Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Weekly the first year
Mature size
10–15 m
First harvest
Flowers from year four
Family
Fabaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
beauty, biodiversity
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Coastal-hardy and wind-firm; better street tree than gulmohar.
Yellow flower spires and copper seed pods; the summer partner to the gulmohar.
Growing it
Coastal-hardy and wind-firm; better street tree than gulmohar.
What it is for
Avenue colour; bee forage; salt-tolerant urban shade.