Sowing months
May–Jun
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Likes damp ground
Mature size
1–2 m
First harvest
Grain at 5 months
Family
Poaceae
Where it grows
Garden / ground, Terrace / rooftop
Good for
Biodiversity, Grow food
Sow in
Monsoon
Care
Grows in ground too wet for other cereals.
Hard glossy grain used as food, as beads and as a brewing grain in the hills.
Growing it
Grows in ground too wet for other cereals.
What it is for
Grain and brewing; the beads still used in Naga ornament.