Latin Name | Common Name | Edibility Rating | Medicinal Rating |
Aesculus indica | Indian Horse Chestnut | 3 | 1 |
Ailanthus altissima | Tree Of Heaven | 1 | 3 |
Albizia julibrissin | Mimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree, | 2 | 2 |
Allium ampeloprasum | Wild Leek, Broadleaf wild leek | 5 | 3 |
Allium cepa | Onion, Garden onion | 5 | 3 |
Allium cepa aggregatum | Potato Onion | 4 | 3 |
Allium cepa ascalonicum | Shallot | 5 | 3 |
Allium cepa proliferum | Tree Onion, Walking Onion | 5 | 3 |
Allium porrum | Leek, Garden leek | 4 | 2 |
Allium sativum | Garlic, Cultivated garlic | 5 | 5 |
Allium sativum ophioscorodon | Serpent Garlic | 5 | 5 |
Allium ursinum | Wild Garlic | 5 | 3 |
Amaranthus caudatus | Love Lies Bleeding | 4 | 1 |
Amelanchier arborea | Downy Serviceberry, Alabama serviceberry, Juneberry, Common Serviceberry, Downy Serviceberry | 3 | 1 |
Amelanchier canadensis | Juneberry, Canadian serviceberry, Serviceberry Downy, Shadblow, Shadbush, Serviceberry | 4 | 1 |
Amorpha canescens | Lead Plant | 2 | 2 |
Anemone canadensis | Canadian Anemone | 0 | 2 |
Artemisia abrotanum | Southernwood | 1 | 3 |
Artemisia campestris | Field Southernwood | 0 | 2 |
Artemisia indica | | 1 | 3 |
Artemisia maritima | Sea Wormwood | 1 | 2 |
Artemisia sieversiana | | 1 | 2 |
Asarum canadense | Snake Root, Canadian wildginger, Canada Wild Ginger, Wild Ginger | 3 | 3 |
Asarum forbesii | Du Heng | 0 | 1 |
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed, Swamp Butterfly Weed, Marsh Milkweed | 3 | 2 |
Athyrium filix-femina | Lady Fern, Common ladyfern, Subarctic ladyfern, Asplenium ladyfern, Southern Lady Fern, Tatting Fer | 1 | 2 |
Bauhinia variegata | Mountain Ebony | 1 | 2 |
Benincasa hispida | Wax Gourd | 3 | 3 |
Berberis thunbergii | Japanese Barberry | 2 | 2 |
Betula lenta | Cherry Birch, Sweet birch, Black Birch, Cherry Birch | 3 | 3 |
Brasenia schreberi | Water Shield | 3 | 2 |
Brassica oleracea | Wild Cabbage, Broccoli, Tronchuda cabbage, Brussels sprouts, Kohlrabi, Sprouting broccoli | 4 | 2 |
Caesalpinia decapetala | Mysore Thorn, Shoofly | 0 | 2 |
Callitris endlicheri | Red Cypress-Pine | 0 | 1 |
Camellia oleifera | Tea-Oil Plant, Tea Oil Camellia | 2 | 2 |
Cannabis sativa | Hemp, Marijuana | 4 | 4 |
Capparis spinosa | Caper,Common Caper, Caper Bush | 2 | 3 |
Catalpa bungei | | 0 | 2 |
Caulophyllum robustum | Papoose Root | 2 | 2 |
Caulophyllum thalictroides | Papoose Root, Blue cohosh | 1 | 3 |
Cercis chinensis | Chinese Redbud | 1 | 2 |
Chenopodium album | Fat Hen, Lambsquarters | 3 | 2 |
Chenopodium botrys | Jerusalem Oak, Jerusalem oak goosefoot | 2 | 2 |
Cinnamomum camphora | Camphor, Camphortree | 2 | 3 |
Cleome gynandra | African Spider Flower, Spiderwisp | 0 | 2 |
Cleome viscosa | Tickweed, Asian spiderflower | 2 | 2 |
Clerodendrum bungei | Glory Flower, Rose glorybower, Cashmere Bouquet, Mexican Hydrangea, Glory Bower | 0 | 1 |
Coix lacryma-jobi | Job's Tears | 3 | 3 |
Consolida regalis | Larkspur, Royal knight's-spur | 0 | 3 |
Cornus alternifolia | Green Osier, Alternateleaf dogwood, Alternate Leaf Dogwood, Golden Shadows Pagoda Dogwood, Green Osi | 0 | 2 |
Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood | 2 | 2 |
Corylus avellana | Common Hazel, Common filbert, European Filbert, Harry Lauder's Walking Stick, Corkscrew Hazel, Hazel | 5 | 2 |
Cucurbita moschata | Squash, Crookneck squash | 5 | 3 |
Cucurbita pepo | Pumpkin, Field pumpkin, Ozark melon, Texas gourd | 4 | 3 |
Cupressus sempervirens | Italian Cypress | 0 | 2 |
Cuscuta reflexa | Dodder, Giant dodder | 0 | 2 |
Cynodon dactylon | Bermuda Grass | 0 | 3 |
Cyrtomium falcatum | Holly Fern, Japanese netvein hollyfern, Japanese Holly | 0 | 1 |
Cyrtomium fortunei | Asian netvein hollyfern | 0 | 2 |
Cystopteris fragilis | Brittle Bladder Fern | 1 | 1 |
Daphne bholua | | 0 | 1 |
Datura stramonium | Thorn Apple, Jimsonweed, Jamestown Weed | 0 | 4 |
Daucus carota | Wild Carrot, Queen anne's lace, Carrot, Wild Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace | 2 | 3 |
Daucus carota sativus | Carrot | 5 | 3 |
Delphinium elatum | Candle larkspur, English Larkspur | 0 | 1 |
Dianthus chinensis | Chinese Pink, Rainbow pink, Annual Pink, China Pink | 0 | 3 |
Dictamnus albus | Burning Bush, Gasplant, White Dittany, | 2 | 3 |
Dioscorea batatas | Chinese Yam | 5 | 5 |
Diospyros kaki | Persimmon, Japanese persimmon | 4 | 3 |
Dryopteris expansa | Spiny Wood Fern, Spreading woodfern | 2 | 3 |
Dryopteris oreades | Mountain Male Fern | 0 | 4 |
Echinops setifer | Globe Thistle | 1 | 2 |
Euodia ruticarpa | Wu Zhu Yu | 0 | 3 |
Euonymus alatus | Winged Spindle Tree, Burningbush, Corky spindletree | 1 | 2 |
Euonymus alatus apterus | Winged Spindle Tree | 1 | 2 |
Eupatorium lindleyanum | | 0 | 2 |
Euphorbia helioscopia | Madwoman's Milk | 1 | 2 |
Euphorbia humifusa | | 1 | 2 |
Fagopyrum dibotrys | Perennial Buckwheat | 4 | 2 |
Ferula caspica | | 0 | 2 |
Ferula conocaula | | 0 | 2 |
Ferula narthex | Ferula | 2 | 2 |
Filipendula vulgaris | Dropwort, Meadowsweet | 2 | 1 |
Fraxinus latifolia | Oregon Ash | 0 | 1 |
Gentiana acaulis | Gentian | 0 | 3 |
Gentiana kurroo | | 0 | 3 |
Gentiana lutea | Yellow Gentian | 1 | 5 |
Gentiana pannonica | | 1 | 3 |
Gentiana punctata | Spotted Gentian | 1 | 3 |
Gentiana purpurea | | 1 | 3 |
Gentiana scabra | Long Dan Cao | 1 | 3 |
Gentiana scabra buergeri | | 1 | 3 |
Gleditsia sinensis | Locust | 3 | 3 |
Globularia vulgaris | | 0 | 1 |
Helianthus strumosus | Paleleaf Woodland Sunflower | 2 | 1 |
Helichrysum apiculatum | Common Everlasting Flower | 0 | 1 |
Helleborus niger | Black Hellebore | 0 | 2 |
Helleborus viridis | Green Hellebore | 0 | 2 |
Hemerocallis fulva | Common Day Lily, Orange daylily, Tawny Daylily, Double Daylily | 5 | 2 |
Heracleum lallii | | 0 | 2 |
Hibiscus sinosyriacus | Rose Of Sharon | 4 | 2 |
Hibiscus syriacus | Rose Of Sharon, Althaea, Shrub Althea, Hardy Hibiscus | 4 | 2 |
Hydrangea arborescens | Seven Barks, Wild hydrangea, Ashy Hydrangea, Snowhill Hydrangea, Smooth Hydrangea | 1 | 3 |
Hyoscyamus niger | Henbane, Black henbane | 0 | 4 |
Imperata cylindrica | Cogongrass, Japanese Blood Grass | 3 | 3 |
Inula helenium | Elecampane, Elecampane inula | 3 | 3 |
Ipomoea nil | Japanese Morning Glory, Whiteedge morning-glory | 0 | 2 |
Ipomoea purpurea | Common Morning Glory, Tall morning-glory | 0 | 2 |
Iris ensata | Japanese Water Iris | 1 | 1 |
Juglans ailanthifolia | Japanese Walnut | 3 | 1 |
Juglans ailanthifolia cordiformis | Heartseed Walnut | 4 | 1 |
Juglans regia kamaonia | Walnut | 3 | 3 |
Juniperus silicicola | Southern Redcedar, Juniper, Southern Red Cedar | 2 | 2 |
Juniperus virginiana | Pencil Cedar, Eastern redcedar, Southern redcedar, Silver Cedar, Burk Eastern Red Cedar, Silver East | 2 | 2 |
Lablab purpureus | Hyacinth Bean, Bonavist-bean | 4 | 2 |
Larix decidua | Larch, European Larch, Common Larch | 2 | 3 |
Lepidium virginicum | Wild Pepper Grass, Virginia pepperweed, Intermediate pepperweed, Menzies' pepperweed, Hairy pepperwe | 2 | 2 |
Lespedeza cuneata | Chinese Lespedeza, Sericea lespedeza | 1 | 2 |
Linum catharticum | Purging Flax, Fairy flax | 0 | 2 |
Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Tree, Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar, Canary Whitewood | 1 | 2 |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | 0 | 3 |
Magnolia hypoleuca | Whitebark Magnolia | 2 | 2 |
Malus pumila | Paradise Apple, Common Apple, Apple Tree | 4 | 2 |
Malus sylvestris | Crab Apple, European crab apple | 3 | 2 |
Melaleuca hypericifolia | Tea Tree | 0 | 2 |
Melanthium virginicum | Bunchflower | 0 | 1 |
Melia azederach | Bead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry | 3 | 3 |
Micromeria chamissonis | Yerba Buena | 2 | 2 |
Monarda didyma | Bergamot, Scarlet beebalm, Horsemint, Oswego Tea, Bee Balm | 3 | 2 |
Morus alba | White Mulberry, Common Mulberry, | 4 | 3 |
Morus australis | Korean Mulberry, Aino Mulberry | 2 | 2 |
Morus nigra | Black Mulberry | 5 | 3 |
Morus rubra | Red Mulberry, Common Mulberry, White Mulberry | 3 | 2 |
Morus serrata | Himalayan Mulberry | 2 | 1 |
Myrica nagi | Box Myrtle | 2 | 3 |
Myrsine africana | Cape Myrtle | 1 | 3 |
Nicandra physaloides | Shoo Fly | 1 | 2 |
Nigella sativa | Black Cumin | 3 | 3 |
Nymphoides peltata | Water Fringe, Yellow floatingheart | 2 | 2 |
Oxalis corniculata | Yellow Sorrel, Creeping woodsorrel | 2 | 2 |
Oxalis violacea | Violet Wood Sorrel | 3 | 1 |
Paris polyphylla | Herb Paris | 1 | 2 |
Photinia glabra | Japanese Photinia, Red Top, Red Leaf Photinia, | 1 | 1 |
Picrasma quassioides | Nigaki | 1 | 2 |
Platycodon grandiflorus | Balloon Flower | 2 | 3 |
Podocarpus macrophyllus | Kusamaki, Yew plum pine, Buddhist Pine, Chinese Podocarpus, Chinese Yew Pine, Japanese Yew, Souther | 2 | 1 |
Polygonum aviculare | Knotweed, Prostrate knotweed | 2 | 3 |
Polypodium vulgare | Polypody, Adders Fern, Golden Maidenhair Fern, Wall Fern, Common Polypod Fern | 2 | 3 |
Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood, Plains cottonwood, Rio Grande cottonwood, Necklace Poplar | 2 | 2 |
Potentilla cryptotaeniae | | 0 | 1 |
Prunus armeniaca | Apricot | 4 | 3 |
Prunus persica | Peach, Flowering Peach, Ornamental Peach, Common Peach | 5 | 3 |
Pseudosasa japonica | Metake - Bamboo | 2 | 1 |
Psoralea corylifolia | Bu Gu Zhi | 1 | 4 |
Psoralea glandulosa | Culen | 3 | 1 |
Ptelea trifoliata | Hop Tree, Common hoptree, Pallid hoptree | 2 | 3 |
Ptelea trifoliata mollis | Hop Tree | 2 | 3 |
Pteridium aquilinum | Bracken, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern | 2 | 2 |
Pteridium aquilinum esculentum | Bracken | 2 | 2 |
Pterocarya stenoptera | Chinese wingnut | 0 | 2 |
Pulsatilla koreana | Korean Pasque Flower | 0 | 2 |
Raphanus sativus | Radish, Cultivated radish | 4 | 3 |
Raphanus sativus caudatus | Rat-Tail Radish | 3 | 3 |
Raphanus sativus niger | Oriental Radish | 4 | 3 |
Raphanus sativus oleiformis | Fodder Radish | 3 | 3 |
Rhus chinensis | Chinese Gall, Chinese sumac | 2 | 3 |
Ribes americanum | American Blackcurrant | 2 | 1 |
Ricinus communis | Castor-Oil Plant, Castorbean, Palma Christi, Wonder Tree, Castor Oil Plant | 1 | 4 |
Rosa banksiae | Banksia Rose | 2 | 1 |
Rosa virginiana | Virginia Rose | 2 | 1 |
Rumex acetosa | Sorrel, Garden sorrel | 5 | 3 |
Ruta chalepensis | Egyptian Rue, Fringed rue | 1 | 1 |
Ruta graveolens | Rue, Common rue, Herb of Grace, Garden Rue | 1 | 3 |
Sargentodoxa cuneata | | 0 | 2 |
Scrophularia nodosa | Knotted Figwort, Woodland figwort | 1 | 3 |
Senecio erucifolius | Hoary Groundsel, Hoary ragwort | 0 | 2 |
Senecio vulgaris | Groundsel | 1 | 2 |
Senna tora | Stinking Cassia, Sickle senna | 1 | 3 |
Solidago virgaurea | Goldenrod | 1 | 3 |
Sophora flavescens | Ku Shen, Shrubby sophora | 0 | 3 |
Spigelia marilandica | Indian Pink, Woodland pinkroot | 0 | 3 |
Stachys officinalis | Wood Betony, Common hedgenettle, Betony, Woundwort | 1 | 2 |
Succisa pratensis | Devil's Bit Scabious, Devilsbit | 2 | 2 |
Tagetes erecta | African Marigold, Aztec marigold, Big Marigold, American Marigold | 3 | 3 |
Tagetes minuta | Muster-John-Henry | 2 | 2 |
Tanacetum vulgare | Tansy, Common tansy, Golden Buttons, Curly Leaf Tansy | 2 | 2 |
Tephrosia virginiana | Catgut, Virginia tephrosia | 0 | 2 |
Teucrium scordium | Water Germander | 0 | 1 |
Thuja occidentalis | American Arbor-Vitae, Arborvitae, Eastern Arborvitae, Siberian Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, Wh | 2 | 3 |
Thymus praecox arcticus | Wild Thyme | 3 | 2 |
Thymus serpyllum | Wild Thyme | 4 | 3 |
Thymus vulgaris | Common Thyme, Garden thyme, Wild Thyme | 4 | 3 |
Torreya grandis | Chinese Nutmeg Tree | 2 | 1 |
Torreya nucifera | Kaya, Japanese torreya | 5 | 2 |
Tribulus terrestris | Caltrop, Puncturevine | 1 | 3 |
Trichosanthes cucumerina anguina | Snake Gourd | 2 | 1 |
Ulmus macrocarpa | | 2 | 1 |
Veratrum album | White Hellebore, White false hellebore | 0 | 2 |
Veratrum nigrum | Black Hellebore | 0 | 1 |
Viburnum dilatatum | Linden Viburnum, Linden arrowwood | 3 | 1 |
Woodwardia radicans | Chain Fern, Rooting chainfern | 0 | 1 |
Zanthoxylum bungeanum | | 2 | 3 |
Zanthoxylum simulans | Szechuan Pepper, Chinese-pepper, Prickly Ash | 3 | 2 |
Artemisia absinthium | Wormwood, Absinthium. | 1 | 3 |
Azadirachta indica | Neem | 2 | 4 |
Acmella oleracea | Toothache plant, Paracress | 3 | 3 |
Anogeissus leiocarpa | African Birch | 2 | 4 |
Borassus aethiopum | African Fan Palm, Palmyra Palm | 4 | 2 |
Borassus akeassii | African Fan Palm | 4 | 2 |
Borassus flabellifer | Palmyra Palm | 4 | 2 |
Cajanus cajan | Pigeon Pea, Puerto Rico Bean, Gandul, Dhal, Congo Pea | 4 | 2 |
Cedrela odorata | Cedar Wood, West Indian Cedar, SpanishCedar, Cigar-box Cedar, Cedro Hembra | 1 | 2 |
Chrysopogon zizanioides | Vetiver, Vetiver Root, Khus Khus | 2 | 2 |
Citrus aurantiifolia | Lime, Key Lime, Mexican Lime, Mexican Thornless Key Lime | 4 | 2 |
Couma utilis | Sorva, Milk Tree | 4 | 2 |
Dichrostachys cinerea | Marabou Thorn, Sickle Bush | 2 | 2 |
Embelia ribes | False black pepper, White-flowered Embelia | 3 | 4 |
Mammea americana | Mammee Apple, Mammey | 4 | 2 |
Mangifera indica | Mango, Bowen Mango | 5 | 3 |
Morinda citrifolia | Noni, Indian Mulberry | 3 | 4 |
Moringa stenopetala | African horseradish tree, cabbagetree | 4 | 3 |
Nephelium lappaceum | Rambutan, Hairy Lychee | 5 | 2 |
Passiflora laurifolia | Yellow Granadilla | 4 | 2 |
Passiflora quadrangularis | Giant Granadilla, Badea | 4 | 2 |
Pentaclethra macrophylla | African Oil Bean. Oil Bean Tree, Owala Oil | 3 | 2 |
Pouteria sapota | Sapote, Mamey Sapote | 4 | 2 |
Prosopis cineraria | Jandi, Ghaf | 3 | 2 |
Prunus armeniaca mandschurica | Manchurian apricot | 4 | 3 |
Senna singueana | Winter cassia, Sticky pod | 2 | 3 |
Sesbania grandiflora | Vegetable Hummingbird, Agati, | 3 | 2 |
Treculia africana | African Breadfruit or Breadnut | 4 | 2 |
Vachellia tortilis | Umbrella Thorn | 2 | 2 |
Vangueria infausta | African medlar | 4 | 2 |
Diplazium esculentum | Vegetable Fern | 4 | 3 |
Piper betle | Betel | 2 | 3 |
Andrographis paniculata | Green Chireta, Creat, Nilavembu, Kirayat, Chuan Xin Lian, King of Bitters | 1 | 4 |
Baccharis genistelloides | Carqueja | 0 | 4 |
Brosimum guianense | Bastard Breadnut | 1 | 2 |
Brucea antidysenterica | Waginos | 1 | 4 |
Calotropis procera | Auricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple | 1 | 3 |
Cassia fistula | Golden Shower, Purging Cassia, Golden Chain Tree, Indian Laburnum | 1 | 4 |
Cedrelopsis grevei | Katrafay, Kathrafay | 2 | 4 |
Chamaecrista nigricans | Diola, Diala | 1 | 2 |
Cissus quadrangularis | Veldt Grape | 2 | 4 |
Cullen corylifolium | Bu Gu Zhi | 1 | 4 |
Cyperus articulatus | Jointed flatsedge, Priprioca, Piripiri | 1 | 4 |
Dalbergia melanoxylon | African Blackwood, Grenadilla, Mpingo | 0 | 2 |
Diospyros malabarica | Indian Persimmon, Gaub, Timbiri, Mountain ebony | 1 | 3 |
Erythrophleum suaveolens | Erun, ordealtree, Sasswood Tree | 0 | 3 |
Gloriosa superba | Gloriosa Lily, Climbing Lily, Flame Lily | 0 | 4 |
Himatanthus sucuuba | Plumeria sucuuba | 0 | 4 |
Pentadiplandra brazzeana | Joy perfume tree, j'oubli | 4 | 4 |
Pericopsis angolensis | East African afrormosia | 0 | 2 |
Phytolacca dodecandra | Endod, Pokeberry | 2 | 3 |
Pycnanthus angolensis | African Nutmeg | 2 | 3 |
Senna alata | Ringworm Bush, Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant | 2 | 4 |
Tabernanthe iboga | Iboga | 0 | 4 |