Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Part shade
Water
Regular; humid air
Mature size
8–15 m
First harvest
Leaves from year four
Family
Lauraceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
food, healing
Sow in
monsoon
Care
A pot in the plains needs afternoon shade and constant damp.
The tejpatta of the sub-Himalayan tract — three-veined leaves, straight off the tree.
Growing it
A pot in the plains needs afternoon shade and constant damp.
What it is for
Tejpatta for the kitchen; bark used traditionally as cassia.