Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Five hours of sun
Water
Twice a week
Mature size
1.5–3 m
First harvest
Leaves year two
Family
Rutaceae
Where it grows
balcony, terrace
Good for
food
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Grow it for the leaf; the fruit is incidental.
Double-lobed aromatic leaves used across the north-east and the far south.
Growing it
Grow it for the leaf; the fruit is incidental.
What it is for
Leaves for curries; a fine thorny pot plant.