Sowing months
May–Jun
Sunlight
Part shade when young
Water
Constant moisture
Mature size
10–20 m
First harvest
Nuts year seven
Family
Arecaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
food
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Plant in groups; a lone palm suffers in wind.
Slim palm of the wet south-west and north-east, grown in dense stands.
Growing it
Plant in groups; a lone palm suffers in wind.
What it is for
Supari; shade for pepper and cardamom below.