Pakistan plant finder

Filtered by Pakistan's five agro-ecological zones.

150 plant profiles, narrowed to the scale Pakistan growers actually use — not a generic zone map relabelled.

Showing 48 of 150 plants

CLIMAX · TREE

Deodar Cedar(deodar)

Cedrus deodara

USDA 7-9

timber · windbreak · fuel

Desert Bunch Grass (Du’a Grass) (Panicum turgidum)

PIONEER · GRASS

Desert Bunch Grass (Du’a Grass)(murat / gharam)

Panicum turgidum

USDA 9-11

fodder · windbreak · food

PIONEER · SHRUB

Desert Cotton(bui)

Aerva javanica

USDA 9-11

fodder · medicinal · mulch

SECONDARY · TREE

Desert Teak(rohira)

Tecomella undulata

USDA 9-11

timber · medicinal · windbreak

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Egyptian walking onion

Allium × proliferum

USDA 3-9

food · medicinal

PIONEER · TREE

Empress tree

Paulownia tomentosa

USDA 5-9

timber · mulch · fuel · windbreak

Feather Speargrass (Bushman Grass) (Stipagrostis plumosa)

PIONEER · GRASS

Feather Speargrass (Bushman Grass)(lamb / pilchi-ghas)

Stipagrostis plumosa

USDA 8-11

fodder · windbreak · mulch

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Fiddleheads

Matteuccia struthiopteris

USDA 2-7

food

Field Bindweed (Hiran Khuri) (Convolvulus arvensis)

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Field Bindweed (Hiran Khuri)(lehli / hiran-khuri)

Convolvulus arvensis

USDA 4-10

fodder · medicinal · mulch

PIONEER · SHRUB

Fourwing Saltbush

Atriplex canescens

USDA 4-9

fodder · windbreak · mulch

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Garden Sage(salvia)

Salvia officinalis

USDA 5-9

food · medicinal

PIONEER · SHRUB

Goji berry

Lycium barbarum

USDA 5-9

food · medicinal · windbreak

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Gooseberry

Ribes uva-crispa

USDA 3-8

food · windbreak

Graham’s Milk-Vetch (Himalayan Spiny Astragalus) (Astragalus grahamianus)

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Graham’s Milk-Vetch (Himalayan Spiny Astragalus)(پہاڑی گون / اشتر خار)

Astragalus grahamianus

USDA 6-9

nitrogen fixing · fodder

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Grape(angoor)

Vitis vinifera

USDA 6-10

food

SECONDARY · TREE

Greengage

Prunus domestica subsp. italica

USDA 5-9

food

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

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Hardy kiwi

Actinidia arguta

USDA 4-8

food · windbreak

PIONEER · SHRUB

Harmal Shrub(vanher)

Rhazya stricta

USDA 9-11

medicinal · windbreak

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Haskap berry

Lonicera caerulea

USDA 2-7

food

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Hazelnut tree

Corylus avellana

USDA 4-8

food · fodder · fuel · timber · windbreak · mulch

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Himalayan Barberry(sumbal)

Berberis lycium

USDA 6-9

medicinal · food

PIONEER · SHRUB

Himalayan Pea Shrub

Caragana brevispina

USDA 5-8

nitrogen fixing · fodder · windbreak

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Himalayan Thyme(tumuro)

Thymus linearis

USDA 5-9

medicinal · food

PIONEER · TREE

Honey locust

Gleditsia triacanthos

USDA 3-9

food · fodder · fuel · timber · windbreak

PIONEER · SHRUB

Hopbush(sanatha)

Dodonaea viscosa

USDA 9-11

fuel · windbreak · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Ice plant

Delosperma cooperi

USDA 5-10

mulch

Indian Barberry (Kashmir Barberry) (Berberis aristata)

CLIMAX · SHRUB

Indian Barberry (Kashmir Barberry)(sumbal / kashmal)

Berberis aristata

USDA 5-9

medicinal · food · fuel

Indian Cheese Maker (Withania coagulans)

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Indian Cheese Maker(paneer booti)

Withania coagulans

USDA 9-11

medicinal · food

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

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Jerusalem artichoke

Helianthus tuberosus

USDA 3-9

food · fodder · windbreak

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

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

Konkan Moringa(jangli sohanjna)

Moringa concanensis

USDA 10-11

food · fodder · medicinal

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Lavender(ustukhuddoos)

Lavandula angustifolia

USDA 5-9

medicinal

Leafless Milkweed Shrub (Periploca aphylla)

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Leafless Milkweed Shrub(barara / bata)

Periploca aphylla

USDA 9-11

medicinal · fodder · fuel

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Licorice(mulethi)

Glycyrrhiza glabra

USDA 6-10

medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch

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

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Marjoram(marzanjosh)

Origanum majorana

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · TREE

Medlar

Mespilus germanica

USDA 5-8

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Moth Bean(mut)

Vigna aconitifolia

USDA 9-11

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

CLIMAX · SHRUB

Mountain Sageretia(grangar)

Sageretia thea

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Nanking cherry

Prunus tomentosa

USDA 2-7

food · windbreak · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Oats(jai)

Avena sativa

USDA 7-10

food · fodder

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