SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Taro(arvi)
Colocasia esculenta
USDA 8-12food
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229 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 · SHRUB
Tea plant
Camellia sinensis
USDA 7-9food · medicinal
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Thyme(satar)
Thymus vulgaris
USDA 5-9food · medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Toria(toria)
Brassica campestris
USDA 6-10food · fodder
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Turmeric(haldi)
Curcuma longa
USDA 8-11food · medicinal
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Turnip(shalgam)
Brassica rapa subsp. rapa
USDA 3-9food · fodder
PIONEER · GRASS
Vetiver(khus)
Chrysopogon zizanioides
USDA 8-11mulch · medicinal · windbreak
PIONEER · SHRUB
Virgin’s Mantle(dhamasa)
Fagonia cretica
USDA 8-11medicinal
CLIMAX · TREE
Walnut
Juglans regia
USDA 5-9food · timber
CLIMAX · TREE
Walnut — Chandler(akhrot — Chandler (اخروٹ چاندلر))
Juglans regia cv. Chandler
USDA 5-9food · timber
CLIMAX · TREE
Walnut — Hartley(akhrot — Hartley (اخروٹ ہارٹلے))
Juglans regia cv. Hartley
USDA 5-9food · timber
CLIMAX · TREE
Walnut — Pakistani local (Chakian)(akhrot (اخروٹ))
Juglans regia (Pakistani landrace)
USDA 5-9food · timber
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Warrigal greens
Tetragonia tetragonioides
USDA 8-11food · mulch
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Water Chestnut(singhara)
Trapa natans
USDA 6-11food
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Water Hyssop(brahmi)
Bacopa monnieri
USDA 8-11medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Watercress(jal kumbhi)
Nasturtium officinale
USDA 6-11food · medicinal
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Webb’s Rose(chal)
Rosa webbiana
USDA 5-9food · medicinal
CLIMAX · TREE
West Himalayan Fir(partal)
Abies pindrow
USDA 7-9timber · windbreak
PIONEER · GRASS
Wheat(gandum)
Triticum aestivum
USDA 3-9food · fodder
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
White Clover(safed clover)
Trifolium repens
USDA 4-9fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
White Lupin(turmus)
Lupinus albus
USDA 7-10food · fodder · nitrogen fixing
SECONDARY · TREE
White Shahtoot (King White Mulberry)(shahtoot sufaid (شہتوت سفید))
Morus macroura
USDA 4-9food · fodder
SECONDARY · TREE
White mulberry
Morus alba
USDA 4-9food · fodder · timber
CLIMAX · SHRUB
Wild Almond (Brahui Almond)(badam kohi)
Prunus eburnea
USDA 7-9food · fuel · fodder
SECONDARY · TREE
Wild Himalayan Pear(batangi / tangi)
Pyrus pashia
USDA 5-9food · fuel · timber
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Wild Himalayan Strawberry(jangli-strawberry)
Fragaria nubicola
USDA 5-8food · mulch
PIONEER · SHRUB
Wild Jujube(jhar beri)
Ziziphus nummularia
USDA 8-11food · fodder · fuel · windbreak
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Wild Mint(jangli podina)
Mentha longifolia
USDA 6-9medicinal · food
SECONDARY · TREE
Wild Olive(kahu)
Olea ferruginea
USDA 8-11food · fuel · fodder
CLIMAX · TREE
Wild Olive (Kahu)
Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata
USDA 8-11food
SECONDARY · TREE
Wild Pistachio(khinjuk)
Pistacia khinjuk
USDA 7-10food · fuel · fodder
CLIMAX · TREE
Wild Pistachio (Mt. Atlas Mastic)(shne / gwan)
Pistacia atlantica
USDA 7-9timber · fuel · fodder
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Wild Pomegranate(daru)
Punica granatum var. daru
USDA 7-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · GRASS
Wild Sugarcane(kans)
Saccharum spontaneum
USDA 7-11mulch · fodder · windbreak
SECONDARY · CLIMBER
Wild Yam(kanis)
Dioscorea deltoidea
USDA 7-9medicinal · food
PIONEER · SHRUB
Willow-Leaved Sea Buckthorn(drali / chuk)
Hippophae salicifolia
USDA 6-8food · nitrogen fixing · fuel
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Yellow rattle
Rhinanthus minor
USDA 3-8mulch