SECONDARY · SHRUB
Himalayan Musk Rose(kujai / chal)
Rosa brunonii
USDA 6-9food · medicinal · fuel
Plants
What grows where, and why.
335 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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SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Himalayan Raspberry (Yellow Himalayan)(garacha / aakhe)
Rubus niveus
USDA 8-10food · fodder · mulch
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Himalayan Thyme(tumuro)
Thymus linearis
USDA 5-9medicinal · food
CLIMAX · TREE
Himalayan Yew(thuner)
Taxus wallichiana
USDA 7-9medicinal · timber
CLIMAX · TREE
Holly Oak (Ban Oak)(rinj / ban)
Quercus incana
USDA 8-9fuel · fodder · timber
PIONEER · TREE
Honey locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
USDA 3-9food · fodder · fuel · timber · windbreak
PIONEER · SHRUB
Hopbush(sanatha)
Dodonaea viscosa
USDA 9-11fuel · windbreak · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Ice plant
Delosperma cooperi
USDA 5-10mulch
CLIMAX · SHRUB
Indian Barberry (Kashmir Barberry)(sumbal / kashmal)
Berberis aristata
USDA 5-9medicinal · food · fuel
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Indian Borage(pathar choor)
Plectranthus amboinicus
USDA 9-11food · medicinal
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Indian Cheese Maker(paneer booti)
Withania coagulans
USDA 9-11medicinal · food
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Indian Coleus(patharchur)
Plectranthus barbatus
USDA 9-11medicinal
SECONDARY · TREE
Indian Gooseberry(amla)
Phyllanthus emblica
USDA 9-11food · medicinal
CLIMAX · TREE
Indian Horse-Chestnut(bankhor / khanor)
Aesculus indica
USDA 7-9fodder · timber · medicinal
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Indian Kudzu(sural)
Pueraria tuberosa
USDA 8-11medicinal · fodder · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Indian Sweet Clover(senji)
Melilotus indicus
USDA 5-9fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Indian Wood-Sorrel (Yellow Sorrel)(khatti booti / amrul)
Oxalis corniculata
USDA 4-11food · medicinal · 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
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Intermediate Joint-Pine (Ephedra)(oman / asmania)
Ephedra intermedia
USDA 5-9medicinal · 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
SECONDARY · CLIMBER
Jacquemont’s Grape(guch)
Vitis jacquemontii
USDA 8-10food · medicinal
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Jerusalem artichoke
Helianthus tuberosus
USDA 3-9food · fodder · windbreak
SECONDARY · TREE
Jujube (Chinese Date)(unnab)
Ziziphus jujuba
USDA 6-11food · medicinal · fuel
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Jute Mallow(jhute saag)
Corchorus olitorius
USDA 9-12food · timber
PIONEER · GRASS
Jwarancusa Lemongrass(khavi)
Cymbopogon jwarancusa
USDA 9-11medicinal · mulch
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Kair (caper bush)(kair (کیر))
Capparis decidua
USDA 9-11food · medicinal · fodder
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Karonda(karonda (کرونڈا))
Carissa carandas
USDA 9-11food · medicinal
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
SECONDARY · CLIMBER
Kiwi — Hayward(kiwi (کیوی))
Actinidia deliciosa cv. Hayward
USDA 7-9food
PIONEER · SHRUB
Lantana(panch phuli)
Lantana camara
USDA 9-11medicinal · mulch
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Lavender(ustukhuddoos)
Lavandula angustifolia
USDA 5-9medicinal
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Leafless Milkweed Shrub(barara / bata)
Periploca aphylla
USDA 9-11medicinal · fodder · fuel
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Leek(gandana)
Allium ampeloprasum
USDA 6-9food
SECONDARY · TREE
Lemon myrtle
Backhousia citriodora
USDA 9-11food · medicinal · windbreak
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Lentil(masoor)
Lens culinaris
USDA 7-11food · nitrogen fixing
SECONDARY · CLIMBER
Lesser Yam(choti zamin kand)
Dioscorea esculenta
USDA 9-12food
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Lettuce(salaad patta)
Lactuca sativa
USDA 8-10food
PIONEER · TREE
Leucaena
Leucaena leucocephala
USDA 9-11fodder · nitrogen fixing · fuel · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Licorice(mulethi)
Glycyrrhiza glabra
USDA 6-10medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch
SECONDARY · TREE
Lilly pilly
Syzygium smithii
USDA 9-11food · windbreak
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Lima Bean(sem)
Phaseolus lunatus
USDA 9-12food · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Linseed(alsi)
Linum usitatissimum
USDA 5-11food · medicinal · timber
CLIMAX · TREE
Longan tree(longan (لونگن))
Dimocarpus longan
USDA 9-11food · timber · windbreak