Pakistan plant finder

Filtered by Pakistan's five agro-ecological zones.

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

Showing 48 of 51 plants

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Autumn olive

Elaeagnus umbellata

USDA 4-9

food · nitrogen fixing · windbreak · mulch

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Barley(jau)

Hordeum vulgare

USDA 8-10

food · fodder

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Bathua(bathua)

Chenopodium album

USDA 6-10

food · fodder

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Black Mustard(raee)

Brassica nigra

USDA 5-10

food · medicinal

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Black alder

Alnus glutinosa

USDA 3-7

timber · fuel · nitrogen fixing · windbreak · mulch

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Black locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

USDA 4-8

timber · fuel · nitrogen fixing · windbreak · mulch

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Broad Bean(baqla)

Vicia faba

USDA 7-10

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

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Buckwheat(kuttu)

Fagopyrum esculentum

USDA 7-10

food · mulch

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Calendula(zergul)

Calendula officinalis

USDA 9-11

medicinal

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Canola(sarson canola)

Brassica napus

USDA 7-10

food · fodder

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Cogon Grass(dab)

Imperata cylindrica

USDA 5-11

mulch · fodder

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Common Bean(frans bean)

Phaseolus vulgaris

USDA 10-11

food · nitrogen fixing

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Common Vetch(kasni)

Vicia sativa

USDA 5-9

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

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Dandelion(hand)

Taraxacum officinale

USDA 3-9

food · medicinal

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Dill(sowa)

Anethum graveolens

USDA 8-11

food · medicinal

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Empress tree

Paulownia tomentosa

USDA 5-9

timber · mulch · fuel · windbreak

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Finger Millet(mandua)

Eleusine coracana

USDA 9-12

food · fodder

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Foxtail Millet(kakum)

Setaria italica

USDA 10-12

food · fodder

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Garden Pea(matar)

Pisum sativum

USDA 7-10

food · nitrogen fixing

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Goji berry

Lycium barbarum

USDA 5-9

food · medicinal · windbreak

Golden Himalayan Raspberry (Rubus ellipticus)

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Golden Himalayan Raspberry(aakhe)

Rubus ellipticus

USDA 8-10

food · medicinal

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Gotu Kola(brahmi booti)

Centella asiatica

USDA 9-12

medicinal · food

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Hairy Vetch(hairy vetch)

Vicia villosa

USDA 4-9

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

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Hopbush(sanatha)

Dodonaea viscosa

USDA 9-11

fuel · windbreak · mulch

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Lantana(panch phuli)

Lantana camara

USDA 9-11

medicinal · mulch

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Lentil(masoor)

Lens culinaris

USDA 7-11

food · nitrogen fixing

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Lettuce(salaad patta)

Lactuca sativa

USDA 8-10

food

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Linseed(alsi)

Linum usitatissimum

USDA 5-11

food · medicinal · timber

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Maize(makai)

Zea mays

USDA 10-11

food · fodder

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Mimosa silk tree(gul-e-abresham)

Albizia julibrissin

USDA 6-9

timber · fuel · medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch

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Mustard Greens(sarson saag)

Brassica juncea

USDA 6-11

food

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Niger(ramtil)

Guizotia abyssinica

USDA 9-11

food

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Oats(jai)

Avena sativa

USDA 7-10

food · fodder

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Parsley(aazmoda)

Petroselinum crispum

USDA 5-9

food · medicinal

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Phulai(phulai)

Acacia modesta

USDA 9-11

fuel · timber · fodder · nitrogen fixing

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Radish(mooli)

Raphanus sativus

USDA 6-11

food

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Sarsaparilla Greenbrier(ushba)

Smilax aspera

USDA 8-11

medicinal · food

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Sea buckthorn

Hippophae rhamnoides

USDA 3-8

food · medicinal · nitrogen fixing

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Siberian pea shrub

Caragana arborescens

USDA 2-7

windbreak · nitrogen fixing · food · fodder · mulch

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Smallflower Clematis

Clematis grata

USDA 6-9

medicinal · fodder

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Soybean(soya bean)

Glycine max

USDA 10-11

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

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Spearmint(podina)

Mentha spicata

USDA 5-11

food · medicinal

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Spinach(palak)

Spinacia oleracea

USDA 6-10

food

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Strawberry(strawberry)

Fragaria × ananassa

USDA 3-10

food

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Toria(toria)

Brassica campestris

USDA 6-10

food · fodder

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Watercress(jal kumbhi)

Nasturtium officinale

USDA 6-11

food · medicinal

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Wheat(gandum)

Triticum aestivum

USDA 3-9

food · fodder

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White Clover(safed clover)

Trifolium repens

USDA 4-9

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

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