PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Radish(mooli)
Raphanus sativus
USDA 6-11food
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309 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 · 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 8-11food · 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
SECONDARY · TREE
Soursop graviola
Annona muricata
USDA 10-12food · medicinal
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 · CLIMBER
Sponge Gourd(tori)
Luffa aegyptiaca
USDA 10-12food
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Spreading Hogweed (Punarnava)(itsit / punarnava)
Boerhavia diffusa
USDA 9-11medicinal · food · mulch
SECONDARY · TREE
Star fruit carambola(kamrakh (کمرکھ))
Averrhoa carambola
USDA 10-12food · windbreak
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Stevia(meethi tulsi)
Stevia rebaudiana
USDA 9-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · SHRUB
Stocks’ Saltwort (Lana)(lana)
Haloxylon stocksii
USDA 9-11fodder · fuel · windbreak
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Strawberry guava
Psidium cattleyanum
USDA 9-11food · fuel · windbreak
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Sunflower(suraj mukhi)
Helianthus annuus
USDA 9-11food · 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
PIONEER · SHRUB
Tagasaste tree lucerne
Chamaecytisus proliferus
USDA 8-11fodder · nitrogen fixing · fuel · mulch · windbreak
PIONEER · GRASS
Tall Reed(nar)
Phragmites karka
USDA 7-11mulch · fodder
CLIMAX · TREE
Tamarind(imli (املی))
Tamarindus indica
USDA 10-11food · medicinal · timber
PIONEER · SHRUB
Tanner’s Cassia(tarwar)
Senna auriculata
USDA 9-11medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Taro(arvi)
Colocasia esculenta
USDA 8-12food
PIONEER · SHRUB
Tithonia Mexican sunflower
Tithonia diversifolia
USDA 9-11mulch · medicinal · fodder
SECONDARY · CLIMBER
Tomato(tamatar)
Solanum lycopersicum
USDA 10-11food
SECONDARY · TREE
Toothbrush Tree (Mustard Tree)(jaal / pilu)
Salvadora persica
USDA 9-12food · medicinal · windbreak
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Trefoil Rattlepod(jhunjhunia)
Crotalaria medicaginea
USDA 9-11nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch
PIONEER · SHRUB
True Indigo(neel)
Indigofera tinctoria
USDA 10-12nitrogen fixing · medicinal · mulch
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Turmeric(haldi)
Curcuma longa
USDA 8-11food · medicinal