendu leaves, harvested from the Tendu tree native to India, are known as "green gold" in Odisha. They're nationalized like bamboo and sal seed, used for wrapping bidi tobacco due to unique properties: aroma, hygroscopicity, thinness, slow combustion, and fungus resistance. Madhya Pradesh leads tendu leaf production in India.
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