Sowing months
May–Jun
Sunlight
Part shade when young
Water
Regular, high humidity
Mature size
8–12 m
First harvest
Buds year six
Family
Myrtaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
food, healing
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Wind shelter matters more than soil.
A slow evergreen of the wet south-west, harvested as unopened flower buds.
Growing it
Wind shelter matters more than soil.
What it is for
Laung for masala; long-term coastal plantation tree.