PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Alfalfa(lucern)
Medicago sativa
USDA 3-11fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch
Pakistan plant finder
Filtered by Pakistan's five agro-ecological zones.
48 plant profiles, narrowed to the scale Pakistan growers actually use — not a generic zone map relabelled.
Pakistan's five agro-ecological zones
Showing 48 of 48 plants
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Aloe Vera(kanwar gandal)
Aloe vera
USDA 9-12medicinal
PIONEER · SHRUB
Apple of Sodom(aak)
Calotropis procera
USDA 9-11medicinal · mulch
PIONEER · TREE
Athel Tamarisk(frash)
Tamarix aphylla
USDA 8-11windbreak · fuel · timber
PIONEER · SHRUB
Autumn olive
Elaeagnus umbellata
USDA 4-9food · nitrogen fixing · windbreak · mulch
PIONEER · GRASS
Barley(jau)
Hordeum vulgare
USDA 8-10food · fodder
PIONEER · TREE
Ber
Ziziphus mauritiana
USDA 9-11food · fodder · fuel
PIONEER · TREE
Black alder
Alnus glutinosa
USDA 3-7timber · fuel · nitrogen fixing · windbreak · mulch
PIONEER · TREE
Black locust
Robinia pseudoacacia
USDA 4-8timber · fuel · nitrogen fixing · windbreak · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Blond Psyllium(isabgol)
Plantago ovata
USDA 9-11medicinal · food
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Buckwheat(kuttu)
Fagopyrum esculentum
USDA 7-10food · mulch
PIONEER · GRASS
Buffel Grass(dhaman)
Cenchrus ciliaris
USDA 9-12fodder · mulch
PIONEER · SHRUB
Caper Bush(kabar)
Capparis spinosa
USDA 8-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Colocynth (Bitter Apple)(tumma / kortuma)
Citrullus colocynthis
USDA 9-11medicinal · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Cumin(zeera)
Cuminum cyminum
USDA 10-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · GRASS
Desert Bunch Grass (Du’a Grass)(murat / gharam)
Panicum turgidum
USDA 9-11fodder · windbreak · food
PIONEER · SHRUB
Desert Cotton(bui)
Aerva javanica
USDA 9-11fodder · medicinal · mulch
PIONEER · TREE
Empress tree
Paulownia tomentosa
USDA 5-9timber · mulch · fuel · windbreak
PIONEER · GRASS
Feather Speargrass (Bushman Grass)(lamb / pilchi-ghas)
Stipagrostis plumosa
USDA 8-11fodder · windbreak · mulch
PIONEER · SHRUB
Goji berry
Lycium barbarum
USDA 5-9food · medicinal · windbreak
PIONEER · TREE
Gum Arabic Tree(khor)
Acacia senegal
USDA 10-12nitrogen fixing · fodder · fuel
PIONEER · GRASS
Halfa Grass(dabh)
Desmostachya bipinnata
USDA 8-11fodder · mulch · medicinal
PIONEER · SHRUB
Harmal Shrub(vanher)
Rhazya stricta
USDA 9-11medicinal · windbreak
PIONEER · SHRUB
Hopbush(sanatha)
Dodonaea viscosa
USDA 9-11fuel · windbreak · mulch
PIONEER · TREE
Jaal(pilu)
Salvadora oleoides
USDA 9-11food · fodder · medicinal
PIONEER · TREE
Khejri
Prosopis cineraria
USDA 9-11fodder · fuel · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · SHRUB
Khip(khip)
Leptadenia pyrotechnica
USDA 9-11fodder · fuel · windbreak
PIONEER · TREE
Konkan Moringa(jangli sohanjna)
Moringa concanensis
USDA 10-11food · fodder · medicinal
PIONEER · GRASS
Mangrove Grass (Sea Billy-Goat Grass)(lumb / khar)
Aeluropus lagopoides
USDA 9-11fodder · mulch · windbreak
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Moth Bean(mut)
Vigna aconitifolia
USDA 9-11food · nitrogen fixing · fodder
PIONEER · GRASS
Oats(jai)
Avena sativa
USDA 7-10food · fodder
PIONEER · GRASS
Pearl Millet(bajra)
Cenchrus americanus
USDA 10-12food · fodder
PIONEER · SHRUB
Phog(phog)
Calligonum polygonoides
USDA 9-11fodder · fuel · windbreak
PIONEER · TREE
Phulai(phulai)
Acacia modesta
USDA 9-11fuel · timber · fodder · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · SHRUB
Pioneer Caralluma(pamanki)
Caralluma edulis
USDA 9-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · SHRUB
Prickly pear cactus(nagphani)
Opuntia ficus-indica
USDA 8-11food · fodder · fuel · windbreak
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Puncture Vine (Caltrop)(bhakra / gokhru)
Tribulus terrestris
USDA 9-11medicinal · fodder · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Purslane(kulfa)
Portulaca oleracea
USDA 9-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Safflower(kusum)
Carthamus tinctorius
USDA 8-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · GRASS
Sand Dropseed (Feather Dropseed)(khabbal-ghas)
Sporobolus ioclados
USDA 9-11fodder · mulch · windbreak
PIONEER · SHRUB
Sea buckthorn
Hippophae rhamnoides
USDA 3-8food · medicinal · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · SHRUB
Siberian pea shrub
Caragana arborescens
USDA 2-7windbreak · nitrogen fixing · food · fodder · mulch
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Smallflower Clematis
Clematis grata
USDA 6-9medicinal · fodder
PIONEER · GRASS
Sorghum(jowar)
Sorghum bicolor
USDA 10-12food · fodder · mulch
PIONEER · GRASS
Spear Grass(sariala)
Heteropogon contortus
USDA 8-12fodder · mulch
PIONEER · SHRUB
Virgin’s Mantle(dhamasa)
Fagonia cretica
USDA 8-11medicinal
PIONEER · SHRUB
Wild Jujube(jhar beri)
Ziziphus nummularia
USDA 8-11food · fodder · fuel · windbreak
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Wild Mint(jangli podina)
Mentha longifolia
USDA 6-9medicinal · food