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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Aesculus indicaIndian Horse Chestnut31
Ailanthus altissimaTree Of Heaven13
Albizia julibrissinMimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree,22
Allium ampeloprasumWild Leek, Broadleaf wild leek53
Allium cepaOnion, Garden onion53
Allium cepa aggregatumPotato Onion43
Allium cepa ascalonicumShallot53
Allium cepa proliferumTree Onion, Walking Onion53
Allium porrumLeek, Garden leek42
Allium sativumGarlic, Cultivated garlic55
Allium sativum ophioscorodonSerpent Garlic55
Allium ursinumWild Garlic53
Amaranthus caudatusLove Lies Bleeding41
Amelanchier arboreaDowny Serviceberry, Alabama serviceberry, Juneberry, Common Serviceberry, Downy Serviceberry31
Amelanchier canadensisJuneberry, Canadian serviceberry, Serviceberry Downy, Shadblow, Shadbush, Serviceberry41
Amorpha canescensLead Plant22
Anemone canadensisCanadian Anemone02
Artemisia abrotanumSouthernwood13
Artemisia campestrisField Southernwood02
Artemisia indica 13
Artemisia maritimaSea Wormwood12
Artemisia sieversiana 12
Asarum canadenseSnake Root, Canadian wildginger, Canada Wild Ginger, Wild Ginger33
Asarum forbesiiDu Heng01
Asclepias incarnataSwamp Milkweed, Swamp Butterfly Weed, Marsh Milkweed32
Athyrium filix-feminaLady Fern, Common ladyfern, Subarctic ladyfern, Asplenium ladyfern, Southern Lady Fern, Tatting Fer12
Bauhinia variegataMountain Ebony12
Benincasa hispidaWax Gourd33
Berberis thunbergiiJapanese Barberry22
Betula lentaCherry Birch, Sweet birch, Black Birch, Cherry Birch33
Brasenia schreberiWater Shield32
Brassica oleraceaWild Cabbage, Broccoli, Tronchuda cabbage, Brussels sprouts, Kohlrabi, Sprouting broccoli42
Caesalpinia decapetalaMysore Thorn, Shoofly02
Callitris endlicheriRed Cypress-Pine01
Camellia oleiferaTea-Oil Plant, Tea Oil Camellia22
Cannabis sativaHemp, Marijuana44
Capparis spinosaCaper,Common Caper, Caper Bush23
Catalpa bungei 02
Caulophyllum robustumPapoose Root22
Caulophyllum thalictroidesPapoose Root, Blue cohosh13
Cercis chinensisChinese Redbud12
Chenopodium albumFat Hen, Lambsquarters32
Chenopodium botrysJerusalem Oak, Jerusalem oak goosefoot22
Cinnamomum camphoraCamphor, Camphortree23
Cleome gynandraAfrican Spider Flower, Spiderwisp02
Cleome viscosaTickweed, Asian spiderflower22
Clerodendrum bungeiGlory Flower, Rose glorybower, Cashmere Bouquet, Mexican Hydrangea, Glory Bower01
Coix lacryma-jobiJob's Tears33
Consolida regalisLarkspur, Royal knight's-spur03
Cornus alternifoliaGreen Osier, Alternateleaf dogwood, Alternate Leaf Dogwood, Golden Shadows Pagoda Dogwood, Green Osi02
Cornus floridaFlowering Dogwood22
Corylus avellanaCommon Hazel, Common filbert, European Filbert, Harry Lauder's Walking Stick, Corkscrew Hazel, Hazel52
Cucurbita moschataSquash, Crookneck squash53
Cucurbita pepoPumpkin, Field pumpkin, Ozark melon, Texas gourd43
Cupressus sempervirensItalian Cypress02
Cuscuta reflexaDodder, Giant dodder02
Cynodon dactylonBermuda Grass03
Cyrtomium falcatumHolly Fern, Japanese netvein hollyfern, Japanese Holly01
Cyrtomium fortuneiAsian netvein hollyfern02
Cystopteris fragilisBrittle Bladder Fern11
Daphne bholua 01
Datura stramoniumThorn Apple, Jimsonweed, Jamestown Weed04
Daucus carotaWild Carrot, Queen anne's lace, Carrot, Wild Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace23
Daucus carota sativusCarrot53
Delphinium elatumCandle larkspur, English Larkspur01
Dianthus chinensisChinese Pink, Rainbow pink, Annual Pink, China Pink03
Dictamnus albusBurning Bush, Gasplant, White Dittany,23
Dioscorea batatasChinese Yam55
Diospyros kakiPersimmon, Japanese persimmon43
Dryopteris expansaSpiny Wood Fern, Spreading woodfern23
Dryopteris oreadesMountain Male Fern04
Echinops setiferGlobe Thistle12
Euodia ruticarpaWu Zhu Yu03
Euonymus alatusWinged Spindle Tree, Burningbush, Corky spindletree12
Euonymus alatus apterusWinged Spindle Tree12
Eupatorium lindleyanum 02
Euphorbia helioscopiaMadwoman's Milk12
Euphorbia humifusa 12
Fagopyrum dibotrysPerennial Buckwheat42
Ferula caspica 02
Ferula conocaula 02
Ferula narthexFerula22
Filipendula vulgarisDropwort, Meadowsweet21
Fraxinus latifoliaOregon Ash01
Gentiana acaulisGentian03
Gentiana kurroo 03
Gentiana luteaYellow Gentian15
Gentiana pannonica 13
Gentiana punctataSpotted Gentian13
Gentiana purpurea 13
Gentiana scabraLong Dan Cao13
Gentiana scabra buergeri 13
Gleditsia sinensisLocust33
Globularia vulgaris 01
Helianthus strumosusPaleleaf Woodland Sunflower21
Helichrysum apiculatumCommon Everlasting Flower01
Helleborus nigerBlack Hellebore02
Helleborus viridisGreen Hellebore02
Hemerocallis fulvaCommon Day Lily, Orange daylily, Tawny Daylily, Double Daylily52
Heracleum lallii 02
Hibiscus sinosyriacusRose Of Sharon42
Hibiscus syriacusRose Of Sharon, Althaea, Shrub Althea, Hardy Hibiscus42
Hydrangea arborescensSeven Barks, Wild hydrangea, Ashy Hydrangea, Snowhill Hydrangea, Smooth Hydrangea13
Hyoscyamus nigerHenbane, Black henbane04
Imperata cylindricaCogongrass, Japanese Blood Grass33
Inula heleniumElecampane, Elecampane inula33
Ipomoea nilJapanese Morning Glory, Whiteedge morning-glory02
Ipomoea purpureaCommon Morning Glory, Tall morning-glory02
Iris ensataJapanese Water Iris11
Juglans ailanthifoliaJapanese Walnut31
Juglans ailanthifolia cordiformisHeartseed Walnut41
Juglans regia kamaoniaWalnut33
Juniperus silicicolaSouthern Redcedar, Juniper, Southern Red Cedar22
Juniperus virginianaPencil Cedar, Eastern redcedar, Southern redcedar, Silver Cedar, Burk Eastern Red Cedar, Silver East22
Lablab purpureusHyacinth Bean, Bonavist-bean42
Larix deciduaLarch, European Larch, Common Larch23
Lepidium virginicumWild Pepper Grass, Virginia pepperweed, Intermediate pepperweed, Menzies' pepperweed, Hairy pepperwe22
Lespedeza cuneataChinese Lespedeza, Sericea lespedeza12
Linum catharticumPurging Flax, Fairy flax02
Liriodendron tulipiferaTulip Tree, Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar, Canary Whitewood12
Lobelia cardinalisCardinal Flower03
Magnolia hypoleucaWhitebark Magnolia22
Malus pumilaParadise Apple, Common Apple, Apple Tree42
Malus sylvestrisCrab Apple, European crab apple32
Melaleuca hypericifoliaTea Tree02
Melanthium virginicumBunchflower01
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Micromeria chamissonisYerba Buena22
Monarda didymaBergamot, Scarlet beebalm, Horsemint, Oswego Tea, Bee Balm32
Morus albaWhite Mulberry, Common Mulberry,43
Morus australisKorean Mulberry, Aino Mulberry22
Morus nigraBlack Mulberry53
Morus rubraRed Mulberry, Common Mulberry, White Mulberry32
Morus serrataHimalayan Mulberry21
Myrica nagiBox Myrtle23
Myrsine africanaCape Myrtle13
Nicandra physaloidesShoo Fly12
Nigella sativaBlack Cumin33
Nymphoides peltataWater Fringe, Yellow floatingheart22
Oxalis corniculataYellow Sorrel, Creeping woodsorrel22
Oxalis violaceaViolet Wood Sorrel31
Paris polyphyllaHerb Paris12
Photinia glabraJapanese Photinia, Red Top, Red Leaf Photinia,11
Picrasma quassioidesNigaki12
Platycodon grandiflorusBalloon Flower23
Podocarpus macrophyllusKusamaki, Yew plum pine, Buddhist Pine, Chinese Podocarpus, Chinese Yew Pine, Japanese Yew, Souther21
Polygonum aviculareKnotweed, Prostrate knotweed23
Polypodium vulgarePolypody, Adders Fern, Golden Maidenhair Fern, Wall Fern, Common Polypod Fern23
Populus deltoidesEastern Cottonwood, Plains cottonwood, Rio Grande cottonwood, Necklace Poplar22
Potentilla cryptotaeniae 01
Prunus armeniacaApricot43
Prunus persicaPeach, Flowering Peach, Ornamental Peach, Common Peach53
Pseudosasa japonicaMetake - Bamboo21
Psoralea corylifoliaBu Gu Zhi14
Psoralea glandulosaCulen31
Ptelea trifoliataHop Tree, Common hoptree, Pallid hoptree23
Ptelea trifoliata mollisHop Tree23
Pteridium aquilinumBracken, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern22
Pteridium aquilinum esculentumBracken22
Pterocarya stenopteraChinese wingnut02
Pulsatilla koreanaKorean Pasque Flower02
Raphanus sativusRadish, Cultivated radish43
Raphanus sativus caudatusRat-Tail Radish33
Raphanus sativus nigerOriental Radish43
Raphanus sativus oleiformisFodder Radish33
Rhus chinensisChinese Gall, Chinese sumac23
Ribes americanumAmerican Blackcurrant21
Ricinus communisCastor-Oil Plant, Castorbean, Palma Christi, Wonder Tree, Castor Oil Plant14
Rosa banksiaeBanksia Rose21
Rosa virginianaVirginia Rose21
Rumex acetosaSorrel, Garden sorrel53
Ruta chalepensisEgyptian Rue, Fringed rue11
Ruta graveolensRue, Common rue, Herb of Grace, Garden Rue13
Sargentodoxa cuneata 02
Scrophularia nodosaKnotted Figwort, Woodland figwort13
Senecio erucifoliusHoary Groundsel, Hoary ragwort02
Senecio vulgarisGroundsel12
Senna toraStinking Cassia, Sickle senna13
Solidago virgaureaGoldenrod13
Sophora flavescensKu Shen, Shrubby sophora03
Spigelia marilandicaIndian Pink, Woodland pinkroot03
Stachys officinalisWood Betony, Common hedgenettle, Betony, Woundwort12
Succisa pratensisDevil's Bit Scabious, Devilsbit22
Tagetes erectaAfrican Marigold, Aztec marigold, Big Marigold, American Marigold33
Tagetes minutaMuster-John-Henry22
Tanacetum vulgareTansy, Common tansy, Golden Buttons, Curly Leaf Tansy22
Tephrosia virginianaCatgut, Virginia tephrosia02
Teucrium scordiumWater Germander01
Thuja occidentalisAmerican Arbor-Vitae, Arborvitae, Eastern Arborvitae, Siberian Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, Wh23
Thymus praecox arcticusWild Thyme32
Thymus serpyllumWild Thyme43
Thymus vulgarisCommon Thyme, Garden thyme, Wild Thyme43
Torreya grandisChinese Nutmeg Tree21
Torreya nuciferaKaya, Japanese torreya52
Tribulus terrestrisCaltrop, Puncturevine13
Trichosanthes cucumerina anguinaSnake Gourd21
Ulmus macrocarpa 21
Veratrum albumWhite Hellebore, White false hellebore02
Veratrum nigrumBlack Hellebore01
Viburnum dilatatumLinden Viburnum, Linden arrowwood31
Woodwardia radicansChain Fern, Rooting chainfern01
Zanthoxylum bungeanum 23
Zanthoxylum simulansSzechuan Pepper, Chinese-pepper, Prickly Ash32
Artemisia absinthiumWormwood, Absinthium.13
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Acmella oleraceaToothache plant, Paracress33
Anogeissus leiocarpaAfrican Birch24
Borassus aethiopumAfrican Fan Palm, Palmyra Palm42
Borassus akeassiiAfrican Fan Palm42
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Cajanus cajanPigeon Pea, Puerto Rico Bean, Gandul, Dhal, Congo Pea42
Cedrela odorataCedar Wood, West Indian Cedar, SpanishCedar, Cigar-box Cedar, Cedro Hembra12
Chrysopogon zizanioidesVetiver, Vetiver Root, Khus Khus22
Citrus aurantiifoliaLime, Key Lime, Mexican Lime, Mexican Thornless Key Lime42
Couma utilisSorva, Milk Tree42
Dichrostachys cinereaMarabou Thorn, Sickle Bush22
Embelia ribesFalse black pepper, White-flowered Embelia34
Mammea americanaMammee Apple, Mammey42
Mangifera indicaMango, Bowen Mango53
Morinda citrifoliaNoni, Indian Mulberry34
Moringa stenopetalaAfrican horseradish tree, cabbagetree43
Nephelium lappaceumRambutan, Hairy Lychee52
Passiflora laurifoliaYellow Granadilla42
Passiflora quadrangularisGiant Granadilla, Badea42
Pentaclethra macrophyllaAfrican Oil Bean. Oil Bean Tree, Owala Oil32
Pouteria sapotaSapote, Mamey Sapote42
Prosopis cinerariaJandi, Ghaf32
Prunus armeniaca mandschuricaManchurian apricot43
Senna singueanaWinter cassia, Sticky pod23
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Treculia africanaAfrican Breadfruit or Breadnut42
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
Vangueria infaustaAfrican medlar42
Diplazium esculentumVegetable Fern43
Piper betleBetel23
Andrographis paniculataGreen Chireta, Creat, Nilavembu, Kirayat, Chuan Xin Lian, King of Bitters14
Baccharis genistelloidesCarqueja04
Brosimum guianenseBastard Breadnut12
Brucea antidysentericaWaginos14
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Cassia fistulaGolden Shower, Purging Cassia, Golden Chain Tree, Indian Laburnum14
Cedrelopsis greveiKatrafay, Kathrafay24
Chamaecrista nigricansDiola, Diala12
Cissus quadrangularisVeldt Grape24
Cullen corylifoliumBu Gu Zhi14
Cyperus articulatusJointed flatsedge, Priprioca, Piripiri14
Dalbergia melanoxylonAfrican Blackwood, Grenadilla, Mpingo02
Diospyros malabaricaIndian Persimmon, Gaub, Timbiri, Mountain ebony13
Erythrophleum suaveolensErun, ordealtree, Sasswood Tree03
Gloriosa superbaGloriosa Lily, Climbing Lily, Flame Lily04
Himatanthus sucuubaPlumeria sucuuba04
Pentadiplandra brazzeanaJoy perfume tree, j'oubli44
Pericopsis angolensisEast African afrormosia02
Phytolacca dodecandraEndod, Pokeberry23
Pycnanthus angolensisAfrican Nutmeg23
Senna alataRingworm Bush, Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant24
Tabernanthe ibogaIboga04
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