Sowing months
Feb–Mar
Sunlight
Full sun to part shade
Water
Moist, cool soil
Mature size
15–25 m
First harvest
Acorns from year fifteen
Family
Fagaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity
Sow in
winter
Care
Sow acorns fresh; they will not keep to the next season.
The banj oak that holds the water in a Himalayan hillside; slow, dense and vital.
Growing it
Sow acorns fresh; they will not keep to the next season.
What it is for
Watershed forestry, fodder and firewood — the key hill tree.