Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Shade
Water
Constant moisture
Mature size
Climbs 10–20 m
First harvest
Canes year six
Family
Arecaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Needs a forest canopy; not a garden plant.
The cane of eastern furniture — a spiny climbing palm of wet forest.
Growing it
Needs a forest canopy; not a garden plant.
What it is for
Cane furniture; a livelihood crop under tree cover.