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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abies spectabilisHimalayan Fir02
Aconitum heterophyllum 12
Aconitum palmatum 01
Acorus gramineusGrass-leaved Sweet Rush, Japanese Sweet Flag, Dwarf Sweet Flag33
Aesculus parvifloraBottlebrush buckeye21
Ajuga bracteosaBugle, Lungememen01
Anemopsis californicaYerba Mansa22
Artemisia annuaQing Hao, Sweet sagewort14
Benincasa hispidaWax Gourd33
Berberis aristataChitra, Indian Barberry or Tree Turmeric43
Bupleurum chinenseBei Chai Hu23
Bupleurum falcatumThorow-Wax22
Buxus sempervirensBox, Common box, American Boxwood12
Caesalpinia decapetalaMysore Thorn, Shoofly02
Calycanthus floridusCarolina Allspice, Eastern sweetshrub, Strawberry Bush, Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice32
Cannabis sativaHemp, Marijuana44
Castanea pumilaChinquapin, Ozark chinkapin42
Castanea pumila asheiChinquapin41
Ceratophyllum demersumHornwort, Coon's tail11
Cimicifuga foetidaFoetid Bugbane13
Citrus limonLemon45
Clematis chinensisWei Ling Xian12
Cornus amomumSilky Dogwood12
Cornus chinensis 23
Cornus floridaFlowering Dogwood22
Cornus nuttalliiMountain Dogwood, Pacific dogwood, Western Dogwood12
Cornus officinalisShan Zhu Yu, Asiatic dogwood, Japanese Cornel Dogwood43
Corydalis ambigua 13
Corydalis govaniana 02
Cudrania tricuspidataSilkworm Thorn, Storehousebush22
Cupressus funebrisChinese Weeping Cypress, Mourning-cypress01
Dianthus anatolicus 01
Dichroa febrifugaChinese Quinine, Dichroa03
Eucalyptus globulusTasmanian Blue Gum, Eurabbie, Blue Gum, Blue Eucalyptus14
Euphorbia helioscopiaMadwoman's Milk12
Ferula assa-foetidaAsafoetida - Devil's Dung. Hing (Indian), Asafetida33
Fraxinus excelsiorAsh, European ash, Common Ash22
Garrya ellipticaCoast Silk Tassel, Wavyleaf silktassel02
Garrya fremontiiFever Bush, Bearbrush01
Gnaphalium affine 12
Hydrangea macrophyllaFrench hydrangea , Florist's Hydrangea, Bigleaf Hydrangea32
Hydrastis canadensisGoldenseal03
Ilex opacaAmerican Holly22
Justicia gendarussa 02
Leucas cephalotesSpiderwort12
Magnolia acuminataCucumber Tree, Cucumber Magnolia03
Oenanthe aquaticaWater Dropwort, Fineleaf waterdropwort02
Parthenium integrifoliumWild Quinine02
Picrorhiza kurroaKuru03
Pinckneya pubensBitter Bark, Fevertree, Pinckneya01
Plantago coronopusBuck's-Horn Plantain32
Polygonatum humile 21
Polygonatum inflatum 21
Polygonatum macropodum 21
Polygonatum odoratumSolomon's Seal23
Ptelea trifoliataHop Tree, Common hoptree, Pallid hoptree23
Ptelea trifoliata mollisHop Tree23
Ranunculus japonicusMao Gen11
Sabatia angularisBitter Bloom, Rosepink11
Sabatia campestrisPrairie Rose Gentian, Texas star11
Sabatia elliotii 11
Salix albaWhite Willow13
Salix alba caeruleaCricket Bat Willow13
Salix alba vitellinaGolden Willow13
Salix gooddingiiGoodding's Willow12
Salix nigraBlack Willow13
Salix purpureaPurple Osier. purpleosier willow13
Salix purpurea lambertianaPurple Osier13
Salix taxifoliaYew-Leaf Willow12
Saururus chinensis 02
Solanum nigrumBlack Nightshade, Common Nightshade, Poisonberry, Black Nightshade22
Solanum scabrumGarden Huckleberry32
Syringa vulgarisLilac, Common lilac11
Thalictrum foliolosum 02
Urtica lyalliiStinging Nettle33
Verbena hastataAmerican Blue Vervain, Swamp verbena12
Xanthium strumariumCocklebur, Rough cocklebur, Canada cocklebur13
Zanthoxylum piperitumJapanese Pepper Tree32
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Gloriosa superbaGloriosa Lily, Climbing Lily, Flame Lily04
Toona ciliataMountain Cedar, Australian Red Cedar, Toona22
Toona sureniSuren22
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