Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Weekly the first two years
Mature size
15–25 m
First harvest
Pods year six
Family
Fabaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity, food
Sow in
monsoon
Care
A large tree; plant it at a field edge.
Yongchak — long flat pods eaten across Manipur and Nagaland.
Growing it
A large tree; plant it at a field edge.
What it is for
Yongchak eromba; an important north-eastern food tree.