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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acanthocereus tetragonusPitahaya. Barbed-wire cactus.30
Agave cantala agaveAgave20
Agave fourcroydesHenequen01
Agave lechuguillaIxtle, Chihuahua12
Agave salmianaPulque Agave, Giant Agave30
Agave sisalanaSisal22
Agave tequilanaBlue Agave, Mescal, Tequila.40
Agave viviparaMescal Casero30
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Ananas comosusPineapple52
Bixa orellanaAnnatto (Lipstick Plant, Urucum, Colorau, Achiote )33
Bromelia karatasAnanas pingouin, Karatas, Camburito32
Bromelia pinguinPinuela. Pinguin30
Bromelia serraBayonet bromeliad10
Bursera simarubaGum Tree, Gumbo Limbo22
Caragana arborescensSiberian Pea Tree, Siberian peashrub51
Cassia grandisCoral shower, Horse Cassia12
Cereus hildmannianusHildmania cactus, Hedge cactus30
Cereus repandusPeruvian apple cactus30
Chrysobalanus icacoCoco Plum, Paradise Plum42
Cnidoscolus aconitifoliusTree Spinach, Tread Softly, Cabbage Star, Chaya43
Cornus sericeaRed Osier Dogwood, Western dogwood22
Cylindropuntia spp.Cholla30
Erythrina edulisBalu. Andean tree bean32
Erythrina poeppigianaMountain Immortelle. Madre de Cacao10
Erythrina sandwicensisWiliwili, Hawaiian coral tree02
Erythrina subumbransDadap. December tree22
Escontria chiotillaChiotilla, Jiotilla40
Euphorbia lacteaMottled Spurge00
Euphorbia neriifoliaFleshy spurge, Hedge Euphorbia, Oleander spurge22
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Furcraea acaulisCocuiza00
Furcraea cabuyaCabuya00
Furcraea foetidaMauritius Hemp02
Furcraea hexapetalaFique, Cuban Hemp01
Gleditsia triacanthosHoney Locust32
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Guazuma ulmifoliaBastard Cedar. West Indian elm, Guasimo23
Hibiscus tilliaceusBeach Hibiscus, Sea Hibiscus21
Inga edulisIce Cream Bean, Monkey Tamarind42
Inga veraIce cream bean, River koko, Guaba, Pois Doux22
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind32
Maclura pomiferaOsage Orange, Bois D'Arc12
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Morus albaWhite Mulberry, Common Mulberry,43
Nopalea cochenilliferaCochineal plant.22
Opuntia dilleniiDillen prickly pear, 30
Opuntia ficus-indicaPrickly Pear, Barbary fig32
Opuntia tomentosaVelvet prickly pear, Woollyjoint Pricklypear30
Pachycereus hollianusBaboso, Acompes00
Pereskia sacharosaGuayapa, Sacharosa, Cuguchi20
Pithecellobium dulceManila Tamarind, Madras Thorn42
Prinsepia utilisCherry prinsepia42
Prunus spinosaSloe - Blackthorn32
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Sesbania sesbanSesban22
Stenocereus griseusCactaceae. Pitaya, Organpipe cactus30
Stenocereus stellatusJoconostle cactus, Baja organ pipe cactus30
Tithonia diversifoliaMexican Sunflower03
Treculia africanaAfrican Breadfruit or Breadnut42
Yucca baccataSpanish Bayonet, Banana yucca, Blue Yucca, Spanish Yucca41
Yucca elataSoap Tree, Soaptree yucca, Soapweed, Soapweed Yucca20
Yucca filamentosaSpoonleaf Yucca, Adam's needle, Desert Candle, Needle Palm, St. Peter's Palm, Spanish Bayonet, Comm31
Yucca giganteaSpineless yucca, Izote30
Yucca gloriosaSpanish Dagger, moundlily yucca, Palm Lily, Roman Candle, Mound Lily Yucca, Spanish Dagger21
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