US plant finder

Filtered by USDA hardiness zones.

130 plant profiles, narrowed to the scale US growers actually use — not a generic zone map relabelled.

Showing 48 of 130 plants

PIONEER · TREE

Grey Mangrove(timar)

Avicennia marina

USDA 10-12

fodder · fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Groundnut(moongphali)

Arachis hypogaea

USDA 9-11

food · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · TREE

Gum Arabic Tree(khor)

Acacia senegal

USDA 10-12

nitrogen fixing · fodder · fuel

PIONEER · GRASS

Halfa Grass(dabh)

Desmostachya bipinnata

USDA 8-11

fodder · mulch · medicinal

PIONEER · SHRUB

Harmal Shrub(vanher)

Rhazya stricta

USDA 9-11

medicinal · windbreak

PIONEER · SHRUB

Hopbush(sanatha)

Dodonaea viscosa

USDA 9-11

fuel · windbreak · mulch

PIONEER · TREE

Indus Tamarisk(lai)

Tamarix dioica

USDA 8-11

fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · TREE

Inga ice-cream bean

Inga edulis

USDA 9-12

food · nitrogen fixing · mulch · fuel

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Ivy Gourd(kanduri)

Coccinia grandis

USDA 9-12

food · medicinal

PIONEER · TREE

Jaal(pilu)

Salvadora oleoides

USDA 9-11

food · fodder · medicinal

Jacquemont’s Acacia (Bhuri Babool) (Acacia jacquemontii)

PIONEER · SHRUB

Jacquemont’s Acacia (Bhuri Babool)(bhuri / khor)

Acacia jacquemontii

USDA 9-11

fuel · nitrogen fixing · fodder

PIONEER · TREE

Khejri

Prosopis cineraria

USDA 9-11

fodder · fuel · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · SHRUB

Khip(khip)

Leptadenia pyrotechnica

USDA 9-11

fodder · fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · TREE

Kikar

Acacia nilotica

USDA 9-12

fuel · timber · fodder · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · TREE

Konkan Moringa(jangli sohanjna)

Moringa concanensis

USDA 10-11

food · fodder · medicinal

PIONEER · SHRUB

Lantana(panch phuli)

Lantana camara

USDA 9-11

medicinal · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Lemongrass(khawi)

Cymbopogon citratus

USDA 10-11

food · medicinal · mulch

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Lima Bean(sem)

Phaseolus lunatus

USDA 9-12

food · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Linseed(alsi)

Linum usitatissimum

USDA 5-11

food · medicinal · timber

PIONEER · GRASS

Maize(makai)

Zea mays

USDA 10-11

food · fodder

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Malabar Spinach(poi saag)

Basella alba

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal

Mangrove Grass (Sea Billy-Goat Grass) (Aeluropus lagopoides)

PIONEER · GRASS

Mangrove Grass (Sea Billy-Goat Grass)(lumb / khar)

Aeluropus lagopoides

USDA 9-11

fodder · mulch · windbreak

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Marigold(genda)

Tagetes erecta

USDA 10-11

medicinal

PIONEER · SHRUB

Moringa

Moringa oleifera

USDA 9-12

food · fodder · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Moth Bean(mut)

Vigna aconitifolia

USDA 9-11

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Mung Bean(moong)

Vigna radiata

USDA 10-12

food · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Munj Sweetcane(munj)

Saccharum bengalense

USDA 8-11

mulch · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Mustard Greens(sarson saag)

Brassica juncea

USDA 6-11

food

PIONEER · GRASS

Napier Grass(napier ghaas)

Cenchrus purpureus

USDA 9-11

fodder · mulch · windbreak

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Niger(ramtil)

Guizotia abyssinica

USDA 3-11

food

Papaya — Red Lady (Carica papaya cv. Red Lady)

PIONEER · TREE

Papaya — Red Lady(papita (پپیتا))

Carica papaya cv. Red Lady

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GRASS

Pearl Millet(bajra)

Cenchrus americanus

USDA 10-12

food · fodder

PIONEER · SHRUB

Phog(phog)

Calligonum polygonoides

USDA 9-11

fodder · fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · TREE

Phulai(phulai)

Acacia modesta

USDA 9-11

fuel · timber · fodder · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · SHRUB

Physic Nut(jangli arand)

Jatropha curcas

USDA 10-12

fuel · medicinal · windbreak

PIONEER · SHRUB

Pigeon pea

Cajanus cajan

USDA 9-12

food · fodder · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · SHRUB

Pioneer Caralluma(pamanki)

Caralluma edulis

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · TREE

Pongamia karanja(sukh chain (سکھ چین) / karanj (کرنج))

Pongamia pinnata

USDA 10-12

fuel · timber · medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch · windbreak

Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica)

PIONEER · SHRUB

Prickly pear cactus(nagphani)

Opuntia ficus-indica

USDA 8-11

food · fodder · fuel · windbreak

Prophet’s Cucumber (Globe Cucumber) (Cucumis prophetarum)

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Prophet’s Cucumber (Globe Cucumber)(kachri-jangli)

Cucumis prophetarum

USDA 9-11

medicinal · food

Puncture Vine (Caltrop) (Tribulus terrestris)

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Puncture Vine (Caltrop)(bhakra / gokhru)

Tribulus terrestris

USDA 9-11

medicinal · fodder · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Purslane(kulfa)

Portulaca oleracea

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Radish(mooli)

Raphanus sativus

USDA 2-11

food

PIONEER · GRASS

Rice(dhan)

Oryza sativa

USDA 9-11

food · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Safflower(kusum)

Carthamus tinctorius

USDA 4-11

food · medicinal

Sand Dropseed (Feather Dropseed) (Sporobolus ioclados)

PIONEER · GRASS

Sand Dropseed (Feather Dropseed)(khabbal-ghas)

Sporobolus ioclados

USDA 9-11

fodder · mulch · windbreak

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Sarsaparilla Greenbrier(ushba)

Smilax aspera

USDA 8-11

medicinal · food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Sesame(til)

Sesamum indicum

USDA 10-11

food · medicinal

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