Pakistan plant finder

Filtered by Pakistan's five agro-ecological zones.

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

Showing 48 of 78 plants

PIONEER · TREE

African moringa

Moringa stenopetala

USDA 10-11

food · fodder · medicinal · mulch · windbreak

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Ajwain(ajwain)

Trachyspermum ammi

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Alfalfa(lucern)

Medicago sativa

USDA 3-11

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · SHRUB

Autumn olive

Elaeagnus umbellata

USDA 4-9

food · nitrogen fixing · windbreak · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Barley(jau)

Hordeum vulgare

USDA 8-10

food · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Bathua(bathua)

Chenopodium album

USDA 6-10

food · fodder

Bermuda Grass (Bahama Grass) (Cynodon dactylon)

PIONEER · GRASS

Bermuda Grass (Bahama Grass)(khabbal / dhub)

Cynodon dactylon

USDA 7-11

fodder · mulch · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Berseem Clover(berseem)

Trifolium alexandrinum

USDA 8-11

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Black Cumin(kalonji)

Nigella sativa

USDA 2-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Black Mustard(raee)

Brassica nigra

USDA 5-10

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Broad Bean(baqla)

Vicia faba

USDA 7-10

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Calendula(zergul)

Calendula officinalis

USDA 9-11

medicinal

PIONEER · SHRUB

Calliandra fodder shrub

Calliandra calothyrsus

USDA 9-12

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch · fuel

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Canola(sarson canola)

Brassica napus

USDA 7-10

food · fodder

PIONEER · SHRUB

Caper Bush(kabar)

Capparis spinosa

USDA 8-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · SHRUB

Castor(arand)

Ricinus communis

USDA 9-11

medicinal · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Chaulai(chaulai)

Amaranthus tricolor

USDA 10-11

food

PIONEER · SHRUB

Chaya tree spinach

Cnidoscolus aconitifolius

USDA 9-11

food · fodder · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Chickpea(chana)

Cicer arietinum

USDA 9-11

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Common Bean(frans bean)

Phaseolus vulgaris

USDA 10-11

food · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Common Vetch(kasni)

Vicia sativa

USDA 5-9

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Coriander(dhania)

Coriandrum sativum

USDA 8-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Cucumber(kheera)

Cucumis sativus

USDA 10-11

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Dandelion(hand)

Taraxacum officinale

USDA 3-9

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Dill(sowa)

Anethum graveolens

USDA 8-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · TREE

Empress tree

Paulownia tomentosa

USDA 5-9

timber · mulch · fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Fenugreek(methi)

Trigonella foenum-graecum

USDA 6-10

food · medicinal · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · GRASS

Finger Millet(mandua)

Eleusine coracana

USDA 9-12

food · fodder

PIONEER · GRASS

Foxtail Millet(kakum)

Setaria italica

USDA 10-12

food · fodder

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Garden Pea(matar)

Pisum sativum

USDA 7-10

food · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · SHRUB

Goji berry

Lycium barbarum

USDA 5-9

food · medicinal · windbreak

Golden Himalayan Raspberry (Rubus ellipticus)

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Golden Himalayan Raspberry(aakhe)

Rubus ellipticus

USDA 8-10

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Groundnut(moongphali)

Arachis hypogaea

USDA 9-11

food · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Hairy Vetch(hairy vetch)

Vicia villosa

USDA 4-9

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · SHRUB

Hopbush(sanatha)

Dodonaea viscosa

USDA 9-11

fuel · windbreak · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Indian Sweet Clover(senji)

Melilotus indicus

USDA 5-9

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · TREE

Inga ice-cream bean

Inga edulis

USDA 9-12

food · nitrogen fixing · mulch · fuel

PIONEER · SHRUB

Lantana(panch phuli)

Lantana camara

USDA 9-11

medicinal · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Lemongrass(khawi)

Cymbopogon citratus

USDA 10-11

food · medicinal · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Lentil(masoor)

Lens culinaris

USDA 7-11

food · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Lettuce(salaad patta)

Lactuca sativa

USDA 8-10

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Linseed(alsi)

Linum usitatissimum

USDA 5-11

food · medicinal · timber

PIONEER · GRASS

Maize(makai)

Zea mays

USDA 10-11

food · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Marigold(genda)

Tagetes erecta

USDA 10-11

medicinal

PIONEER · TREE

Mimosa silk tree(gul-e-abresham)

Albizia julibrissin

USDA 6-9

timber · fuel · medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Munj Sweetcane(munj)

Saccharum bengalense

USDA 8-11

mulch · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Mustard Greens(sarson saag)

Brassica juncea

USDA 6-11

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Niger(ramtil)

Guizotia abyssinica

USDA 9-11

food

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