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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Aesculus hippocastanumHorse Chestnut, European Horsechestnut, Common Horsechestnut34
Aesculus indicaIndian Horse Chestnut31
Aletris farinosaUnicorn Root - Colic Root, White colicroot13
Arctostaphylos alpinaAlpine Bearberry21
Asimina trilobaPapaw42
Atropa acuminataIndian Belladonna03
Atropa bella-donnaDeadly Nightshade, Belladonna03
Bidens tripartitaBurr Marigold, Threelobe beggarticks22
Buxus sempervirensBox, Common box, American Boxwood12
Cannabis sativaHemp, Marijuana44
Chelidonium majusGreater Celandine, Swallow Wort, Greater Celandine13
Comandra pallidaPale Bastard Toadflax11
Coriandrum sativumCoriander - Dhania - Cilantro, Coriander44
Crocus sativusSaffron33
Cycas circinalisSago Palm, Queen sago, Fern Palm, Queen Sago Palm21
Cynoglossum officinaleHound's Tongue, Gypsyflower12
Datura inoxiaDowny Thorn Apple, Pricklyburr13
Datura quercifoliaOak Leaf Datura, Chinese thorn-apple13
Datura stramoniumThorn Apple, Jimsonweed, Jamestown Weed04
Delphinium nudicauleRed Larkspur, Larkspur01
Desfontainia spinosaTaique01
Diervilla loniceraBush Honeysuckle, Northern bush honeysuckle02
Erythrina acanthocarpa 01
Erythrina crista-galliCoral Tree, Crybabytree01
Erythrina herbaceaCardinal Spear, Redcardinal11
Erythrina humeanaDwarf Kaffirboom, Dwarf erythrina01
Erythrina x bidwillii 01
Erythrina zeyheriPrickly Cardinal01
Helleborus nigerBlack Hellebore02
Helleborus viridisGreen Hellebore02
Hyoscyamus albusWhite Henbane04
Hyoscyamus nigerHenbane, Black henbane04
Kalmia angustifoliaSheep Laurel02
Kalmia latifoliaMountain Laurel, Calico Bush, Ivy02
Kalmia polifoliaSwamp Laurel, Bog laurel02
Lachnanthes carolinaRed Root02
Lactuca sativaLettuce, Garden lettuce33
Lactuca serriolaPrickly Lettuce23
Lactuca virosaWild Lettuce, Bitter lettuce13
Lathyrus aphacaYellow-Flowered Pea11
Laurus nobilisBay Tree, Sweet bay, Grecian Laurel, True Laurel,33
Ledum groenlandicumLabrador Tea, Bog Labrador tea23
Ledum palustreWild Rosemary, Marsh Labrador tea23
Lobelia tupaDevil's Tobacco01
Lycopus americanusWater Horehound, American water horehound13
Lycopus virginicusBugleweed, Virginia water horehound23
Mandragora officinarumMandrake12
Meconopsis aculeata 12
Meconopsis napaulensisHimalayan Poppy11
Melilotus indicusAnnual Yellow Sweetclover12
Myrica ceriferaWax Myrtle - Bayberry Wild Cinnamon, Southern Bayberry, Wax Myrtle, Southern Wax Myrtle33
Nicotiana rusticaWild Tobacco, Aztec tobacco02
Nicotiana tabacumTobacco, Cultivated tobacco22
Oenanthe aquaticaWater Dropwort, Fineleaf waterdropwort02
Papaver somniferumOpium Poppy44
Paris polyphyllaHerb Paris12
Paris quadrifoliaHerb Paris02
Passiflora incarnataMaypops - Passion Flower, Purple passionflower, Apricot Vine, Maypop, Wild Passion Flower, Purple Pa33
Peganum harmalaSyrian Rue, Harmal peganum13
Phaseolus vulgarisFrench Bean, Kidney bean52
Phytolacca americanaPokeweed, American pokeweed, Garnet, Pigeon Berry, Poke33
Prunus laurocerasusCherry Laurel, English Laurel43
Reseda luteolaWeld, Dyer's Rocket01
Rhus toxicodendronEastern Poison Oak02
Robinia pseudoacaciaBlack Locust, Yellow Locust32
Santalum lanceolatum 11
Scopolia carniolicaScopolia, European scopolia02
Solanum dulcamaraBittersweet. Bittersweet Nightshade, Climbing nightshade, Bittersweet, Deadly Nightshade, Poisonous03
Solanum melongenaAubergine, Eggplant32
Solanum nigrumBlack Nightshade, Common Nightshade, Poisonberry, Black Nightshade22
Solanum scabrumGarden Huckleberry32
Sophora secundifloraMescal Bean, Texas Mountain Laurel01
Spigelia marilandicaIndian Pink, Woodland pinkroot03
Stipa viridulaGreen Needlegrass01
Symplocarpus foetidusSkunk Cabbage23
Tagetes lucidaMexican Tarragon, Sweetscented marigold43
Taxus baccataYew, English yew, Common Yew34
Veratrum virideIndian Poke, American Hellebore12
Verbascum thapsusGreat Mullein, Common mullein, Aaron's Rod, Flannel Plant, Hag Taper, Mullein, Torches, Velvet Plant13
Viscum albumMistletoe, European mistletoe13
Withania somniferaAshwagandha - Indian Ginseng, Withania14
Ziziphus jujubaJujube43
Annona muricataSour Sop43
Casimiroa edulisWhite Sapote, Mexican Apple53
Garcinia brasiliensisBacupari42
Passiflora laurifoliaYellow Granadilla42
Passiflora quadrangularisGiant Granadilla, Badea42
Phaseolus vulgarisFrench Bean, Kidney bean52
Tarchonanthus camphoratusCamphor Bush, Wild Camphor Bush13
Erythrina vernaMulungu04
Erythroxylum cocaCoca, Little Coca14
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