Fresh seed is sown in shaded nursery beds or boxes during late winter; the soil should be well worked and porous. Seeds are sown 4 cm apart in lines, and covered to a depth of 1 cm. Germination is slow; may take some months. During the first rainy season, plants are pricked out in the nursery at a spacing of about 15 cm x 20cm or into polythene bags or baskets. They will be ready for planting out in the second rains; the long tap root should be trimmed down and stem pruned.

The tree can be raised by planting out nursery raised seedlings, layers, branch cutting or root cuttings, or by transplanting root suckers. Planting out nursery seedlings is most successful for raising plantations. Layering is fairly successful but slow. Branch cuttings give poor survival. Root cuttings, 6 cm or more in length, are quite successful. Planting spacement may be 2m x 2m to 2.5m x 2.5m.