Sowing months
Mar–Apr
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Sparingly
Mature size
2–4 m
First harvest
Fruit year four
Family
Elaeagnaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity, food, healing
Sow in
winter
Care
Thorny and suckering; superb for eroding cold-desert slopes.
A cold-desert shrub of Ladakh, nitrogen-fixing and vitamin-dense.
Growing it
Thorny and suckering; superb for eroding cold-desert slopes.
What it is for
Leh berry juice; slope stabilisation at altitude.