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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Achillea millefoliumYarrow, Boreal yarrow, California yarrow, Giant yarrow, Coast yarrow, Western yarrow, Pacific yarrow34
Acorus calamusSweet Flag - Calamus34
Acorus gramineusGrass-leaved Sweet Rush, Japanese Sweet Flag, Dwarf Sweet Flag33
Agastache rugosaKorean Mint43
Ajuga bracteosaBugle, Lungememen01
Ajuga reptansBugle, Common Bugelweed, Bugleweed, Carpet Bugleweed, Carpetweed, Carpet Bugle23
Anethum graveolensDill43
Aristolochia reticulataTexas Dutchman's Pipe02
Aster cordifoliusCommon Blue Wood Aster21
Calamintha grandifloraLarge-Flowered Calamint22
Calamintha nepetaLesser Calamint32
Calamintha sylvaticaCalamint, Woodland calamint32
Callicarpa macrophylla 12
Carum carviCaraway43
Centaurium erythraeaCentaury - Feverwort, European centaury13
Chrysanthemum coronariumChop-Suey Greens32
Chrysanthemum coronarium spatiosumChop-Suey Greens32
Clinopodium vulgareWild Basil21
Coriandrum sativumCoriander - Dhania - Cilantro, Coriander44
Cunila origanoidesStone Mint, Common dittany22
Cyperus longusGalingale21
Cyperus rotundusNut Grass33
Dictamnus albusBurning Bush, Gasplant, White Dittany,23
Drimys winteriWinter's Bark32
Eryngium campestreField Eryngo22
Eryngium maritimumSea Holly, Seaside eryngo33
Eucalyptus globulusTasmanian Blue Gum, Eurabbie, Blue Gum, Blue Eucalyptus14
Filipendula ulmariaMeadowsweet, Queen of the meadow, Double Lady of the Meadow, European Meadowsweet33
Foeniculum vulgareFennel, Sweet fennel53
Foeniculum vulgare azoricumFlorence Fennel33
Foeniculum vulgare dulceSweet Fennel43
Gaultheria fragrantissimaFragrant Wintergreen22
Gaultheria procumbensCheckerberry, Eastern teaberry, Teaberry, Creeping Wintergreen43
Geum rivaleWater Avens, Purple avens32
Geum urbanumWood Avens, Bennet's Root - Old man's whiskers, Herb bennet33
Hedychium coronariumButterfly Ginger, White garland-lily, Garland Flower, Butterfly Lily22
Hypericum patulumGoldencup St. Johnswort01
Hypericum perforatumSt. John's Wort, Common St. Johnswort24
Juniperus communisJuniper, Common juniper33
Juniperus communis nanaJuniper33
Laurus nobilisBay Tree, Sweet bay, Grecian Laurel, True Laurel,33
Lavandula angustifoliaEnglish Lavender, True Lavender23
Lavandula x intermediaLavender, Lavandin22
Levisticum officinaleLovage, Garden lovage33
Ligusticum scoticumScottish Lovage, Scottish licorice-root, Hulten's licorice-root32
Lindera benzoinSpice Bush, Northern spicebush, Bush Northern Spice33
Lindera strychnifolia 02
Magnolia acuminataCucumber Tree, Cucumber Magnolia03
Magnolia virginianaLaurel Magnolia, Sweetbay13
Melilotus albusWhite Melilot22
Melilotus officinalisMelilot, Sweetclover23
Mentha arvensisCorn Mint, Wild mint32
Mentha arvensis piperascensJapanese Mint32
Morus australisKorean Mulberry, Aino Mulberry22
Myrica galeBog Myrtle, Sweetgale22
Myrica nagiBox Myrtle23
Myrrhis odorataSweet Cicely, Anise43
Myrtus communisMyrtle, Foxtail Myrtle33
Ocimum basilicumSweet Basil, Common Basil, Thai Basil, Tropical Basil43
Ocimum minimumBush Basil43
Pelargonium capitatumRose-Scented Geranium03
Pelargonium quercifoliumOak-Leaved Geranium02
Perilla frutescensShiso, Beefsteakplant, Spreading Beefsteak Plant43
Perilla frutescens nankinensisPurple Shiso43
Peucedanum ostruthiumMasterwort22
Pimpinella anisumAniseed (Saunf - Hindi), Anise burnet saxifrage43
Pseudowintera axillarisHeropito01
Robinia pseudoacaciaBlack Locust, Yellow Locust32
Rosmarinus officinalisRosemary33
Salvia sclareaClary, Europe sage, Clary Sage22
Salvia viridisClary, Annual clary22
Sassafras albidumSassafras, Common Sassafras53
Satureja hortensisSummer Savory32
Satureja montanaWinter Savory43
Satureja spicigeraCreeping Savory32
Satureja thymbraThyme-Leaved Savory22
Solidago virgaureaGoldenrod13
Tagetes erectaAfrican Marigold, Aztec marigold, Big Marigold, American Marigold33
Tagetes minutaMuster-John-Henry22
Tagetes patulaFrench Marigold, Dwarf French Marigold22
Teucrium chamaedrysWall Germander, Germander12
Teucrium marumCat Thyme02
Thuja occidentalisAmerican Arbor-Vitae, Arborvitae, Eastern Arborvitae, Siberian Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, Wh23
Trachyspermum ammiAjowan caraway23
Zanthoxylum bungeanum 23
Cedrela odorataCedar Wood, West Indian Cedar, SpanishCedar, Cigar-box Cedar, Cedro Hembra12
Cinnamomum loureiroiSaigon Cinnamon43
Citrus aurantiifoliaLime, Key Lime, Mexican Lime, Mexican Thornless Key Lime42
Eugenia brasiliensisGrumichama, Brazilian Plum42
Hibiscus sabdariffaRoselle33
Zingiber officinaleGinger: Common,Cooking Stem, Canton45
Coffea arabicaCoffee Arabica33
Commiphora myrrhaMyrrh, Myrrh Gum24
Copaifera coriaceaSapucaia tree24
Copaifera guyanensisHoepel, Guyanense Copaiba24
Copaifera langsdorffiiCopaiba, Langsdorf's copaifera14
Copaifera multijugaHayne oil, Copaiba,14
Copaifera officinalisCopaiba Balsam, Medicinal Copaiba24
Copaifera reticulataCopaiba, Reticulated Copaiba, Copaiba Balsam04
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Gossypium herbaceumLevant cotton33
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Melaleuca leucadendraPaperbark, Weeping Paperbark24
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