US plant finder

Filtered by USDA hardiness zones.

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

Showing 48 of 80 plants

PIONEER · SHRUB

Adenium

Adenium obesum

USDA 10-12

medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Aloe Vera(kanwar gandal)

Aloe vera

USDA 9-12

medicinal

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Ash Gourd(petha)

Benincasa hispida

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Ashwagandha(asgand)

Withania somnifera

USDA 9-12

medicinal

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Bitter Gourd(karela)

Momordica charantia

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Black Gram(mash)

Vigna mungo

USDA 10-12

food · nitrogen fixing

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Black Pepper(kali mirch)

Piper nigrum

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GRASS

Blue Panic Grass(gharam / ghirib)

Panicum antidotale

USDA 9-12

fodder · mulch · windbreak

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Bottle Gourd(lauki)

Lagenaria siceraria

USDA 9-12

food

CLIMAX · TREE

Breadfruit tree

Artocarpus altilis

USDA 11-12

food · timber · fodder · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Buffel Grass(dhaman)

Cenchrus ciliaris

USDA 9-12

fodder · mulch

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Butterfly Pea(aprajita)

Clitoria ternatea

USDA 10-12

medicinal · fodder · nitrogen fixing

SECONDARY · TREE

Cacao tree

Theobroma cacao

USDA 11-12

food

PIONEER · SHRUB

Calliandra fodder shrub

Calliandra calothyrsus

USDA 9-12

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch · fuel

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Cassava(kasava)

Manihot esculenta

USDA 10-12

food

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Centro(centro)

Centrosema pubescens

USDA 10-12

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · SHRUB

Cluster Bean(guar)

Cyamopsis tetragonoloba

USDA 10-12

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Cowpea(lobia)

Vigna unguiculata

USDA 9-12

food · fodder · nitrogen fixing

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Curry Leaf(kari patta)

Murraya koenigii

USDA 9-12

food · medicinal

Elephant Foot Yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius)

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Elephant Foot Yam(zameen kand)

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GRASS

Finger Millet(mandua)

Eleusine coracana

USDA 9-12

food · fodder

PIONEER · SHRUB

Flemingia support shrub

Flemingia macrophylla

USDA 9-12

mulch · nitrogen fixing · windbreak · fuel

PIONEER · GRASS

Foxtail Millet(kakum)

Setaria italica

USDA 10-12

food · fodder

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Giant Taro(pidalu)

Alocasia macrorrhizos

USDA 9-12

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Ginger(adrak)

Zingiber officinale

USDA 9-12

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · TREE

Glue Berry(gondi)

Cordia dichotoma

USDA 10-12

food · fodder · medicinal

SECONDARY · TREE

Golden Shower(amaltas)

Cassia fistula

USDA 10-12

medicinal · timber · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Gotu Kola(brahmi booti)

Centella asiatica

USDA 9-12

medicinal · food

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Green Cardamom(chhoti elaichi)

Elettaria cardamomum

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal

PIONEER · TREE

Grey Mangrove(timar)

Avicennia marina

USDA 10-12

fodder · fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · TREE

Gum Arabic Tree(khor)

Acacia senegal

USDA 10-12

nitrogen fixing · fodder · fuel

Heart-leaved Moonseed (Tinospora cordifolia)

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Heart-leaved Moonseed(gfiloy)

Tinospora cordifolia

USDA 10-12

medicinal

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Henna(mehndi)

Lawsonia inermis

USDA 10-12

medicinal · 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

Jackfruit tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

CLIMAX · TREE

Jackfruit tree(kathal (کتھل))

Artocarpus heterophyllus

USDA 10-12

food · timber · fodder · mulch · windbreak

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 · SHRUB

Jute Mallow(jhute saag)

Corchorus olitorius

USDA 9-12

food · timber

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

Kikar

Acacia nilotica

USDA 9-12

fuel · timber · fodder · nitrogen fixing

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Lesser Yam(choti zamin kand)

Dioscorea esculenta

USDA 9-12

food

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Lima Bean(sem)

Phaseolus lunatus

USDA 9-12

food · nitrogen fixing

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Long Pepper(pipli)

Piper longum

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal

CLIMAX · TREE

Mahua(mahua)

Madhuca longifolia

USDA 10-12

food · timber · medicinal · fuel

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Malabar Spinach(poi saag)

Basella alba

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal

Manila Tamarind (Jungle Jalebi) (Pithecellobium dulce)

SECONDARY · TREE

Manila Tamarind (Jungle Jalebi)(jungle jalebi / ganga imli)

Pithecellobium dulce

USDA 9-12

food · fodder · nitrogen fixing

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