US plant finder

Filtered by USDA hardiness zones.

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

Showing 48 of 340 plants

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Indian Borage(pathar choor)

Plectranthus amboinicus

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

Indian Cheese Maker (Withania coagulans)

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Indian Cheese Maker(paneer booti)

Withania coagulans

USDA 9-11

medicinal · food

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Indian Coleus(patharchur)

Plectranthus barbatus

USDA 9-11

medicinal

SECONDARY · TREE

Indian Elm(papri)

Holoptelea integrifolia

USDA 10-11

fodder · medicinal · timber · windbreak

SECONDARY · TREE

Indian Gooseberry(amla)

Phyllanthus emblica

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Indian Kudzu(sural)

Pueraria tuberosa

USDA 8-11

medicinal · fodder · nitrogen fixing

Indian Wood-Sorrel (Yellow Sorrel) (Oxalis corniculata)

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Indian Wood-Sorrel (Yellow Sorrel)(khatti booti / amrul)

Oxalis corniculata

USDA 4-11

food · medicinal · 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

Jackfruit tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

CLIMAX · TREE

Jackfruit tree(kathal (کتھل))

Artocarpus heterophyllus

USDA 10-12

food · timber · fodder · mulch · windbreak

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

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Jacquemont’s Grape(guch)

Vitis jacquemontii

USDA 8-10

food · medicinal

CLIMAX · TREE

Jamun (java plum)(jaman (جامن))

Syzygium cumini

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal · timber

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Jicama(jicama)

Pachyrhizus erosus

USDA 10-12

food · nitrogen fixing

SECONDARY · TREE

Jujube (Chinese Date)(unnab)

Ziziphus jujuba

USDA 6-11

food · medicinal · fuel

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Jute Mallow(jhute saag)

Corchorus olitorius

USDA 9-12

food · timber

Jwarancusa Lemongrass (Cymbopogon jwarancusa)

PIONEER · GRASS

Jwarancusa Lemongrass(khavi)

Cymbopogon jwarancusa

USDA 9-11

medicinal · mulch

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Kair (caper bush)(kair (کیر))

Capparis decidua

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal · fodder

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Karonda(karonda (کرونڈا))

Carissa carandas

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Katuk

Breynia androgyna

USDA 10-12

food · mulch · windbreak

Khair (Catechu Acacia) (Senegalia catechu)

SECONDARY · TREE

Khair (Catechu Acacia)(khair)

Senegalia catechu

USDA 10-12

timber · fuel · nitrogen fixing

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

SECONDARY · TREE

Koda Tree(chamror)

Ehretia laevis

USDA 10-11

fodder · medicinal · timber

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

Leafless Milkweed Shrub (Periploca aphylla)

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Leafless Milkweed Shrub(barara / bata)

Periploca aphylla

USDA 9-11

medicinal · fodder · fuel

SECONDARY · TREE

Lemon myrtle

Backhousia citriodora

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal · windbreak

PIONEER · GRASS

Lemongrass(khawi)

Cymbopogon citratus

USDA 10-11

food · medicinal · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Lentil(masoor)

Lens culinaris

USDA 5-10

food · nitrogen fixing

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Lesser Yam(choti zamin kand)

Dioscorea esculenta

USDA 9-12

food

PIONEER · TREE

Leucaena

Leucaena leucocephala

USDA 9-11

fodder · nitrogen fixing · fuel · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Licorice(mulethi)

Glycyrrhiza glabra

USDA 6-10

medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch

SECONDARY · TREE

Lilly pilly

Syzygium smithii

USDA 9-11

food · windbreak

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

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Long Pepper(pipli)

Piper longum

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal

CLIMAX · TREE

Longan tree(longan (لونگن))

Dimocarpus longan

USDA 9-11

food · timber · windbreak

Loquat — Pakistani local (Eriobotrya japonica)

CLIMAX · TREE

Loquat — Pakistani local(lokat (لوکاٹ))

Eriobotrya japonica

USDA 8-10

food

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Lotus(kanwal)

Nelumbo nucifera

USDA 4-11

food · medicinal

CLIMAX · TREE

Lychee tree(litchi (لیچی))

Litchi chinensis

USDA 9-11

food · timber · windbreak

CLIMAX · TREE

Macadamia tree

Macadamia integrifolia

USDA 9-11

food · timber · windbreak

CLIMAX · TREE

Mahua(mahua)

Madhuca longifolia

USDA 10-12

food · timber · medicinal · fuel

PIONEER · GRASS

Maize(makai)

Zea mays

USDA 10-11

food · fodder

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Malabar Nut(bansa)

Justicia adhatoda

USDA 10-11

medicinal · mulch

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