Sowing months
Mar–Apr, Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Fortnightly; it hates wet feet
Mature size
3–8 m
First harvest
Leaves at six months, pods at year two
Family
Moringaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
food, healing
Sow in
monsoon, summer
Care
Cut it back to 1.5 m every year or the leaves grow out of reach.
The fastest useful tree there is — 3 m in a year, with edible leaves and pods.
Growing it
Cut it back to 1.5 m every year or the leaves grow out of reach.
What it is for
Drumstick sabzi, leaf powder; a windbreak that grows in one season.