Sowing months
May–Jun
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Regular through the rains
Mature size
30–60 cm
First harvest
Tubers at 6 months
Family
Fabaceae
Where it grows
Garden / ground
Good for
Grow food
Sow in
Monsoon
Care
Loose hill soil; the tubers deform in heavy clay.
A tuberous legume of Meghalaya, eaten raw and crisp with salt and mustard oil.
Growing it
Loose hill soil; the tubers deform in heavy clay.
What it is for
Sohphlang salad; a nitrogen-fixing tuber crop.