Plants

What grows where, and why.

30 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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Sacred Fig(pipal)

Ficus religiosa

USDA 10-12

windbreak · fodder · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Safflower(kusum)

Carthamus tinctorius

USDA 4-11

food · medicinal

Sand Dropseed (Feather Dropseed) (Sporobolus ioclados)

PIONEER · GRASS

Sand Dropseed (Feather Dropseed)(khabbal-ghas)

Sporobolus ioclados

USDA 9-11

fodder · mulch · windbreak

CLIMAX · TREE

Sapota (chiku)(chiku (چیکو))

Manilkara zapota

USDA 10-12

food · timber

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Sarsaparilla Greenbrier(ushba)

Smilax aspera

USDA 8-11

medicinal · food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Sesame(til)

Sesamum indicum

USDA 10-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · SHRUB

Sesbania

Sesbania bispinosa

USDA 9-11

nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch

Sewan Grass (Desert Grass) (Lasiurus scindicus)

PIONEER · GRASS

Sewan Grass (Desert Grass)(gorkha / sewan)

Lasiurus scindicus

USDA 9-11

fodder · windbreak · mulch

SECONDARY · TREE

Shisham

Dalbergia sissoo

USDA 9-12

timber · fodder · nitrogen fixing

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Shoe Flower(gurhal)

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

USDA 9-12

medicinal · mulch

Showy Crotalaria (Crotalaria spectabilis)

PIONEER · SHRUB

Showy Crotalaria(jhumka)

Crotalaria spectabilis

USDA 9-11

nitrogen fixing · mulch · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Shrubby Pencil Flower (Wild Stylo)

Stylosanthes fruticosa

USDA 9-11

nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Siratro(siratro)

Macroptilium atropurpureum

USDA 8-12

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · TREE

Siris(siris)

Albizia lebbeck

USDA 9-11

fodder · timber · nitrogen fixing · windbreak

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Snake Gourd(chichinda)

Trichosanthes cucumerina

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GRASS

Sorghum(jowar)

Sorghum bicolor

USDA 10-12

food · fodder · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Soybean(soya bean)

Glycine max

USDA 10-11

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

PIONEER · GRASS

Spear Grass(sariala)

Heteropogon contortus

USDA 8-12

fodder · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Spearmint(podina)

Mentha spicata

USDA 5-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Spinach(palak)

Spinacia oleracea

USDA 2-11

food

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Sponge Gourd(tori)

Luffa aegyptiaca

USDA 10-12

food

Spreading Hogweed (Punarnava) (Boerhavia diffusa)

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Spreading Hogweed (Punarnava)(itsit / punarnava)

Boerhavia diffusa

USDA 9-11

medicinal · food · mulch

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Stevia(meethi tulsi)

Stevia rebaudiana

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

Stocks’ Saltwort (Lana) (Haloxylon stocksii)

PIONEER · SHRUB

Stocks’ Saltwort (Lana)(lana)

Haloxylon stocksii

USDA 9-11

fodder · fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Sunflower(suraj mukhi)

Helianthus annuus

USDA 10-11

food · fodder

PIONEER · SHRUB

Sunn hemp

Crotalaria juncea

USDA 10-12

nitrogen fixing · mulch

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Sweet Basil(niazbo)

Ocimum basilicum

USDA 10-11

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · TREE

Sweet Indrajao(indarjau)

Wrightia tinctoria

USDA 10-11

medicinal · timber

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Sweet Potato(shakarqandi)

Ipomoea batatas

USDA 9-11

food · fodder · mulch

Sweet lime — seedless (Citrus limettioides cv. seedless)

SECONDARY · TREE

Sweet lime — seedless(meeṭha nimbu (میٹھا نمبو))

Citrus limettioides cv. seedless

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal