Sowing months
May–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Deeply, weekly for three years
Mature size
10–25 m
First harvest
Nuts year six dwarf
Family
Arecaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity, food
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Dwarf kinds fruit at head height and suit small plots.
The tree the coasts are built on — water, kernel, oil, thatch and shade.
Growing it
Dwarf kinds fruit at head height and suit small plots.
What it is for
Water, kernel, oil and coir; the whole tree is used.