Kumvalai

• Grown in Sukkan kollai village of Chengalpet taluk at Kanchipuram district
• Samba season is best season and duration is 128-130 days
• Direct sown and transplanting is used for growing this variety
• The rice is brown in colour and having the coarse quality
• It yields about 1350 kg /ac and the straw yield will be 1800 kg/ac.
• This variety grown upto the height of 4.5 - 5 feet.\
• Straw is particularly preferred  as a roofing material
• It is suitable for sandy soil and also water logging area