Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Weekly for two years
Mature size
15–25 m, very wide
First harvest
Shade from year five
Family
Fabaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Give it thirty metres of width or do not plant it.
An enormous umbrella crown of ferny leaves that folds shut before rain.
Growing it
Give it thirty metres of width or do not plant it.
What it is for
Park and campus shade; pods eaten by cattle.