Sowing months
Mar–Apr, Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Twice a week, never waterlogged
Mature size
3–5 m
First harvest
Fruit at 10 months
Family
Caricaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
food, healing
Sow in
monsoon, summer
Care
Plant three and remove the males once they flower.
Fruit inside a year from seed — the fastest fruit a household can grow.
Growing it
Plant three and remove the males once they flower.
What it is for
Ripe fruit and raw papaya sabzi; leaves used traditionally.