Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Rain-fed
Mature size
10–20 m
First harvest
Flowers from year four
Family
Fabaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Fast, brittle and short-lived — good filler, poor legacy.
Cream powder-puff flowers, then papery pods that rattle all winter.
Growing it
Fast, brittle and short-lived — good filler, poor legacy.
What it is for
Nitrogen fixing; fodder pods; quick roadside shade.