Temperature
30–42 °C
0° survives 5–49 °C 40°

Will it grow on your land?

Water
Season

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What it needs

Temperature

30–42 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 5–49 °C.

Water

The check above works out its water need on your land.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 5.3 to 8.5.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Ordinary farm soil is fine
  • K Needs plenty of potassium, zinc and boron
How the soil score works

Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°).

Fertiliser for one acre

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Watch out for

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Mandi price, month by month

No mandi prices for this crop yet.

Where it grows in India

Largest grower
Odisha
2024-25

States that grow it

Latest state figures for fruits, vegetables, spices and plantation crops.

  1. Odisha 46,360 t (2024-25)
  2. Jharkhand 9,019 t (2024-25)
  3. West Bengal 4,359 t (2024-25)
  4. Madhya Pradesh 4,214 t (2024-25)
  5. Chhattisgarh 526 t (2024-25)
  6. Haryana 168 t (2024-25)
  7. Jammu And Kashmir 71 t (2024-25)
  8. Himachal Pradesh 19 t (2024-25)
  9. Andaman And Nicobar Islands – (2024-25)
  10. Andhra Pradesh – (2024-25)

Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).

Districts with the most area (recent figures)

The map colours each district by yield, for districts growing it on at least 100 ha.

No recent district figures for this crop.