Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Weekly the first two years
Mature size
20–30 m
First harvest
Timber year twenty
Family
Lamiaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Large leaves shade out everything beneath; plant accordingly.
The timber tree of the deccan, straight-boled and deep-rooted.
Growing it
Large leaves shade out everything beneath; plant accordingly.
What it is for
Timber; central-Indian plantation and farm forestry.