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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Aesculus paviaRed Buckeye21
Agastache rugosaKorean Mint43
Akebia quinataAkebia, Chocolate vine, Fiveleaf Akebia, Chocolate Vine42
Allium sativumGarlic, Cultivated garlic55
Allium sativum ophioscorodonSerpent Garlic55
Alnus japonicaJapanese Alder01
Aloe veraAloe Vera, Barbados aloe, First Aid Plant, Medicinal Aloe15
Aralia elataJapanese Angelica Tree, Angelica Tree32
Ardisia japonicaMarlberry03
Arisaema amurenseTian Nan Xing23
Aristolochia contortaMa Dou Ling13
Arnebia euchroma 02
Asparagus cochinchinensisChinese Asparagus33
Asparagus officinalisAsparagus, Garden asparagus43
Aster tataricusTartarian Aster13
Astragalus membranaceusHuang Qi05
Avena sativaOats, Common oat33
Bellis perennisDaisy, Lawndaisy, English Daisy23
Benincasa hispidaWax Gourd33
Berberis aggregataSalmon Barberry32
Berberis amurensis 22
Berberis angulosaLarge-Flowered Barberry32
Berberis aristataChitra, Indian Barberry or Tree Turmeric43
Berberis asiaticaChutro, Rasanjan (Nep); marpyashi (Newa); Daruharidra, Darbi (Sans)43
Berberis buxifoliaMagellan Barberry42
Berberis calliantha 22
Berberis canadensisAllegheny Barberry, American barberry32
Berberis capillaris 22
Berberis chengii 12
Berberis chinensis 12
Berberis chitria 22
Berberis concinna 22
Berberis cooperi 32
Berberis darwiniiDarwin's Barberry, Darwin's berberis42
Berberis empetrifolia 22
Berberis everstiana 22
Berberis fendleriColorado Barberry22
Berberis flexuosa 12
Berberis gagnepainii 22
Berberis georgiiBarberry32
Berberis heterophylla 12
Berberis jaeschkeana 12
Berberis koreanaKorean Barberry, Barberry12
Berberis lycium 33
Berberis parisepala 22
Berberis rariflora 22
Berberis rubrostilla 32
Berberis ruscifolia 22
Berberis sherriffii 12
Berberis sibirica 22
Berberis sieboldii 12
Berberis sikkimensis 22
Berberis soulieana 12
Berberis thunbergiiJapanese Barberry22
Berberis tomentosa 12
Berberis ulcina 22
Berberis verruculosa 22
Berberis vulgarisEuropean Barberry, Common barberry33
Berberis wilsoniaeWilson barberry32
Berberis x lologensis 32
Berberis x stenophylla 32
Betula platyphyllaWhite Birch, Asian white birch,22
Blechnum spicantHard Fern, Deer fern21
Brasenia schreberiWater Shield32
Brassica rapaTurnip, Field mustard, Toria, Yellow sarson32
Camellia japonicaCamellia, Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia32
Cannabis sativaHemp, Marijuana44
Capsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's Purse32
Caragana arborescensSiberian Pea Tree, Siberian peashrub51
Celastrus angulatus 01
Celastrus dependens 12
Celastrus flagellaris 11
Celastrus orbiculatusOriental Bittersweet12
Celastrus scandensClimbing Bittersweet, American bittersweet22
Cephalotaxus fortuneiChinese Plum Yew51
Cephalotaxus sinensisChinese Plum Yew41
Cercis canadensisRedbud, Eastern redbud, Mexican redbud,Texas redbud32
Chelidonium majusGreater Celandine, Swallow Wort, Greater Celandine13
Chimaphila maculataSpotted Wintergreen, Striped prince's pine, Pipsissewa13
Clematis chinensisWei Ling Xian12
Coix lacryma-jobiJob's Tears33
Conium maculatumHemlock, Poison hemlock12
Corydalis cava 03
Corydalis yanhusuoYan Hu Suo03
Cycas revolutaJapanese Sago Palm, Sago palm, King Sago Palm22
Cynoglossum officinaleHound's Tongue, Gypsyflower12
Daphne gnidiumFlax-Leaved Daphne01
Daphne laureolaSpurge Laurel01
Daphne mezereumMezereon, Paradise plant, February Daphne02
Diphylleia cymosaUmbrella Leaf, American umbrellaleaf02
Diphylleia sinensisUmbrella Leaf02
Dipsacus fullonumTeasel, Fuller's teasel02
Dipsacus japonicusXu Duan12
Dipsacus sativusFuller's Teasel, Indian teasel02
Elaeagnus angustifoliaOleaster, Russian olive42
Elaeagnus commutataSilverberry32
Elaeagnus cordifolia 52
Elaeagnus formosana 22
Elaeagnus fragrans 22
Elaeagnus glabraGoat nipple42
Elaeagnus gonyanthes 22
Elaeagnus latifoliaBastard Oleaster32
Elaeagnus macrophyllaBroad-leaved Oleaster52
Elaeagnus maritima 22
Elaeagnus montana 22
Elaeagnus multifloraGoumi, Cherry silverberry52
Elaeagnus multiflora ovataGoumi52
Elaeagnus oldhamii 22
Elaeagnus orientalisTrebizond Date42
Elaeagnus parvifoliaAutumn olive42
Elaeagnus pungensElaeagnus, Thorny olive, Thorny Elaeagnus, Oleaster, Silverberry, Silverthorn, Pungent Elaeagnus52
Elaeagnus pyriformis 22
Elaeagnus thunbergii 22
Elaeagnus umbellataAutumn Olive42
Elaeagnus x ebbingeiElaeagnus, Ebbing's Silverberry52
Elaeagnus x reflexaTurned-leaf Elaeagnus32
Elaeagnus yoshinoi 22
Equisetum hyemaleDutch Rush, Scouringrush horsetail, Horsetail, Scouring Rush, Rough Horsetail22
Euonymus alatusWinged Spindle Tree, Burningbush, Corky spindletree12
Euonymus fortuneiWinter Creeper, Wintercreeper Euonymus01
Euphorbia helioscopiaMadwoman's Milk12
Euphorbia lathyrisCaper Spurge, Moleplant12
Fagopyrum dibotrysPerennial Buckwheat42
Ficus caricaFig, Edible fig, Fig Common42
Forsythia suspensaLian Qiao, Weeping forsythia13
Fritillaria verticillata 23
Galium aparineGoosegrass, Coachweed, Catchweed, Stickywilly23
Gaultheria hispidaSnowberry21
Gaultheria hispidulaCreeping Snowberry41
Gaultheria japonicaCreeping Snowberry41
Ginkgo bilobaMaidenhair Tree, Ginkgo55
Gleditsia triacanthosHoney Locust32
Gnaphalium luteoalbumJersey Cudweed11
Gutierrezia sarothraeBroomweed, Broom snakeweed02
Helenium autumnaleSneezeweed, Common sneezeweed, Fall sneezeweed, Mountain sneezeweed, False Sunflower02
Helianthemum canadenseFrostweed, Longbranch frostweed02
Hemerocallis fulvaCommon Day Lily, Orange daylily, Tawny Daylily, Double Daylily52
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelusYellow Day Lily42
Hemerocallis minorGrassleaf Day Lily, Small daylily41
Heuchera americanaRock Geranium, American alumroot, Alumroot, Coral Bells, Rock Geranium03
Hippophae goniocarpa 33
Hippophae gyantsensis 33
Hippophae neurocarpa 33
Hippophae rhamnoidesSea Buckthorn, Seaberry55
Hippophae rhamnoides turkestanicaSea Buckthorn55
Hippophae salicifoliaWillow-Leaved Sea Buckthorn53
Hippophae sinensisChinese Sea Buckthorn53
Hippophae tibetanaTibetan Sea Buckthorn43
Hordeum vulgareBarley, Common barley43
Hosta plantaginaeAugust Lily11
Ilex purpurea 02
Impatiens balsaminaRose Balsam, Spotted snapweed, Touch-Me-Not, Garden Balsam22
Imperata cylindricaCogongrass, Japanese Blood Grass33
Inula britannicaXuan Fu Hua, British yellowhead03
Isatis tinctoriaWoad, Dyer's woad23
Isodon japonicus 11
Jeffersonia diphyllaTwinleaf, Rheumatism Root02
Jeffersonia dubiaTwinleaf02
Juglans mandschuricaManchurian Walnut31
Juglans regiaWalnut, English walnut, Persian Walnut,43
Juniperus silicicolaSouthern Redcedar, Juniper, Southern Red Cedar22
Juniperus virginianaPencil Cedar, Eastern redcedar, Southern redcedar, Silver Cedar, Burk Eastern Red Cedar, Silver East22
Lachnanthes carolinaRed Root02
Lamium albumWhite Dead Nettle23
Laurus nobilisBay Tree, Sweet bay, Grecian Laurel, True Laurel,33
Lepidium meyeniiMaca53
Lespedeza capitataRoundhead Lespedeza12
Liatris chapmaniiChapman's Blazing Star01
Ligularia hodgsonii 12
Linum usitatissimumFlax, Common flax43
Liquidambar formosanaFormosan Gum, Chinese Sweet Gum, Formosa Sweet Gum03
Lolium perennePerennial Ryegrass, Italian ryegrass, Darnel, Lyme Grass, Terrell Grass, English Ryegrass, Strand Wh11
Lycium afrum 12
Lycium andersoniiWolfberry, Water jacket12
Lycium arabicum 12
Lycium australe 12
Lycium barbarumGoji, Box Thorn, Matrimony vine43
Lycium berlandieriBerlandier's wolfberry12
Lycium carolinianumChristmas Berry, Carolina desert-thorn32
Lycium chinenseChinese Boxthorn, Chinese desert-thorn43
Lycium europaeumEuropean tea-tree, Box thorn,32
Lycium fremontiiDesert Thorn, Fremont's desert-thorn12
Lycium pallidumPale Wolfberry, Pale desert-thorn, Rabbit thorn32
Lycium ruthenicum 32
Lycium schweinfurthii 22
Lycium torreyiSquawthorn, Torrey wolfberry22
Lycoris radiataSpider Lily, Red spider lily, Nerine Lily, Short tube Lycoris22
Mahonia bealeiBeale's barberry, Leatherleaf Mahonia32
Mahonia confusa 32
Mahonia fortuneiFortune's Mahonia32
Mahonia japonica 32
Menispermum davuricum 02
Mentha arvensisCorn Mint, Wild mint32
Mentha arvensis piperascensJapanese Mint32
Mentha spicataSpearmint43
Narcissus tazettaBunchflower Daffodil, Cream narcissus02
Nelumbo nuciferaSacred Water Lotus, Sacred lotus43
Nerium oleanderOleander, Rose Bay02
Nymphaea odorataFragrant Water Lily, American white waterlily33
Onopordum acanthiumScotch Thistle, Scotch cottonthistle21
Ophiopogon japonicusSnake's Beard, Dwarf lilyturf, Mondo Grass, Monkey Grass, Dwarf Lilyturf23
Orchis laxifloraMarsh Orchis22
Orobanche fasciculataCancer Root, Clustered broomrape12
Orostachys japonicaRock Pine02
Oxalis violaceaViolet Wood Sorrel31
Papaver rhoeasCorn Poppy, Field Poppy, Shirley Poppy23
Pelargonium graveolensRose Geranium, Sweet scented geranium23
Petroselinum crispumParsley44
Phaseolus vulgarisFrench Bean, Kidney bean52
Phleum pratenseTimothy01
Physalis minimaSunberry, Pygmy groundcherry31
Physalis virginianaVirginia Ground Cherry21
Phytolacca americanaPokeweed, American pokeweed, Garnet, Pigeon Berry, Poke33
Picea engelmanniiMountain Spruce, Engelmann spruce22
Pinellia pedatisectaHu Zhang02
Pinellia ternataBan Xia, Crowdipper13
Podophyllum aurantiocaule 22
Podophyllum hexandrumHimalayan May Apple24
Podophyllum peltatumAmerican Mandrake, Mayapple, Ground Lemon, Mandrake, Mayapple24
Podophyllum pleianthum 23
Podophyllum versipelle 23
Polygonum orientalePrince's Feather, Kiss me over the garden gate22
Quercus rubraRed Oak, Northern red oak32
Raphanus sativusRadish, Cultivated radish43
Raphanus sativus caudatusRat-Tail Radish33
Raphanus sativus nigerOriental Radish43
Raphanus sativus oleiformisFodder Radish33
Rhus succedaneaWax Tree12
Robinia pseudoacaciaBlack Locust, Yellow Locust32
Rosa acicularisPrickly Rose22
Rosa arkansanaLow Prairie Rose21
Rosa arkansana suffultaPrairie Rose21
Rosa banksiaeBanksia Rose21
Rosa blandaLabrador Rose, Smooth rose, Hispid rose22
Rosa californicaCalifornia Wild Rose22
Rosa caninaDog Rose33
Rosa carolinaPasture Rose, Carolina rose21
Rosa centifoliaProvence Rose, Cabbage rose22
Rosa chinensisChina Rose12
Rosa coriifolia 21
Rosa corymbiferaDog rose31
Rosa cymosa 22
Rosa davuricaAmur rose21
Rosa dumalis 21
Rosa fedtschenkoana 21
Rosa fraxinellaefolia 21
Rosa gallicaFrench Rose22
Rosa giganteaManipur Wild-Tea Rose31
Rosa glaucaRed-Leafed Rose21
Rosa gymnocarpaWood Rose, Dwarf rose, Gasquet rose21
Rosa hemsleyana 21
Rosa laevigataCherokee Rose23
Rosa laxa 21
Rosa macrophylla 21
Rosa majalisCinnamon Rose, Double cinnamon rose21
Rosa mancaMancos rose21
Rosa maracandica 21
Rosa micranthaSmallflower sweetbrier21
Rosa moschataMusk Rose21
Rosa moyesii 21
Rosa multifloraJapanese Rose, Multiflora rose22
Rosa nutkanaNootka Rose, Bristly Nootka rose32
Rosa obtusifolia 21
Rosa pimpinellifoliaBurnet Rose, Scotch rose21
Rosa pisocarpaCluster Rose, Ahart's cluster rose22
Rosa roxburghiiSweet Chestnut Rose, Chestnut rose21
Rosa rubiginosaSweet Briar, Sweetbriar rose23
Rosa rugosaRamanas Rose, Rugosa rose52
Rosa sericeaHimalayan Rose21
Rosa sericea pteracantha 21
Rosa setipoda 21
Rosa sherardiiSherard's downy rose21
Rosa sweginzowiiSweginzow's rose21
Rosa tomentosaWhitewoolly rose21
Rosa villosaApple Rose41
Rosa virginianaVirginia Rose21
Rosa webbiana 21
Rosa wichuraianaMemorial Rosa21
Rosa woodsiiWestern Wild Rose, Woods' rose, Tehachapi rose22
Rosa x beanii 21
Rosa x damascenaDamask Rose21
Rosa x odorataTea Rose21
Rumex crispusCurled Dock, Curly dock23
Salvia multiorrhizaDan Shen03
Sasa kurilensisChishima Zasa41
Schisandra chinensisMagnolia Vine, Wu Wei Zi45
Schisandra sphenanthera 25
Scirpus lacustrisBulrush31
Scrophularia marilandicaCarpenter's Square02
Secale cerealeRye, Cereal rye41
Smilax glabratufuling23
Solanum dulcamaraBittersweet. Bittersweet Nightshade, Climbing nightshade, Bittersweet, Deadly Nightshade, Poisonous03
Solanum lyratum 12
Sonchus oleraceusSow Thistle, Common sowthistle22
Sophora tonkinensis 02
Taraxacum heterolepis 12
Taraxacum mongolicum 13
Taraxacum sinicum 13
Taraxacum variegatum 10
Taxus baccataYew, English yew, Common Yew34
Taxus brevifoliaPacific Yew34
Taxus canadensisCanadian Yew34
Taxus cuspidataJapanese Yew34
Tephrosia virginianaCatgut, Virginia tephrosia02
Trapa bicornisLing, Horn nut41
Trichosanthes kirilowiiChinese Cucumber24
Trichosanthes kirilowii japonica 33
Trifolium pratenseRed Clover33
Tulipa edulis 22
Vaccinium bracteatumSea Bilberry11
Viola odorataSweet Violet, English Violet, Garden Violet, Sweet Violet, Florist's Violet53
Viola patriniiChina violet32
Zea maysSweet Corn, Corn53
Ziziphus jujubaJujube43
Scutellaria baicalensisBaikal Skullcap - Huang-Qin13
Albizia proceraWhite Siris, Tall Albizia, Forest Siris12
Aloe arborescensCandelabra Aloe, Tree Aloe, Mountain Bush Aloe25
Annona squamosaSugar Apple, Sweetsop, Custard Apple52
Artocarpus altilisBreadfruit54
Bacopa monnieriHerb of Grace, Brahmi, Smooth Water Hyssop34
Bixa orellanaAnnatto (Lipstick Plant, Urucum, Colorau, Achiote )33
Canavalia gladiataSword Bean32
Carica papayaPapaya, Mamo, Melon Tree53
Casimiroa edulisWhite Sapote, Mexican Apple53
Garcinia kolaBitter Kola34
Linum hybridsPerennial Flax44
Prunus armeniaca mandschuricaManchurian apricot43
Simarouba amaraParadise tree, bitterwood34
Simarouba glaucaParadise Tree, Bitterwood, Dysentery-bark34
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Plectranthus rotundifoliusChinese Potato, Hausa Potato32
Aquilaria crassnaAgar Wood, Agarwood03
Aquilaria malaccensisAgar Wood, Eaglewood, Indian Aloewood, Aloeswood13
Aquilaria sinensisAgar Wood, Pak Muk Heung, White Wood Incense03
Brucea antidysentericaWaginos14
Catharanthus roseusMadagascar Periwinkle, Jasmine, Cayenne Old Maid Periwinkle14
Costus aferSpiral Ginger, Ginger lily, White spiral costus.24
Croton lechleriSangre De Grado, Dragon's blood04
Croton palanostigmaSangre De Grado, Dragon's blood04
Croton salutarisSangre De Grado, Dragon's blood04
Cupressus lusitanicaMexican Cypress02
Eucalyptus grandisFlooded Gum, Gum, Rose Eucalyptus02
Euclea divinorumMagic Guarri22
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Gloriosa superbaGloriosa Lily, Climbing Lily, Flame Lily04
Handroanthus impetiginosusPau D'Arco, Pink Trumpet Tree24
Himatanthus sucuubaPlumeria sucuuba04
Hydnocarpus kurziiChaulmugra04
Maytenus obtusifoliaBlunt folia Maytenus24
Paederia foetidaSkunk Vine24
Petiveria alliaceaGuinea Hen Weed04
Pfaffia paniculataPfaffia04
Pterocarpus indicusAmboyna, Indian Padauk, Burmese Rosewood, Narra, Bloodwood22
Quassia amaraBitterwood, Amargo Bark24
Smilax officinalisHonduran sarsaparilla24
Tabebuia roseaApamate, Pink Poui, Pink Tecoma, Rosy Trumpet Tree02
Terminalia chebulaBlack Myrobalan, Chebulic Myroblan,35
Terminalia sambesiaca 04
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
Tinospora crispaPatawali, Akar Patawali04
Turraeanthus africanusAvodire02
Uncaria guianensisCat's Claw24
Uncaria tomentosaCat's Claw24
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