Regions: south

Slim palm of the wet south-west and north-east, grown in dense stands.

A coastal tree that fruits on poor laterite where almost nothing else does.

The kokum of the Konkan — a slim tree with fruit that makes the summer drink.

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.

Mosambi — a grafted tree in a big tub crops well in the west and centre.

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.