What grows where, and why.

food · medicinal

Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum)

Balloon Vine(kanphuti)

Cardiospermum halicacabum

medicinal

Banana — Cavendish (Musa acuminata cv. Cavendish (AAA group))

PIONEER · TREE

Banana — Cavendish(kela (کیلا))

Musa acuminata cv. Cavendish (AAA group)

food

Barley(jau)

Hordeum vulgare

USDA 8-10

food · fodder

Bathua(bathua)

Chenopodium album

USDA 3-10

food · fodder

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Beetroot(chukandar)

Beta vulgaris

USDA 5-10

food

PIONEER · TREE

Ber

Ziziphus mauritiana

food · fodder · fuel

Ber — Umran (Indian jujube) (Ziziphus mauritiana cv. Umran)

SECONDARY · TREE

Ber — Umran (Indian jujube)(ber — Umran (بیر امران))

Ziziphus mauritiana cv. Umran

food

Bermuda Grass (Bahama Grass) (Cynodon dactylon)

Bermuda Grass (Bahama Grass)(khabbal / dhub)

Cynodon dactylon

USDA 7-11

fodder · mulch · medicinal

Berseem Clover(berseem)

Trifolium alexandrinum

USDA 8-11

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Bird’s Eye Chili(dandicut mirch)

Capsicum frutescens

USDA 10-11

food · medicinal

Bitter Gourd(karela)

Momordica charantia

food · medicinal

Bitter orange (Khatta) (Citrus aurantium)

SECONDARY · TREE

Bitter orange (Khatta)(khatta / narangi (کھٹا))

Citrus aurantium

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Black Cardamom(badi elaichi)

Amomum subulatum

food · medicinal

Black Cumin(kalonji)

Nigella sativa

USDA 2-11

food · medicinal

Black Gram(mash)

Vigna mungo

food · nitrogen fixing

Black Medick(maina)

Medicago lupulina

USDA 3-9

nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch

Black Mustard(raee)

Brassica nigra

USDA 5-10

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Black Pepper(kali mirch)

Piper nigrum

food · medicinal

Blond Psyllium(isabgol)

Plantago ovata

medicinal · food

Blue Panic Grass(gharam / ghirib)

Panicum antidotale

USDA 9-12

fodder · mulch · windbreak

CLIMAX · TREE

Blue Pine(biar)

Pinus wallichiana

USDA 5-9

timber · fuel · windbreak

Bottle Gourd(lauki)

Lagenaria siceraria

USDA 9-12

food

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Brinjal(baingan)

Solanum melongena

USDA 10-11

food

Broad Bean(baqla)

Vicia faba

USDA 6-10

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

Broom Creeper (Ink Berry Vine) (Cocculus hirsutus)

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Broom Creeper (Ink Berry Vine)(parwati / jal-jamni)

Cocculus hirsutus

medicinal · food · fodder

Buckwheat(kuttu)

Fagopyrum esculentum

USDA 7-10

food · mulch

Buffel Grass(dhaman)

Cenchrus ciliaris

USDA 9-12

fodder · mulch

Butterfly Pea(aprajita)

Clitoria ternatea