PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Aloe Vera(kanwar gandal)
Aloe vera
USDA 9-12medicinal
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Banana — Cavendish(kela (کیلا))
Musa acuminata cv. Cavendish (AAA group)
USDA 9-11food
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Bottle Gourd(lauki)
Lagenaria siceraria
USDA 9-12food
PIONEER · SHRUB
Calliandra fodder shrub
Calliandra calothyrsus
USDA 9-12fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch · fuel
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Casuarina she-oak
Casuarina equisetifolia
USDA 9-11windbreak · timber · fuel · nitrogen fixing · mulch
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Centro(centro)
Centrosema pubescens
USDA 10-12fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch
PIONEER · SHRUB
Chaya tree spinach
Cnidoscolus aconitifolius
USDA 9-11food · fodder · mulch
PIONEER · SHRUB
Coffee Senna(kasondi)
Senna occidentalis
USDA 9-11medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Cucumber(kheera)
Cucumis sativus
USDA 10-11food
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Grey Mangrove(timar)
Avicennia marina
USDA 10-12fodder · fuel · windbreak
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Gum Arabic Tree(khor)
Acacia senegal
USDA 10-12nitrogen fixing · fodder · fuel
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Inga ice-cream bean
Inga edulis
USDA 9-12food · nitrogen fixing · mulch · fuel
PIONEER · TREE
Konkan Moringa(jangli sohanjna)
Moringa concanensis
USDA 10-11food · fodder · medicinal
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Lantana(panch phuli)
Lantana camara
USDA 9-11medicinal · mulch
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Lemongrass(khawi)
Cymbopogon citratus
USDA 10-11food · medicinal · mulch
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Malabar Spinach(poi saag)
Basella alba
USDA 10-12food · medicinal
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Mangrove Grass (Sea Billy-Goat Grass)(lumb / khar)
Aeluropus lagopoides
USDA 9-11fodder · mulch · windbreak
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Moringa
Moringa oleifera
USDA 9-12food · fodder · medicinal
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Mung Bean(moong)
Vigna radiata
USDA 10-12food · nitrogen fixing · mulch
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Pearl Millet(bajra)
Cenchrus americanus
USDA 10-12food · fodder
PIONEER · SHRUB
Physic Nut(jangli arand)
Jatropha curcas
USDA 10-12fuel · medicinal · windbreak
PIONEER · TREE
Pongamia karanja(sukh chain (سکھ چین) / karanj (کرنج))
Pongamia pinnata
USDA 10-12fuel · timber · medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch · windbreak
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Sesbania
Sesbania bispinosa
USDA 9-11nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch
PIONEER · SHRUB
Showy Crotalaria(jhumka)
Crotalaria spectabilis
USDA 9-11nitrogen fixing · mulch · medicinal
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Snake Gourd(chichinda)
Trichosanthes cucumerina
USDA 10-12food · medicinal
PIONEER · GRASS
Sorghum(jowar)
Sorghum bicolor
USDA 10-12food · fodder · mulch
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Spreading Hogweed (Punarnava)(itsit / punarnava)
Boerhavia diffusa
USDA 9-11medicinal · food · mulch
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Sunn hemp
Crotalaria juncea
USDA 10-12nitrogen fixing · mulch
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Tanner’s Cassia(tarwar)
Senna auriculata
USDA 9-11medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch
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Tithonia Mexican sunflower
Tithonia diversifolia
USDA 9-11mulch · medicinal · fodder
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Trefoil Rattlepod(jhunjhunia)
Crotalaria medicaginea
USDA 9-11nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch
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True Indigo(neel)
Indigofera tinctoria
USDA 10-12nitrogen fixing · medicinal · mulch
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Water Spinach(kalmi saag)
Ipomoea aquatica
USDA 9-11food · fodder
PIONEER · SHRUB
White Tephrosia(safed sarphonk)
Tephrosia candida
USDA 9-11nitrogen fixing · mulch · fodder
PIONEER · TREE
White-Bark Acacia(safed kikar)
Vachellia leucophloea
USDA 10-11fodder · fuel · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · SHRUB
Wild Indigo(sarphonka)
Tephrosia purpurea
USDA 9-11nitrogen fixing · medicinal · mulch