PIONEER · SHRUB
Pioneer Caralluma(pamanki)
Caralluma edulis
USDA 9-11food · medicinal
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268 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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CLIMAX · TREE
Pistachio (Pakistani)(pista (پستہ))
Pistacia vera
USDA 7-11food
CLIMAX · TREE
Pomegranate — Bedana (seedless)(anaar bedana (انار بیدانہ))
Punica granatum cv. Bedana
USDA 7-11food · medicinal
CLIMAX · TREE
Pomegranate — Ganesh(anaar — Ganesh (انار گنیش))
Punica granatum cv. Ganesh
USDA 7-11food · medicinal
CLIMAX · TREE
Pomegranate — Kandhari(anaar — Kandhari (انار قندہاری))
Punica granatum cv. Kandhari
USDA 7-11food · medicinal
CLIMAX · TREE
Pomegranate — Wonderful(anaar — Wonderful (انار وَنڈرفُل))
Punica granatum cv. Wonderful
USDA 7-11food
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Potato(aaloo)
Solanum tuberosum
USDA 3-11food
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Prophet’s Cucumber (Globe Cucumber)(kachri-jangli)
Cucumis prophetarum
USDA 9-11medicinal · food
SECONDARY · CLIMBER
Pumpkin(kaddu)
Cucurbita moschata
USDA 10-12food
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Puncture Vine (Caltrop)(bhakra / gokhru)
Tribulus terrestris
USDA 9-11medicinal · fodder · mulch
SECONDARY · TREE
Punjab Fig (Wild Himalayan Fig)(phagwara / injir)
Ficus palmata
USDA 8-11food · fodder · fuel
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Purslane(kulfa)
Portulaca oleracea
USDA 9-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · TREE
Quickstick(gliricidia)
Gliricidia sepium
USDA 10-12fodder · nitrogen fixing · fuel · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Radish(mooli)
Raphanus sativus
USDA 2-11food
SECONDARY · TREE
Red Mangrove(kamo / timar)
Rhizophora mucronata
USDA 11-12fuel · fodder · timber
PIONEER · GRASS
Rice(dhan)
Oryza sativa
USDA 9-11food · fodder
SECONDARY · GRASS
Ringed Dichanthium(palwan)
Dichanthium annulatum
USDA 8-11fodder · mulch
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Rosary Pea(ratti)
Abrus precatorius
USDA 10-12medicinal · nitrogen fixing
SECONDARY · TREE
Sacred Fig(pipal)
Ficus religiosa
USDA 10-12windbreak · fodder · medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Safflower(kusum)
Carthamus tinctorius
USDA 4-11food · 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 · 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
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 · CLIMBER
Siratro(siratro)
Macroptilium atropurpureum
USDA 8-12fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch
PIONEER · TREE
Siris(siris)
Albizia lebbeck
USDA 9-11fodder · timber · nitrogen fixing · windbreak
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Snake Gourd(chichinda)
Trichosanthes cucumerina
USDA 10-12food · medicinal
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
Stevia(meethi tulsi)
Stevia rebaudiana
USDA 9-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · SHRUB
Stocks’ Saltwort (Lana)(lana)
Haloxylon stocksii
USDA 9-11fodder · fuel · windbreak
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