Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Almost none once established
Mature size
4–8 m
First harvest
Fruit year three
Family
Rhamnaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
biodiversity, food
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Prune hard in May; it fruits on new wood.
The fruit of the dry west, cropping where irrigation is impossible.
Growing it
Prune hard in May; it fruits on new wood.
What it is for
Ber fresh and dried; thorny branches make stock-proof fences.