Sowing months
May–Jun
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Weekly
Mature size
60–120 cm
First harvest
Seed at 120 days
Family
Lamiaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
food
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Self-sows freely in hill gardens.
Sesame-like seeds used across the eastern Himalaya in chutney and oil.
Growing it
Self-sows freely in hill gardens.
What it is for
Silam chutney and oil; hill-farm oilseed.