Sowing months
Mar–Apr, Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Fortnightly; it hates wet feet
Mature size
3–8 m
First harvest
Leaves at 6 months, pods year two
Family
Moringaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
food, healing
Sow in
monsoon, summer
Care
Cut back to 1.5 m yearly or the leaves grow out of reach.
The fastest useful tree there is — 3 m in a year, edible leaves and pods.
Growing it
Cut back to 1.5 m yearly or the leaves grow out of reach.
What it is for
Drumstick sabzi and leaf powder; a one-season windbreak.