Pakistan plant finder

Filtered by Pakistan's five agro-ecological zones.

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

Showing 48 of 242 plants

Mango — Neelum (Mangifera indica var. Neelum)

CLIMAX · TREE

Mango — Neelum(aam — Neelum (نیلم))

Mangifera indica var. Neelum

USDA 10-11

food

Mango — Sindhri (Mangifera indica var. Sindhri)

CLIMAX · TREE

Mango — Sindhri(aam — Sindhri (سندھڑی))

Mangifera indica var. Sindhri

USDA 10-11

food · timber

Mango — Suvernarekha (Mangifera indica var. Suvernarekha)

CLIMAX · TREE

Mango — Suvernarekha(aam — Suvernarekha (سونے کی لکیر))

Mangifera indica var. Suvernarekha

USDA 10-11

food

Mango — Totapuri (Bangalora) (Mangifera indica var. Totapuri)

CLIMAX · TREE

Mango — Totapuri (Bangalora)(aam — Totapuri (طوطا پری))

Mangifera indica var. Totapuri

USDA 10-11

food

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 · CLIMBER

Money plant(money plant)

Epipremnum aureum

USDA 10-12

medicinal

PIONEER · TREE

Moringa

Moringa oleifera

USDA 9-12

food · fodder · medicinal

Mosambi (sweet orange) (Citrus sinensis cv. Mosambi)

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Mosambi (sweet orange)(Mosambi (موسمی))

Citrus sinensis cv. Mosambi

USDA 9-11

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Moth Bean(mut)

Vigna aconitifolia

USDA 9-11

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Mung Bean(moong)

Vigna radiata

USDA 10-12

food · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Munj Sweetcane(munj)

Saccharum bengalense

USDA 8-11

mulch · fodder

PIONEER · GRASS

Napier Grass(napier ghaas)

Cenchrus purpureus

USDA 9-11

fodder · mulch · windbreak

SECONDARY · TREE

Neem

Azadirachta indica

USDA 10-12

medicinal · timber · fuel

SECONDARY · TREE

Noni tree

Morinda citrifolia

USDA 11-12

food · medicinal · windbreak

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Okra(bhindi)

Abelmoschus esculentus

USDA 10-11

food

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Oleander(kaner)

Nerium oleander

USDA 8-11

windbreak · medicinal

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Onion(pyaaz)

Allium cepa

USDA 3-9

food · medicinal

Papaya — Red Lady (Carica papaya cv. Red Lady)

PIONEER · TREE

Papaya — Red Lady(papita (پپیتا))

Carica papaya cv. Red Lady

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Passion Fruit(passion fruit)

Passiflora edulis

USDA 9-12

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GRASS

Pearl Millet(bajra)

Cenchrus americanus

USDA 10-12

food · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Perennial pinto peanut

Arachis pintoi

USDA 8-11

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

Persian lime (Citrus latifolia cv. Bearss)

SECONDARY · TREE

Persian lime(sweet lime / nimbu (نمبو))

Citrus latifolia cv. Bearss

USDA 9-11

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

USDA 7-10

mulch · fodder

PIONEER · SHRUB

Phog(phog)

Calligonum polygonoides

USDA 9-11

fodder · fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · SHRUB

Physic Nut(jangli arand)

Jatropha curcas

USDA 10-12

fuel · medicinal · windbreak

PIONEER · SHRUB

Pigeon pea

Cajanus cajan

USDA 9-12

food · fodder · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · SHRUB

Pioneer Caralluma(pamanki)

Caralluma edulis

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · TREE

Pongamia karanja(sukh chain (سکھ چین) / karanj (کرنج))

Pongamia pinnata

USDA 10-12

fuel · timber · medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch · windbreak

Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica)

PIONEER · SHRUB

Prickly pear cactus(nagphani)

Opuntia ficus-indica

USDA 8-11

food · fodder · fuel · windbreak

Prophet’s Cucumber (Globe Cucumber) (Cucumis prophetarum)

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Prophet’s Cucumber (Globe Cucumber)(kachri-jangli)

Cucumis prophetarum

USDA 9-11

medicinal · food

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Pumpkin(kaddu)

Cucurbita moschata

USDA 10-12

food

Puncture Vine (Caltrop) (Tribulus terrestris)

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Puncture Vine (Caltrop)(bhakra / gokhru)

Tribulus terrestris

USDA 9-11

medicinal · fodder · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Purslane(kulfa)

Portulaca oleracea

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · TREE

Quandong

Santalum acuminatum

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal · fuel

PIONEER · TREE

Quickstick(gliricidia)

Gliricidia sepium

USDA 10-12

fodder · nitrogen fixing · fuel · mulch

SECONDARY · TREE

Red Mangrove(kamo / timar)

Rhizophora mucronata

USDA 11-12

fuel · fodder · timber

PIONEER · GRASS

Rice(dhan)

Oryza sativa

USDA 9-11

food · fodder

Ringed Dichanthium (Dichanthium annulatum)

SECONDARY · GRASS

Ringed Dichanthium(palwan)

Dichanthium annulatum

USDA 8-11

fodder · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Rocket(tara mira)

Eruca sativa

USDA 7-10

food

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Rosary Pea(ratti)

Abrus precatorius

USDA 10-12

medicinal · nitrogen fixing

SECONDARY · TREE

Sacred Fig(pipal)

Ficus religiosa

USDA 10-12

windbreak · fodder · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Safflower(kusum)

Carthamus tinctorius

USDA 8-11

food · medicinal

Sand Dropseed (Feather Dropseed) (Sporobolus ioclados)

PIONEER · GRASS

Sand Dropseed (Feather Dropseed)(khabbal-ghas)

Sporobolus ioclados

USDA 9-11

fodder · mulch · windbreak

CLIMAX · TREE

Sapota (chiku)(chiku (چیکو))

Manilkara zapota

USDA 10-12

food · timber

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Sesame(til)

Sesamum indicum

USDA 10-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · SHRUB

Sesbania

Sesbania bispinosa

USDA 9-11

nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch

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