Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Weekly
Mature size
60–120 cm
First harvest
Leaves at 90 days
Family
Fabaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
beauty, biodiversity
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Cut at flowering for the strongest dye.
The dye plant of history, nitrogen-fixing and undemanding.
Growing it
Cut at flowering for the strongest dye.
What it is for
Natural indigo dye; green manure.