Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Tennam
Tennam.— Tennam (cocoanut) or Tennanjānr (cocoanut tappers) is recorded as the occupational name of Shānān. Tenkāyala (cocoanut) occurs as an exogamous sept of Yānādi, and the equivalent Tennang as a tree or kothu of Kondaiyamkōtti Maravans.