PIONEER · CLIMBER
Cucumber(kheera)
Cucumis sativus
USDA 10-11food
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165 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
Cumin(zeera)
Cuminum cyminum
USDA 10-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Dandelion(hand)
Taraxacum officinale
USDA 3-9food · medicinal
PIONEER · GRASS
Desert Bunch Grass (Du’a Grass)(murat / gharam)
Panicum turgidum
USDA 9-11fodder · windbreak · food
PIONEER · SHRUB
Desert Cotton(bui)
Aerva javanica
USDA 9-11fodder · medicinal · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Dill(sowa)
Anethum graveolens
USDA 8-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · TREE
Empress tree
Paulownia tomentosa
USDA 5-9timber · mulch · fuel · windbreak
PIONEER · TREE
Euphrates Poplar(bahan)
Populus euphratica
USDA 5-9timber · fuel · windbreak
PIONEER · GRASS
Feather Speargrass (Bushman Grass)(lamb / pilchi-ghas)
Stipagrostis plumosa
USDA 8-11fodder · windbreak · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Fenugreek(methi)
Trigonella foenum-graecum
USDA 6-10food · medicinal · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · GRASS
Finger Millet(mandua)
Eleusine coracana
USDA 9-12food · fodder
PIONEER · GRASS
Foxtail Millet(kakum)
Setaria italica
USDA 10-12food · fodder
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Garden Pea(matar)
Pisum sativum
USDA 7-10food · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · SHRUB
Goji berry
Lycium barbarum
USDA 5-9food · medicinal · windbreak
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Golden Himalayan Raspberry(aakhe)
Rubus ellipticus
USDA 8-10food · medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Gotu Kola(brahmi booti)
Centella asiatica
USDA 9-12medicinal · food
PIONEER · TREE
Grey Mangrove(timar)
Avicennia marina
USDA 10-12fodder · fuel · windbreak
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Groundnut(moongphali)
Arachis hypogaea
USDA 9-11food · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · TREE
Gum Arabic Tree(khor)
Acacia senegal
USDA 10-12nitrogen fixing · fodder · fuel
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Hairy Vetch(hairy vetch)
Vicia villosa
USDA 4-9fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch
PIONEER · GRASS
Halfa Grass(dabh)
Desmostachya bipinnata
USDA 8-11fodder · mulch · medicinal
PIONEER · SHRUB
Harmal Shrub(vanher)
Rhazya stricta
USDA 9-11medicinal · windbreak
PIONEER · SHRUB
Hopbush(sanatha)
Dodonaea viscosa
USDA 9-11fuel · windbreak · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Indian Sweet Clover(senji)
Melilotus indicus
USDA 5-9fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch
PIONEER · TREE
Indus Tamarisk(lai)
Tamarix dioica
USDA 8-11fuel · windbreak
PIONEER · TREE
Inga ice-cream bean
Inga edulis
USDA 9-12food · nitrogen fixing · mulch · fuel
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Ivy Gourd(kanduri)
Coccinia grandis
USDA 9-12food · medicinal
PIONEER · TREE
Jaal(pilu)
Salvadora oleoides
USDA 9-11food · fodder · medicinal
PIONEER · SHRUB
Jacquemont’s Acacia (Bhuri Babool)(bhuri / khor)
Acacia jacquemontii
USDA 9-11fuel · nitrogen fixing · fodder
PIONEER · TREE
Khejri
Prosopis cineraria
USDA 9-11fodder · fuel · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · SHRUB
Khip(khip)
Leptadenia pyrotechnica
USDA 9-11fodder · fuel · windbreak
PIONEER · TREE
Kikar
Acacia nilotica
USDA 9-12fuel · timber · fodder · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · TREE
Konkan Moringa(jangli sohanjna)
Moringa concanensis
USDA 10-11food · fodder · medicinal
PIONEER · SHRUB
Lantana(panch phuli)
Lantana camara
USDA 9-11medicinal · mulch
PIONEER · GRASS
Lemongrass(khawi)
Cymbopogon citratus
USDA 10-11food · medicinal · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Lentil(masoor)
Lens culinaris
USDA 7-11food · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Lettuce(salaad patta)
Lactuca sativa
USDA 8-10food
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Lima Bean(sem)
Phaseolus lunatus
USDA 9-12food · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Linseed(alsi)
Linum usitatissimum
USDA 5-11food · medicinal · timber
PIONEER · GRASS
Maize(makai)
Zea mays
USDA 10-11food · fodder
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Malabar Spinach(poi saag)
Basella alba
USDA 10-12food · medicinal
PIONEER · GRASS
Mangrove Grass (Sea Billy-Goat Grass)(lumb / khar)
Aeluropus lagopoides
USDA 9-11fodder · mulch · windbreak
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Marigold(genda)
Tagetes erecta
USDA 10-11medicinal
PIONEER · TREE
Mimosa silk tree(gul-e-abresham)
Albizia julibrissin
USDA 6-9timber · fuel · medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch
PIONEER · TREE
Moringa
Moringa oleifera
USDA 9-12food · fodder · medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Moth Bean(mut)
Vigna aconitifolia
USDA 9-11food · nitrogen fixing · fodder
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Mung Bean(moong)
Vigna radiata
USDA 10-12food · nitrogen fixing · mulch
PIONEER · GRASS
Munj Sweetcane(munj)
Saccharum bengalense
USDA 8-11mulch · fodder