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