Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Rain-fed
Mature size
15–25 m
First harvest
Gum from year fifteen
Family
Fabaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity, healing
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Slow; plant it as a legacy, not as a quick canopy.
A large deciduous tree of the Deccan, tapped traditionally for its red kino gum.
Growing it
Slow; plant it as a legacy, not as a quick canopy.
What it is for
Traditional kino gum; important dry-forest timber tree.