Grows best at
27–41 °C
0 °C survives 8–47 °C 40 °C

Will it grow on your land?

Nagapattinam Tamil Nadu
Water
Season

Good fit in Nagapattinam

Curry Leaf

Holds the land all year

No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.

No price yet to estimate income

  • Suits: Rain is enough
  • Suits: Ideal temperatures
  • Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 1,100 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,000 mm it can use in a normal year, and 590 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 27–41 °C on average, and survives 8–47 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

  • Jun 37 °C / 27 °C
  • Jul 36 °C / 26 °C
  • Aug 35 °C / 25 °C
  • Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
  • Oct 32 °C / 25 °C
  • Nov 30 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
  • Dec 28 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
  • Jan 29 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
  • Feb 30 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
  • Mar 33 °C / 24 °C
  • Apr 34 °C / 26 °C
  • May 36 °C / 27 °C
  • Jun 37 °C / 27 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Curry Leaf: 8 out of 10 (good).

  • The pH here suits it.
  • Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
  • Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
  • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

Likes pH 5.5–6.5.

How the soil score works

Money

Yield: about 58 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.

How to make it work

  • Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.

    Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.

    Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

  • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

    Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

    Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

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What it needs

Temperature

27–41 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 8–47 °C. Frost hurts it.

Water

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

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes slightly acidic soil. Grows from pH 5 to 7.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Grows even on poor soil
  • S Needs plenty of sulphur
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°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are.

Fertiliser for one acre

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra for the dose.

Watch out for

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to watch for.

Mandi price, month by month

No mandi prices for this crop yet.

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
19,099 acres
2025-26
Average yield
71.9 quintals an acre (17.8 tonnes a hectare)
2025-26
Most area
Andhra Pradesh
50% of India's

States that grow it

Each state's share of India's production, in its latest year with figures (2025-26). Tap a state to open it.

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

Where it grows most

The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.

No recent district figures for this crop.