Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Weekly
Mature size
30–60 cm
First harvest
Seventy days
Family
Fabaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
food
Sow in
monsoon
Care
A fine green manure if you dig it in at flowering.
A short monsoon pulse, sown between crops as much as for the dal.
Growing it
A fine green manure if you dig it in at flowering.
What it is for
Urad dal for idli and dosa; soil improver.