US plant finder

Filtered by USDA hardiness zones.

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

Showing 48 of 144 plants

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Adenium

Adenium obesum

USDA 10-12

medicinal

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African moringa

Moringa stenopetala

USDA 10-11

food · fodder · medicinal · mulch · windbreak

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Ajwain(ajwain)

Trachyspermum ammi

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

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Alfalfa(lucern)

Medicago sativa

USDA 3-11

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

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Aloe Vera(kanwar gandal)

Aloe vera

USDA 9-12

medicinal

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Apple of Sodom(aak)

Calotropis procera

USDA 9-11

medicinal · mulch

Armenian Cucumber (Cucumis melo var. flexuosus)

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Armenian Cucumber(tar kakri)

Cucumis melo var. flexuosus

USDA 10-11

food

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Ash Gourd(petha)

Benincasa hispida

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal

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Athel Tamarisk(frash)

Tamarix aphylla

USDA 8-11

windbreak · fuel · timber

Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum)

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Balloon Vine(kanphuti)

Cardiospermum halicacabum

USDA 9-11

medicinal

Banana — Cavendish (Musa acuminata cv. Cavendish (AAA group))

PIONEER · TREE

Banana — Cavendish(kela (کیلا))

Musa acuminata cv. Cavendish (AAA group)

USDA 9-11

food

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Barley(jau)

Hordeum vulgare

USDA 8-10

food · fodder

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Bathua(bathua)

Chenopodium album

USDA 3-10

food · fodder

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Ber

Ziziphus mauritiana

USDA 9-11

food · fodder · fuel

Bermuda Grass (Bahama Grass) (Cynodon dactylon)

PIONEER · GRASS

Bermuda Grass (Bahama Grass)(khabbal / dhub)

Cynodon dactylon

USDA 7-11

fodder · mulch · medicinal

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Berseem Clover(berseem)

Trifolium alexandrinum

USDA 8-11

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

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Bitter Gourd(karela)

Momordica charantia

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal

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Black Cumin(kalonji)

Nigella sativa

USDA 2-11

food · medicinal

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Black Gram(mash)

Vigna mungo

USDA 10-12

food · nitrogen fixing

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Black Mustard(raee)

Brassica nigra

USDA 5-10

food · medicinal

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Blond Psyllium(isabgol)

Plantago ovata

USDA 9-11

medicinal · food

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Bottle Gourd(lauki)

Lagenaria siceraria

USDA 9-12

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Broad Bean(baqla)

Vicia faba

USDA 6-10

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

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Buckwheat(kuttu)

Fagopyrum esculentum

USDA 7-10

food · mulch

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Buffel Grass(dhaman)

Cenchrus ciliaris

USDA 9-12

fodder · mulch

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Calendula(zergul)

Calendula officinalis

USDA 9-11

medicinal

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Calliandra fodder shrub

Calliandra calothyrsus

USDA 9-12

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch · fuel

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Canola(sarson canola)

Brassica napus

USDA 7-10

food · fodder

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Caper Bush(kabar)

Capparis spinosa

USDA 8-11

food · medicinal

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Castor(arand)

Ricinus communis

USDA 9-11

medicinal · mulch

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Casuarina she-oak

Casuarina equisetifolia

USDA 9-11

windbreak · timber · fuel · nitrogen fixing · mulch

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Cattail(pater)

Typha latifolia

USDA 3-11

food · mulch

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Centro(centro)

Centrosema pubescens

USDA 10-12

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Chaulai(chaulai)

Amaranthus tricolor

USDA 10-11

food

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Chaya tree spinach

Cnidoscolus aconitifolius

USDA 9-11

food · fodder · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Chickpea(chana)

Cicer arietinum

USDA 9-11

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

Chinese Water Chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)

PIONEER · GRASS

Chinese Water Chestnut(singara chini)

Eleocharis dulcis

USDA 9-11

food

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Cluster Bean(guar)

Cyamopsis tetragonoloba

USDA 10-12

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

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Coffee Senna(kasondi)

Senna occidentalis

USDA 9-11

medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch

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Cogon Grass(dab)

Imperata cylindrica

USDA 5-11

mulch · fodder

Colocynth (Bitter Apple) (Citrullus colocynthis)

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Colocynth (Bitter Apple)(tumma / kortuma)

Citrullus colocynthis

USDA 9-11

medicinal · mulch

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Common Bean(frans bean)

Phaseolus vulgaris

USDA 10-11

food · nitrogen fixing

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Coriander(dhania)

Coriandrum sativum

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

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Cowpea(lobia)

Vigna unguiculata

USDA 9-12

food · fodder · nitrogen fixing

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Cucumber(kheera)

Cucumis sativus

USDA 10-11

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Cumin(zeera)

Cuminum cyminum

USDA 10-11

food · medicinal

Desert Bunch Grass (Du’a Grass) (Panicum turgidum)

PIONEER · GRASS

Desert Bunch Grass (Du’a Grass)(murat / gharam)

Panicum turgidum

USDA 9-11

fodder · windbreak · food

PIONEER · SHRUB

Desert Cotton(bui)

Aerva javanica

USDA 9-11

fodder · medicinal · mulch

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