Sowing months
Mar–Apr
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Rain-fed
Mature size
25–35 m
First harvest
Resin from year twenty
Family
Pinaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity
Sow in
winter
Care
Plant broadleaves with it; pure pine stands burn.
The resin pine of the lower Himalaya, and the needle litter that makes those fires.
Growing it
Plant broadleaves with it; pure pine stands burn.
What it is for
Resin tapping and timber; slope stabilisation.