Sowing months
May–Jun
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Regular in the dry months
Mature size
3–6 m
First harvest
Fruit from year four
Family
Rutaceae
Where it grows
Garden / ground
Good for
Grow food
Sow in
Monsoon
Care
Hill slopes with sharp drainage; it hates a wet root.
The loose-skinned orange of the Khasi and Jaintia hills, ripe in December.
Growing it
Hill slopes with sharp drainage; it hates a wet root.
What it is for
Fresh fruit; the mainstay orchard crop of Meghalaya.