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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Achillea ptarmicaSneeze-Wort, Sneezeweed21
Acorus gramineusGrass-leaved Sweet Rush, Japanese Sweet Flag, Dwarf Sweet Flag33
Agapanthus africanusAfrican Lily, Lily of the nile01
Agapanthus campanulatus 01
Agapanthus praecox minimus 11
Agastache foeniculumAnise Hyssop, Blue giant hyssop51
Ailanthus altissimaTree Of Heaven13
Allium tuberosumGarlic Chives, Chinese chives, Oriental Chives,52
Aralia hispidaBristly Sarsaparilla21
Arnebia benthamii 01
Asparagus officinalisAsparagus, Garden asparagus43
Atherosperma moschatumBlack Sassafras22
Avena sativaOats, Common oat33
Calycanthus floridusCarolina Allspice, Eastern sweetshrub, Strawberry Bush, Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice32
Catalpa bignonioidesIndian Bean Tree, Southern catalpa02
Celastrus scandensClimbing Bittersweet, American bittersweet22
Centella asiaticaGotu Kola, Spadeleaf25
Cercocarpus ledifoliusMountain Mahogany, Curl-leaf mountain mahogany12
Chaenactis douglasiiMorning Brides, Douglas' dustymaiden, Alpine dustymaiden02
Cichorium intybusChicory, Radicchio, Succory, Witloof43
Citrullus lanatusWater Melon43
Clintonia borealisBluebeard21
Corchorus capsularisJute32
Coronilla emerusScorpion Senna01
Coronilla scorpioidesAnnual Scorpion Vetch, Yellow crownvetch01
Corydalis aureaScrambled Eggs02
Corylus cornutaBeaked Hazel, California hazelnut, Turkish Filbert, Turkish Hazel31
Crataegus acclivis 42
Crataegus canbyiCockspur hawthorn, Dwarf Hawthorn, Cockspur Hawthorn22
Crataegus chlorosarca 32
Crataegus holmesianaHolmes' hawthorn42
Crataegus meyeri 32
Crataegus reverchoniiReverchon's Hawthorn22
Cydonia oblongaQuince42
Dalea purpureaPurple Prairie Clover21
Dentaria diphyllaCrinkleroot42
Digitalis ferrugineaRusty Foxglove02
Digitalis grandifloraLarge Yellow Foxglove02
Digitalis laevigata 02
Digitalis lanataGrecian Foxglove04
Digitalis luteaYellow Foxglove, Straw foxglove04
Digitalis purpureaFoxglove, Purple foxglove, Common Foxglove04
Ecballium elateriumSquirting Cucumber02
Elaeagnus latifoliaBastard Oleaster32
Elaeagnus umbellataAutumn Olive42
Ephedra equisetinaMuzei Ma Huang, Ma huang14
Ephedra majorMa Huang14
Ephedra sinicaMa Huang, Chinese ephedra14
Equisetum arvenseField Horsetail23
Eriogonum jamesiiAntelope Sage, James' buckwheat02
Erysimum diffusumDiffuse wallflower01
Euonymus atropurpureusWahoo- Indian Arrow Wood - Burning Bush, Eastern wahoo12
Filipendula rubraQueen Of The Prairie, Meadowsweet01
Galium odoratumSweet Woodruff, Sweetscented bedstraw, Bedstraw33
Gratiola officinalisHedge Hyssop02
Helleborus nigerBlack Hellebore02
Helleborus viridisGreen Hellebore02
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
Ilex pubescens 02
Ipomoea leptophyllaBush Moon Flower32
Leonurus cardiacaMotherwort, Common motherwort23
Leonurus sibiricusChinese Motherwort, Honeyweed23
Lewisia redivivaBitter-Root22
Lilium lancifoliumTiger Lily, Devil Lily42
Lilium martagonTurk's Cap Lily, Martagon lily21
Liriodendron tulipiferaTulip Tree, Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar, Canary Whitewood12
Lycopersicon esculentumTomato43
Lycopersicon pimpinellifoliumCurrant Tomato42
Lycopus virginicusBugleweed, Virginia water horehound23
Maclura pomiferaOsage Orange, Bois D'Arc12
Menziesia ferrugineaFalse Huckleberry, Rusty menziesia21
Myrica rubraChinese Bayberry22
Oxydendrum arboreumSorrel Tree, Sourwood32
Paeonia browniiBrown's Peony12
Pedicularis canadensisCommon Lousewort12
Periploca graecaSilk Vine01
Pinus massonianaChinese Red Pine22
Plantago asiaticaChe Qian Zi13
Prunus emarginataBitter Cherry22
Psoralea corylifoliaBu Gu Zhi14
Pueraria montana lobataKudzu Vine45
Pulsatilla koreanaKorean Pasque Flower02
Punica granatumPomegranate, Dwarf Pomegranate44
Rehmannia glutinosaChinese Foxglove - Di Huang13
Rhododendron maximumRosebay Rhododendron, Great laurel01
Rhododendron ponticumRhododendron01
Rohdea japonica 02
Rosa x damascenaDamask Rose21
Rosmarinus officinalisRosemary33
Rubus idaeusRaspberry, American red raspberry, Grayleaf red raspberry53
Rubus strigosusAmerican Red Raspberry, Grayleaf red raspberry33
Salvia melliferaCalifornian Black Sage12
Sanicula canadensisBlack Snakeroot01
Scrophularia ningpoensis 03
Senna marilandicaWild Senna, Maryland senna03
Siegesbeckia orientalis pubescens 12
Vaccinium membranaceumMountain Huckleberry, Thinleaf huckleberry31
Viola mirabiliswonder violet31
Viola tricolorHeartsease, Johnny jumpup, Field Pansy,23
Viscum albumMistletoe, European mistletoe13
Wisteria sinensisChinese Wisteria11
Annona muricataSour Sop43
Bacopa monnieriHerb of Grace, Brahmi, Smooth Water Hyssop34
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Baccharis genistelloidesCarqueja04
Baphia nitidaCamwood, Baphia22
Ciliosemina pedunculataCiliosemina04
Cinchona micranthaHuannco24
Cinchona officinalisLojabark25
Cinchona pubescensQuinine tree, Red Bark, Cinchona, Quina, Quinquina, Quinine Bark, Peruvian Bark, Jesuit's Bark25
Costus aferSpiral Ginger, Ginger lily, White spiral costus.24
Cullen corylifoliumBu Gu Zhi14
Erythrina vernaMulungu04
Erythrophleum ivorenseOrdealtree, sasswoodtree13
Erythrophleum suaveolensErun, ordealtree, Sasswood Tree03
Guarea guidoniaMuskwood , Carrapeta, Cedro Macho02
Milicia excelsaAfrican Teak23
Milicia regiaOroko, Iroko22
Pausinystalia johimbeYohimbe05
Pausinystalia macrocerasFalse johimbe05
Ptaeroxylon obliquumSneezewood02
Ptychopetalum olacoidesMuira Puama, marapuama04
Ptychopetalum uncinatumMuira Puama04
Strychnos potatorumClearing Nut22
Tamarindus indicaTamarind43
Terminalia arjunaArjuna, Terminalia24
Terminalia chebulaBlack Myrobalan, Chebulic Myroblan,35
Theobroma glaucum 43
Theobroma grandiflorumCupuassu, Cupuacu43
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