LIST OF CROPS OF PAKISTAN

With AGRONOMIC USE AND GROWING SEASON

Sr. Vernacular Botanical name Family Agronomic Sowing

no. name use season
A. CEREAL CROPS
1. Ghandum / Kanak / Triticum aestivum Poaceae Cereals Rabi
Wheat
2. Juo / Barley Hordeum vulgare Poaceae Cereals/ Rabi
Fodder
3. Dhaan / Rice / Oryza sativa Poaceae Cereals Kharif
Paddy
4. Makkai / Corn / Zea mays Poaceae Cereals / Kharif
Maize Fodder /
Oilseeds
5. Jowar / Chari / Sorghum bicolor Poaceae Cereals / Kharif (Grain
Great Millet / Fodder purpose)
Sorghum Rabi (Fodder
purpose)
6. Bajra / Pearl Millet Pennisetum typhoides Poaceae Cereals / Kharif
Fodder
B. FOOD LEGUMES
1. Kalay Channay / Cicer arietinum Fabaceae Pulses Rabi
Chickpea / Gram
2. Kabuli Channay / Cicer arietinum Fabaceae Pulses Rabi
Chickpea / White
Gram
3. Field pea Pisum sativum Fabaceae Pulses Rabi
4. Masur / Lentil Lens culnaris Fabaceae Pulses Rabi
5. Mung bean / Vigna radiata Fabaceae Pulses Kharif
Oregon Pea /
Green Gram
6. Mash / Urd Bean / Vigna mungo Fabaceae Pulses Kharif
Black Gram
7. Pigeon pea / Red Cajanus cajan Fabaceae Pulses Kharif
Gram / Arhar
8. Lobia / Cowpea / Vigna unguiculata Fabaceae Pulses Kharif
Black-eyed Pea
9. Rawan / Cowpea Vigna unguiculata Fabaceae Pulses Kharif
C. OILSEED CROPS
1. Toria / Brown or Brassica campestris Cruiferae Oilseeds Rabi
Yellow Sarsoon /
Rapeseed
2. Gohbi Sarsoon / Brassica napus Cruiferae Oilseeds Rabi
Rapeseed

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3. Raya / Indian Brassica juncea Cruiferae Oilseeds Rabi
Mustard
4. Taramera / Eruca sativa Cruiferae Oilseeds Rabi
Mustard
5. Canola / Rapeseed Brassica napus Cruiferae Oilseeds Rabi
6. Moongphali / Arachis hypogea Fabaceae Oilseeds Kharif
Ground nut /
Peanuts
7. Suraj Mukkhi / Helianthus annus Compositae Oilseeds Rabi
Sunflower
8. Makkai / Corn / Zea mays Poaceae Cereals / Kharif
Maize Fodder /
Oilseeds
9. Zeatoon / Olive Olera europeae Oleaceae Oilseeds
10. Kala Til / Niger Guizotia abyssinica Compositae Oilseeds Kharif
11. Sufaid Til / Sesame Sesamum indicum Pedaliacea Oilseeds Kharif
12. Alsi / Linseed Linum ustitatissimum Linaceae Oilseeds Rabi
13. Guar / Cluster bean Cyamopsis Fabaceae Fodder / Kharif
tetragonolba Oilseeds
14. Kappas / Cotton Gossypium arboretum Malvaceae Oilseeds / Kharif
& G. hirsutum Fiber
D. FIBER CROPS
1. Kappas / Cotton Gossypium arboretum Malvaceae Oilseeds / Kharif
& G. hirsutum Fiber
2. Patsun / Jute Corchorus capsularis / Tilliaceae Fibre Kharif
C. olitorius
E. SUGAR CROPS
1. Kammad / Ganna / Saccharum officinarum Poaceae Sugar Perennial
Sugarcane
2. Chuqandar / Beta vulgaris Chenopodiaceae Sugar Rabi
Sugarbeet
F. FORAGE CROPS
1. Berseem / Egyptian Trifolium Fabaceae Fodder / Rabi
Clover alexanderinum Green
Manure
2. Shaftal / Persian Trifolium resupinatum Fabaceae Fodder Rabi
Clover
3. Lucern / Alfalfa Medicago sativa Fabaceae Fodder Rabi
4. Guar / Cluster bean Cyamopsis Fabaceae Fodder / Kharif
tetragonolba Oilseeds
5. Jowar / Chari / Sorghum bicolor Poaceae Cereals / Kharif (Grain
Great Millet / Fodder purpose)
Sorghum Rabi (Fodder
purpose)
6. Jai / Oat Avena sativa Poaceae Fodder / Rabi
Cereals
7. Makkai / Corn / Zea mays Poaceae Cereals / Kharif

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 Maize Fodder /
Oilseeds
8. Juo / Barley Hordeum vulgare Poaceae Cereals/ Rabi
Fodder
9. Kangani Fodder
10. Haloon Fodder
11. Cheena Fodder
12. Jantar Fodder
13. Mott. Grass Fodder