Sowing months
Mar–Apr
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Moderate
Mature size
20–35 m
First harvest
Cones from year fifteen
Family
Pinaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity
Sow in
winter
Care
Hill planting only; poor drought tolerance in the plains.
Long soft needles in fives; the pine of the mid-Himalayan slopes.
Growing it
Hill planting only; poor drought tolerance in the plains.
What it is for
Timber and resin; erosion control on hill slopes.