Regions: east

Sour fruit straight off the trunk, in constant supply on the wet coasts.

Ribbed yellow fruit several times a year on a compact tree.

Kagzi lime — the single most useful pot tree for an Indian household.

The biggest citrus, tolerant of humidity and common in eastern gardens.

Tiered branches and huge leaves that turn red before falling — a coastal shade tree.

Evergreen, wind-firm and cropping twice a year on the coasts.

Tall and narrow, dropping long white scented flowers through the night.

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

One tree feeds a street. Green for sabzi, ripe for the sweetest fruit there is.

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