Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Part sun
Water
Weekly
Mature size
60–120 cm
First harvest
Flowers year one
Family
Acanthaceae
Where it grows
balcony, ground
Good for
biodiversity, healing
Sow in
monsoon
Care
An easy shade-tolerant filler under bigger pots.
A small southern shrub with white flowers, long used for skin preparations.
Growing it
An easy shade-tolerant filler under bigger pots.
What it is for
Traditional skin preparations; small-insect nectar.