SECONDARY · TREE
Sacred Fig(pipal)
Ficus religiosa
USDA 10-12windbreak · fodder · medicinal
Plants
What grows where, and why.
40 plant profiles with USDA hardiness coverage (zones 3–11), plus Pakistan's five climate zones. Filter by your zone and syntropic role to see what thrives where you grow.
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PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Safflower(kusum)
Carthamus tinctorius
USDA 4-11food · medicinal
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Saffron(zafran)
Crocus sativus
USDA 6-9food · medicinal
PIONEER · GRASS
Sand Dropseed (Feather Dropseed)(khabbal-ghas)
Sporobolus ioclados
USDA 9-11fodder · mulch · windbreak
CLIMAX · TREE
Sapota (chiku)(chiku (چیکو))
Manilkara zapota
USDA 10-12food · timber
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Sarsaparilla Greenbrier(ushba)
Smilax aspera
USDA 8-11medicinal · food
PIONEER · SHRUB
Sea buckthorn
Hippophae rhamnoides
USDA 3-8food · medicinal · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Sesame(til)
Sesamum indicum
USDA 10-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · SHRUB
Sesbania
Sesbania bispinosa
USDA 9-11nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch
PIONEER · GRASS
Sewan Grass (Desert Grass)(gorkha / sewan)
Lasiurus scindicus
USDA 9-11fodder · windbreak · mulch
CLIMAX · TREE
Shakarpara Apricot (Khurmaani)(khurmaani — Shakarpara (خرمانی شکر پارہ))
Prunus armeniaca (Shakarpara landrace)
USDA 5-8food
SECONDARY · TREE
Shisham
Dalbergia sissoo
USDA 9-12timber · fodder · nitrogen fixing
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Shoe Flower(gurhal)
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
USDA 9-12medicinal · mulch
PIONEER · SHRUB
Showy Crotalaria(jhumka)
Crotalaria spectabilis
USDA 9-11nitrogen fixing · mulch · medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Shrubby Pencil Flower (Wild Stylo)
Stylosanthes fruticosa
USDA 9-11nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch
PIONEER · SHRUB
Shrubby Sea-Blite(lani / kharo lana)
Suaeda fruticosa
USDA 6-10fodder · food · fuel
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Siratro(siratro)
Macroptilium atropurpureum
USDA 8-12fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch
PIONEER · TREE
Siris(siris)
Albizia lebbeck
USDA 9-11fodder · timber · nitrogen fixing · windbreak
CLIMAX · CLIMBER
Small-Leaved Wild Grape(jangli-angur)
Vitis parvifolia
USDA 7-9food · fodder
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Smallflower Clematis
Clematis grata
USDA 6-9medicinal · fodder
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Snake Gourd(chichinda)
Trichosanthes cucumerina
USDA 10-12food · medicinal
PIONEER · SHRUB
Soft Sophora(kandiari)
Sophora mollis
USDA 7-9nitrogen fixing · fuel
PIONEER · GRASS
Sorghum(jowar)
Sorghum bicolor
USDA 10-12food · fodder · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Soybean(soya bean)
Glycine max
USDA 10-11food · nitrogen fixing · fodder
PIONEER · GRASS
Spear Grass(sariala)
Heteropogon contortus
USDA 8-12fodder · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Spearmint(podina)
Mentha spicata
USDA 5-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Spinach(palak)
Spinacia oleracea
USDA 2-11food
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Sponge Gourd(tori)
Luffa aegyptiaca
USDA 10-12food
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Spreading Hogweed (Punarnava)(itsit / punarnava)
Boerhavia diffusa
USDA 9-11medicinal · food · mulch
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Spring Onion(hari pyaaz)
Allium fistulosum
USDA 4-9food
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Stevia(meethi tulsi)
Stevia rebaudiana
USDA 9-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · SHRUB
Stocks’ Saltwort (Lana)(lana)
Haloxylon stocksii
USDA 9-11fodder · fuel · windbreak
SECONDARY · CLIMBER
Stranglewort (Soldier Vine)(khip-bel)
Cynanchum acutum
USDA 7-10medicinal · fodder
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Strawberry(strawberry)
Fragaria × ananassa
USDA 3-10food
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Sunflower(suraj mukhi)
Helianthus annuus
USDA 10-11food · fodder
PIONEER · SHRUB
Sunn hemp
Crotalaria juncea
USDA 10-12nitrogen fixing · mulch
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Sweet Basil(niazbo)
Ocimum basilicum
USDA 10-11food · medicinal
SECONDARY · TREE
Sweet Indrajao(indarjau)
Wrightia tinctoria
USDA 10-11medicinal · timber
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Sweet Potato(shakarqandi)
Ipomoea batatas
USDA 9-11food · fodder · mulch
SECONDARY · TREE
Sweet lime — seedless(meeṭha nimbu (میٹھا نمبو))
Citrus limettioides cv. seedless
USDA 9-11food · medicinal