Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Seasonally flooded ground
Mature size
1–2 m
First harvest
Seed at 5 months
Family
Poaceae
Where it grows
Garden / ground
Good for
Biodiversity
Sow in
Monsoon
Care
A conservation planting for a wetland edge, not a crop.
The wild ancestor of cultivated rice, still standing in eastern wetlands.
Growing it
A conservation planting for a wetland edge, not a crop.
What it is for
Crop genetic reservoir; seed for waterbirds.