AU & NZ plant finder

Filtered by Australian climate zones.

139 plant profiles, narrowed to the scale AU & NZ growers actually use — not a generic zone map relabelled.

Showing 48 of 139 plants

PIONEER · GRASS

Finger Millet(mandua)

Eleusine coracana

USDA 9-12

food · fodder

PIONEER · SHRUB

Five-leaved chaste tree

Vitex negundo

USDA 6-11

medicinal · mulch

PIONEER · SHRUB

Fourwing Saltbush

Atriplex canescens

USDA 4-9

fodder · windbreak · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Foxtail Millet(kakum)

Setaria italica

USDA 10-12

food · fodder

PIONEER · SHRUB

Goji berry

Lycium barbarum

USDA 5-9

food · medicinal · windbreak

PIONEER · TREE

Gum Arabic Tree(khor)

Acacia senegal

USDA 10-12

nitrogen fixing · fodder · fuel

PIONEER · GRASS

Halfa Grass(dabh)

Desmostachya bipinnata

USDA 8-11

fodder · mulch · medicinal

PIONEER · SHRUB

Harmal Shrub(vanher)

Rhazya stricta

USDA 9-11

medicinal · windbreak

Hedge Caper (Wild Caper Vine) (Capparis sepiaria)

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Hedge Caper (Wild Caper Vine)(hins-bel / kanthar)

Capparis sepiaria

USDA 9-11

medicinal · fodder · fuel

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Henna(mehndi)

Lawsonia inermis

USDA 10-12

medicinal · windbreak

Himalayan Pencil Juniper (Juniperus excelsa)

CLIMAX · TREE

Himalayan Pencil Juniper(obusht)

Juniperus excelsa

USDA 6-9

timber · fuel · windbreak

CLIMAX · TREE

Holm Oak(baloot)

Quercus baloot

USDA 7-9

fuel · fodder · timber

PIONEER · SHRUB

Hopbush(sanatha)

Dodonaea viscosa

USDA 9-11

fuel · windbreak · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Ice plant

Delosperma cooperi

USDA 5-10

mulch

Indian Cheese Maker (Withania coagulans)

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Indian Cheese Maker(paneer booti)

Withania coagulans

USDA 9-11

medicinal · food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Indian Sweet Clover(senji)

Melilotus indicus

USDA 5-9

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

Indian Wood-Sorrel (Yellow Sorrel) (Oxalis corniculata)

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Indian Wood-Sorrel (Yellow Sorrel)(khatti booti / amrul)

Oxalis corniculata

USDA 4-11

food · medicinal · mulch

PIONEER · TREE

Indus Tamarisk(lai)

Tamarix dioica

USDA 8-11

fuel · windbreak

Intermediate Joint-Pine (Ephedra) (Ephedra intermedia)

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Intermediate Joint-Pine (Ephedra)(oman / asmania)

Ephedra intermedia

USDA 5-9

medicinal · fuel

PIONEER · TREE

Jaal(pilu)

Salvadora oleoides

USDA 9-11

food · fodder · medicinal

Jacquemont’s Acacia (Bhuri Babool) (Acacia jacquemontii)

PIONEER · SHRUB

Jacquemont’s Acacia (Bhuri Babool)(bhuri / khor)

Acacia jacquemontii

USDA 9-11

fuel · nitrogen fixing · fodder

SECONDARY · TREE

Jujube (Chinese Date)(unnab)

Ziziphus jujuba

USDA 6-11

food · medicinal · fuel

Jwarancusa Lemongrass (Cymbopogon jwarancusa)

PIONEER · GRASS

Jwarancusa Lemongrass(khavi)

Cymbopogon jwarancusa

USDA 9-11

medicinal · mulch

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Kair (caper bush)(kair (کیر))

Capparis decidua

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal · fodder

Khair (Catechu Acacia) (Senegalia catechu)

SECONDARY · TREE

Khair (Catechu Acacia)(khair)

Senegalia catechu

USDA 10-12

timber · fuel · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · TREE

Khejri

Prosopis cineraria

USDA 9-11

fodder · fuel · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · SHRUB

Khip(khip)

Leptadenia pyrotechnica

USDA 9-11

fodder · fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · TREE

Kikar

Acacia nilotica

USDA 9-12

fuel · timber · fodder · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · TREE

Konkan Moringa(jangli sohanjna)

Moringa concanensis

USDA 10-11

food · fodder · medicinal

Leafless Milkweed Shrub (Periploca aphylla)

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Leafless Milkweed Shrub(barara / bata)

Periploca aphylla

USDA 9-11

medicinal · fodder · fuel

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Lentil(masoor)

Lens culinaris

USDA 5-10

food · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · TREE

Leucaena

Leucaena leucocephala

USDA 9-11

fodder · nitrogen fixing · fuel · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Licorice(mulethi)

Glycyrrhiza glabra

USDA 6-10

medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Maize(makai)

Zea mays

USDA 10-11

food · fodder

Mangrove Grass (Sea Billy-Goat Grass) (Aeluropus lagopoides)

PIONEER · GRASS

Mangrove Grass (Sea Billy-Goat Grass)(lumb / khar)

Aeluropus lagopoides

USDA 9-11

fodder · mulch · windbreak

Manila Tamarind (Jungle Jalebi) (Pithecellobium dulce)

SECONDARY · TREE

Manila Tamarind (Jungle Jalebi)(jungle jalebi / ganga imli)

Pithecellobium dulce

USDA 9-12

food · fodder · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Marigold(genda)

Tagetes erecta

USDA 10-11

medicinal

PIONEER · SHRUB

Moringa

Moringa oleifera

USDA 9-12

food · fodder · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Moth Bean(mut)

Vigna aconitifolia

USDA 9-11

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Mountain Milkvetch

Astragalus grahamianus

USDA 6-9

nitrogen fixing · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Mung Bean(moong)

Vigna radiata

USDA 10-12

food · nitrogen fixing · mulch

SECONDARY · TREE

Neem

Azadirachta indica

USDA 10-12

medicinal · timber · fuel

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Niger(ramtil)

Guizotia abyssinica

USDA 3-11

food

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Oleander(kaner)

Nerium oleander

USDA 8-11

windbreak · medicinal

PIONEER · GRASS

Pearl Millet(bajra)

Cenchrus americanus

USDA 10-12

food · fodder

PIONEER · SHRUB

Phog(phog)

Calligonum polygonoides

USDA 9-11

fodder · fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · TREE

Phulai(phulai)

Acacia modesta

USDA 9-11

fuel · timber · fodder · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · SHRUB

Pigeon pea

Cajanus cajan

USDA 9-12

food · fodder · nitrogen fixing

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