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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acer negundoBox Elder31
Acer platanoidesNorway Maple, Harlequin Maple20
Acer pseudoplatanusSycamore, Great Maple, Scottish Maple, Planetree Maple21
Acer saccharinumSilver Maple, River Maple, Soft Maple31
Alnus cordataItalian Alder00
Alnus glutinosaAlder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder03
Alnus rubraRed Alder, Oregon Alder22
Amelanchier alnifoliaSaskatoon, Saskatoon serviceberry, Serviceberry52
Amelanchier canadensisJuneberry, Canadian serviceberry, Serviceberry Downy, Shadblow, Shadbush, Serviceberry41
Amorpha canescensLead Plant22
Amorpha fruticosaFalse Indigo, False indigo bush12
Araucaria araucanaMonkey Puzzle Tree51
Arundo donaxGiant Reed, Giant Reed Grass32
Bumelia lanuginosaChittamwood20
Caragana arborescensSiberian Pea Tree, Siberian peashrub51
Caragana boisiiSiberian peatree40
Caragana fruticosaSiberian Peashrub,30
Casuarina cunninghamianaRiver She-Oak00
Casuarina glaucaSwamp Oak, Gray sheoak10
Cedrus deodaraDeodar, Deodar cedar02
Celtis occidentalisHackberry, Common hackberry31
Cornus asperifolia drummondiiRoughleaf Dogwood00
Cotoneaster conspicuusTibetan Cotoneaster, Cotoneaster00
Crataegus aestivalisEastern Mayhaw, May hawthorn, Mayhaw, Apple Hawthorn32
Cryptomeria japonicaJapanese Cedar, Sugi01
Cupressocyparis leylandiiLeyland Cypress00
Cupressus macrocarpaMonterey Cypress01
Eucalyptus dumosaWater Mallee10
Eucalyptus gummiferaRed Bloodwood13
Eucalyptus johnstoniiYellow Gum, Johnston's gum00
Eucalyptus paucifloraCabbage Gum, Snow gum00
Eucalyptus pauciflora niphophilaSnow Gum03
Fraxinus americanaWhite Ash12
Fraxinus excelsiorAsh, European ash, Common Ash22
Fraxinus latifoliaOregon Ash01
Fraxinus pennsylvanicaRed Ash, Green ash, Water Ash11
Fraxinus velutinaArizona Ash, Velvet ash, Modesto Ash, Fantex Ash00
Glyptostrobus pensilisChinese Swamp Cypress02
Ilex opacaAmerican Holly22
Juniperus scopulorumRocky Mountain Juniper, Weeping Rocky Mountian Juniper, Colorado Red Cedar32
Juniperus silicicolaSouthern Redcedar, Juniper, Southern Red Cedar22
Juniperus virginianaPencil Cedar, Eastern redcedar, Southern redcedar, Silver Cedar, Burk Eastern Red Cedar, Silver East22
Larix kaempferiJapanese Larch00
Larix x marschlinsiiDunkeld Hybrid Larch00
Lespedeza bicolorLespedeza, Shrub lespedeza30
Maclura pomiferaOsage Orange, Bois D'Arc12
Magnolia grandifloraSouthern Magnolia, Bull Bay, Large-flowered Magnolia, Southern Magnolia22
Malus hupehensisChinese Crab, Chinese crab apple, Tea Crabapple, Flowering Tea Crabapple20
Morus albaWhite Mulberry, Common Mulberry,43
Picea abiesNorway Spruce21
Picea glaucaWhite Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, Canadian Spruce22
Picea omorikaSerbian Spruce20
Picea pungensBlue Spruce, Colorado Spruce20
Pinus flexilisLimber Pine, Rocky Mountain White Pine32
Pinus halepensisAleppo Pine22
Pinus mugoDwarf Mountain Pine, Mugo pine, Mountain Pine12
Pinus muricataBishop's Pine22
Pinus nigraAustrian Pine, Black Pine12
Pinus nigra laricioCorsican Pine12
Pinus pinasterMaritime Pine22
Pinus ponderosaPonderosa Pine, Washoe pine32
Pinus radiataMonterey Pine12
Pinus sylvestrisScot's Pine, Scotch Pine23
Pinus thunbergiiJapanese Black Pine22
Pinus wallichianaHimalayan Blue Pine, Bhutan pine, Himalayan Pine22
Pittosporum tobiraTobira, Japanese cheesewood, Australian Laurel, Mock Orange, Japanese Pittosporum00
Platanus occidentalisButtonwood, American sycamore, American Planetree, Sycamore, American Sycamore12
Populus albaWhite Poplar12
Populus 'Balsam Spire'Tacatricho 3203
Populus deltoidesEastern Cottonwood, Plains cottonwood, Rio Grande cottonwood, Necklace Poplar22
Populus nigraBlack Poplar, Lombardy poplar13
Populus tremulaAspen Poplar, European aspen, Aspen12
Populus x canadensisCanadian Poplar, Carolina Poplar01
Populus x canescensGrey Poplar01
Prunus angustifoliaChickasaw Plum, Watson's plum, Hally Jolivette Cherry31
Prunus carolinianaAmerican Cherry Laurel, Carolina laurelcherry, Laurel Cherry,21
Prunus cerasiferaCherry Plum, Myrobalan Plum, Newport Cherry Plum, Pissard Plum41
Prunus insititiaDamson51
Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas Fir, Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir22
Pyracantha angustifoliaNarrowleaf firethorn, Pyracantha10
Pyrus communisWild Pear, Common pear21
Quercus ilexHolly Oak, Evergreen Oak52
Quercus ilex ballotaHolm Oak52
Quercus suberCork Oak22
Rhus glabraSmooth Sumach43
Rhus typhinaStag's Horn Sumach, Velvet Sumac, Staghorn Sumac42
Rhus x pulvinata 42
Salix acutifoliaSharp-Leaf Willow12
Salix albaWhite Willow13
Salix alba caeruleaCricket Bat Willow13
Salix alba vitellinaGolden Willow13
Salix atrocinereaRusty Sallow, large gray willow03
Salix 'Bowles hybrid' 12
Salix brachycarpashortfruit willow12
Salix capreaGoat Willow, Kilmarnock Willow, Pink Pussy Willow, Pussy Willow12
Salix daphnoidesViolet Willow, Daphne willow12
Salix eriocephalaMissouri Willow, Missouri River willow02
Salix purpurea lambertianaPurple Osier13
Sorbus ariaWhitebeam, Chess-apple31
Sorbus aucupariaMountain Ash, European mountain ash22
Sorbus intermediaSwedish Whitebeam20
Thuja plicataWestern Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar12
Tilia americanaAmerican Basswood, Carolina basswood, Basswood, AmericanBasswood, American Linden33
Ulex parviflorus 00
Ulmus parvifoliaChinese Elm, Lacebark Elm21
Ulmus pumilaSiberian Elm, Hybrid elm22
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Acacia coleiCole's wattle, Candelabra Wattle, Soap wattle, 32
Acacia cowleanaHall’s Creek wattle32
Acacia mearnsiiBlack Wattle, Late black wattle13
Acacia victoriaeBramble wattle. Gundabluey, Bardi bush42
Acrocarpus fraxinifoliusPink Cedar, Shingle Tree00
Adenanthera pavoninaRed Sandalwood, Coral Tree32
Agathis macrophyllaDakua00
Albizia proceraWhite Siris, Tall Albizia, Forest Siris12
Alchornea cordifoliaChristmas Bush24
Allocasuarina littoralisBlack She Oak, Bull Oak, Wayetuck10
Antidesma buniusBignay, Bignai42
Argania spinosaArgan Tree, Spiny Argania, Morocco Ironwood42
Artocarpus altilisBreadfruit54
Bactris gasipaesPeach Palm, Pupunha52
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Bambusa bambosGiant Thorny Bamboo33
Bambusa blumeanaSpiny Bamboo. Spiny bamboo, Thorny bamboo20
Bambusa heterostachyaMalay Dwarf Green00
Bambusa nutansNodding Bamboo, Mai bong20
Bambusa tuldaBengal Bamboo. Spineless Indian bamboo20
Bambusa vulgarisCommon Bamboo32
Barringtonia proceraPao nuts, Cut nut42
Bixa orellanaAnnatto (Lipstick Plant, Urucum, Colorau, Achiote )33
Boscia senegalensisAizen, Boscia42
Brosimum alicastrumBreadnut. Maya nut32
Cajanus cajanPigeon Pea, Puerto Rico Bean, Gandul, Dhal, Congo Pea42
Calliandra calothyrsusRed Calliandra, Powderpuff, Kaliandra00
Canarium indicumCanarium Nut, Ngali, Galip nut, kenari nut42
Canarium ovatumPili Nut43
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Caragana microphyllaLittleleaf Peashrub00
Casuarina equisetifoliaShe Oak, Common Ru, Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina12
Casuarina oligodonShe-oak, kilu00
Cedrela odorataCedar Wood, West Indian Cedar, SpanishCedar, Cigar-box Cedar, Cedro Hembra12
Corymbia citriodoraLemon-Scented Gum, blue spotted gum, lemon eucalyptus, eucalyptus citriodora.23
Croton megalocarpusCroton tree02
Dendrocalamus hamiltoniiTama Bamboo. Tufted bamboo30
Flemingia macrophyllaEnoki-mame12
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Inocarpus fagiferTahiti Chestnut, Polynesian Chestnut42
Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind32
Metroxylon saguSago Palm40
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Moringa stenopetalaAfrican horseradish tree, cabbagetree43
Neolamarckia cadambaAmboina, Kadam12
Nypa fruticansNipa Palm, Mangrove Palm32
Oxytenanthera abyssynicaSavanah Bamboo22
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Parkinsonia aculeataJerusalem Thorn32
Peltophorum pterocarpumCopperpod, Yellow Poinciana02
Pinus caribaeaCaribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine22
Pithecellobium dulceManila Tamarind, Madras Thorn42
Pongamia pinnataPongam, Karum Tree, Poonga-Oil Tree, Indian Beech03
Populus hybridsHybrid poplar33
Prosopis albaWhite carob tree, Algarrobo blanco32
Prosopis cinerariaJandi, Ghaf32
Prosopis julifloraMesquite, Honey Mesquite32
Senna siameaSiamese Senna, Kassod Tree11
Sesbania bispinosaPrickly Sesban22
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Syzygium cuminiJambolan, Java Plum, Malabar Plum, Jambu33
Talipariti tiliaceumBeach Hibiscus, Sea Hibiscus, Cottontree, Mahoe32
Tarchonanthus camphoratusCamphor Bush, Wild Camphor Bush13
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Thyrsostachys siamensisMonastery Bamboo40
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
Cupressus lusitanicaMexican Cypress02
Dalbergia melanoxylonAfrican Blackwood, Grenadilla, Mpingo02
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus grandisFlooded Gum, Gum, Rose Eucalyptus02
Eucalyptus robustaSwamp Mahogany, Eucalyptus Gum03
Gmelina arboreaGmelina, Snapdragon, White Teak22
Intsia bijugaMoluccan Ironwood, Ipil12
Lawsonia inermisHenna, Mignonette Tree03
Litsea cubebaMountain Pepper, Litsea22
Nauclea latifoliaAfrican Peach34
Prunus africanaPygeum05
Psidium cattleianumStrawberry Guava33
Syzygium jambosJambos, Rose Apple, Plum Rose32
Tamarindus indicaTamarind43
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
Toona sureniSuren22
Vitex keniensisFulu, Mkombachiko, Mufuu20
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