Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Weekly for two years
Mature size
20–30 m
First harvest
Fruit from year eight
Family
Combretaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity, healing
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Only worth planting where a full-sized tree can stand.
The third triphala fruit, from a broad-crowned tree of dry deciduous forest.
Growing it
Only worth planting where a full-sized tree can stand.
What it is for
Triphala by tradition; roosting tree for hornbills and pigeons.