Sowing months
May–Jun
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Grown in 50 cm of water
Mature size
Floating rosettes
First harvest
Nuts at 150 days
Family
Lythraceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
food
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Needs still water at least knee deep.
Singhara — a floating annual grown in ponds and tanks across the north and east.
Growing it
Needs still water at least knee deep.
What it is for
Singhara nuts and flour; pond aquaculture.