Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Fortnightly
Mature size
Climbs 3–6 m
First harvest
Leaves from year two
Family
Apocynaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
healing
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Free-draining soil and a strong support from the start.
A woody climber of the dry deccan, slow but very long-lived on a trellis.
Growing it
Free-draining soil and a strong support from the start.
What it is for
Traditional preparations; dense screening on a hot boundary.