Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Weekly the first year
Mature size
8–15 m
First harvest
Seed year five
Family
Fabaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity, healing
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Grows on poor, saline and waterlogged ground alike.
Glossy-leaved and salt-tolerant, with seed oil once used in every lamp.
Growing it
Grows on poor, saline and waterlogged ground alike.
What it is for
Lamp and biodiesel oil; traditional preparations; hardy shade.