Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Weekly the first year
Mature size
10–20 m
First harvest
Year five
Family
Casuarinaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Plant in rows as a windbreak, not as a single specimen.
The coastal shelterbelt tree of the east and south — fast and salt-proof.
Growing it
Plant in rows as a windbreak, not as a single specimen.
What it is for
Cyclone shelterbelts; fuelwood; sand binding.