Sowing months
May–Jul
Sunlight
Part shade when young
Water
Constant moisture
Mature size
10–20 m
First harvest
Nuts from year six
Family
Arecaceae
Where it grows
Garden / ground
Good for
Grow food
Sow in
Monsoon
Care
Interplant with pepper and banana as the coastal gardens do.
The slender betel-nut palm of the wet coasts, grown in dense shaded gardens.
Growing it
Interplant with pepper and banana as the coastal gardens do.
What it is for
Supari; the frame crop of a Karnataka or Assam garden.