• Planting : Mid-October to November 1st week
• Marketing : June to July
• Harvesting and curing/ Physical Charecteristics : The leaf is sun-cured and fermented in bulks for a period of 25-35 days by breaking and remaking the bulks 6-7 times. It is graded based on length and blemish of the leaf. The leaf is light to medium in body and brown to dark brown in color.
• Fact File : Mainly used as cigar filler

• Nicotine % : 2.4 to 3.3 (WBT) 2.5 to 4.5 (TT)
• Reducing Sugars % : 0.9 to 1.9 (WBT) 2.0 to 4.0 (TT)
• Chloride % : 0.3 to 0.4 (WBT) 0.3 to 0.4 (TT)

(BL - Bottom Leaf, ML-Middle Leaf, TL - Top Leaf)