Sowing months
Mar–Apr
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Grown in 60–120 cm of water
Mature size
Floating leaves 1 m across
First harvest
Seed at 150 days
Family
Nymphaeaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
food
Sow in
monsoon
Care
A genuine pond crop; a tub is too small.
Bihar’s pond crop — prickly floating leaves and the popped seed of fasting food.
Growing it
A genuine pond crop; a tub is too small.
What it is for
Makhana seed; wetland livelihood crop of north Bihar.