Editing Choerospondias axillaris (section)

== Cultivation ==

=== Soil and water ===

Native stands occupy disturbed and secondary forest in the wet-forest belt, below about 600 m in the southern part of the range and to 1,000 m in Sikkim, on deep, wet clay or sandy-clay soils.<sup>[[#cite_note-4|[4]]]</sup> In northern Thailand the species grows in evergreen forest from 700 to 1,600 m.<sup>[[#cite_note-5|[5]]]</sup> In Nepal, lapsi is an agroforestry tree of the mid- and low-hill districts, grown from about 850 to 1,900 m; district surveys recorded it in 301 village development committees across 29 hill districts, with more than 40,000 trees already bearing and over 450,000 newly planted.<sup id="cite_ref-7">[[#cite_note-7|[7]]]</sup> A review places the species at 900–2,000 m in the subtropical–temperate transition.<sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>

=== Sun and humidity ===

The species is light-demanding and typical of disturbed forest edges rather than deep shade, so open sites suit it best.<sup>[[#cite_note-5|[5]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-4|[4]]]</sup> The native atmosphere is humid and monsoonal; in the Sindhupalchok production district of Nepal the climate averages about 1,615 mm of rain a year.<sup id="cite_ref-8">[[#cite_note-8|[8]]]</sup>

=== Seasonal changes ===

Trees are deciduous, with the foliage reddening before it falls in the cool, drier season.<sup>[[#cite_note-4|[4]]]</sup> In Vietnam flowering runs April–June and fruiting July–September.<sup>[[#cite_note-4|[4]]]</sup> In Nepal the harvest is mostly September–January: unripe fruit is deep green and turns yellowish as it matures, and farmers beat the bunches with long wooden or bamboo sticks or shake the branches.<sup>[[#cite_note-6|[6]]]</sup> Himalayan populations are reported to tolerate mild frost and drought.<sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup> In cultivation the monsoon pattern translates to a growth flush in the wet season, winter leaf drop, and irrigation through rainless dry months where they occur.