Regions: Central India

The tree the subcontinent is organised around; a grafted plant fruits in four years.

The most forgiving fruit tree for a small Indian garden or a big pot.

A small deccan tree that fruits on very little water and poor soil.

A thorny slow tree of dry country with a hard-shelled sour fruit.

Purple fruit in June and dense evergreen shade for the rest of the year.

The fruit of the dry west, cropping where irrigation is impossible.

A century-tree with feathery shade and the sourness of half of Indian cooking.

Feathery-leaved and drought-hardy; one grafted tree feeds a household in winter.

A thorny hedge shrub that gives pickling fruit and keeps animals out.

Blue butterfly pea — a light climber that fixes nitrogen and makes blue tea.