Latin Name | Common Name | Edibility Rating | Medicinal Rating |
Acorus gramineus | Grass-leaved Sweet Rush, Japanese Sweet Flag, Dwarf Sweet Flag | 3 | 3 |
Adenophora triphylla | Nan Sha Shen | 2 | 1 |
Adenophora verticillata | | 2 | 2 |
Agastache rugosa | Korean Mint | 4 | 3 |
Akebia trifoliata | Akebia, Threeleaf Akebia | 4 | 2 |
Allium fistulosum | Welsh Onion | 5 | 2 |
Ampelopsis japonica | | 0 | 2 |
Anemarrhena asphodeloides | Zhi Mu | 0 | 3 |
Arctium lappa | Great Burdock, Gobo | 4 | 5 |
Arctium minus | Lesser Burdock | 3 | 5 |
Arisaema consanguineum | Tian Nan Xing | 1 | 3 |
Aristolochia debilis | Ma Dou Ling | 1 | 3 |
Aster tataricus | Tartarian Aster | 1 | 3 |
Bassia scoparia | Summer Cypress, Burningbush | 2 | 2 |
Belamcanda chinensis | Leopard Lily, Blackberry lily, Leopard Flower | 1 | 3 |
Betula platyphylla | White Birch, Asian white birch, | 2 | 2 |
Bidens pilosa | Beggar's Ticks, Blackjack, Hairy beggarticks | 2 | 2 |
Cedrus atlantica | Atlas Deodar, Atlantic cedar | 0 | 2 |
Chenopodium ambrosioides | Mexican Tea | 2 | 3 |
Chenopodium ambrosioides anthelminticum | Wormseed | 2 | 3 |
Citrus aurantium | Bitter Orange, Sour orange, Bergamot orange | 3 | 3 |
Clematis mandschurica | | 0 | 2 |
Cornus chinensis | | 2 | 3 |
Cornus oblonga | Oblong-Petal Dogwood | 0 | 3 |
Cornus officinalis | Shan Zhu Yu, Asiatic dogwood, Japanese Cornel Dogwood | 4 | 3 |
Dendranthema x grandiflorum | Chrysanthemum, Cut Mum, Garden Mum, Pot Mum, Florist's Chrysanthemum | 2 | 3 |
Forsythia viridissima | Golden Bells, Greenstem forsythia, Forsythia | 0 | 2 |
Ginkgo biloba | Maidenhair Tree, Ginkgo | 5 | 5 |
Gleditsia sinensis | Locust | 3 | 3 |
Ipomoea nil | Japanese Morning Glory, Whiteedge morning-glory | 0 | 2 |
Kalopanax septemlobus | Tree Aralia, Castor aralia | 2 | 1 |
Leonurus japonicus | | 0 | 3 |
Ligusticum jeholense | | 0 | 2 |
Ligusticum sinense | Chuang Xiong | 0 | 3 |
Magnolia denudata | Lily Tree, Yulan Magnolia | 1 | 2 |
Peucedanum praeruptorum | Qian Hu | 0 | 2 |
Phytolacca acinosa | Indian Poke | 2 | 3 |
Phytolacca esculenta | | 2 | 2 |
Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora | Hu Huang Lian | 0 | 3 |
Polygonatum sibiricum | Huang Jing | 2 | 2 |
Prostanthera rotundifolia | Mint Bush | 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 |
Scrophularia ningpoensis | | 0 | 3 |
Sinapis alba | White Mustard | 3 | 3 |
Solanum tuberosum | Potato, Irish potato | 5 | 2 |
Solidago virgaurea | Goldenrod | 1 | 3 |
Sophora flavescens | Ku Shen, Shrubby sophora | 0 | 3 |
Teucrium polium | | 1 | 1 |
Teucrium scordium | Water Germander | 0 | 1 |
Trichosanthes kirilowii | Chinese Cucumber | 2 | 4 |
Trichosanthes kirilowii japonica | | 3 | 3 |
Tropaeolum majus | Nasturtium, Indian Cress | 4 | 3 |
Xanthium strumarium | Cocklebur, Rough cocklebur, Canada cocklebur | 1 | 3 |
Zanthoxylum piperitum | Japanese Pepper Tree | 3 | 2 |
Kalmia latifolia | Mountain Laurel, Calico Bush, Ivy | 0 | 2 |
Centaurea cyanus | Cornflower, Garden cornflower, Blue Bottle, Cornflower | 2 | 2 |
Acmella oleracea | Toothache plant, Paracress | 3 | 3 |
Solanum torvum | Pea Eggplant, Turkey berry | 3 | 3 |
Alchornea cordifolia | Christmas Bush | 2 | 4 |
Alocasia macrorrhizos | Giant Taro, Giant Elephant Ear | 3 | 2 |
Anacardium occidentale | Cashew, Caju | 5 | 3 |
Annona muricata | Sour Sop | 4 | 3 |
Artocarpus altilis | Breadfruit | 5 | 4 |
Artocarpus mariannensis | Seeded breadfruit, Marianas bread | 4 | 3 |
Azadirachta indica | Neem | 2 | 4 |
Cananga odorata | Ylang Ylang, Perfume Tree | 2 | 3 |
Canarium luzonicum | Manila Elemi | 4 | 3 |
Chukrasia tabularis | Chickrassy, Chittagong Wood, Indian Redwood. | 1 | 2 |
Dioscorea bulbifera | Aerial Yam, Air Potato | 4 | 2 |
Diospyros mespiliformis | West African Ebony, Monkey guava, jackalberry | 4 | 3 |
Garcinia mangostana | Mangosteen, Manggis | 5 | 2 |
Gliricidia sepium | Gliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac | 2 | 2 |
Hymenaea courbaril | West Indian Locust | 3 | 3 |
Manihot esculenta | Cassava, Tapioca Plant, Yuca | 5 | 2 |
Moringa oleifera | Horseradish Tree, Moringa, | 4 | 4 |
Musa acuminata | Dwarf Banana, Edible banana | 5 | 2 |
Peltophorum pterocarpum | Copperpod, Yellow Poinciana | 0 | 2 |
Pinus caribaea | Caribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine | 2 | 2 |
Quercus brantii | Barro, Brant's oak | 3 | 2 |
Ricinodendron heudelotii | Manketti nut, Zambezi almond, African oil-nut-tree | 3 | 3 |
Thespesia populnea | Portia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree | 3 | 3 |
Pandanus amaryllifolius | Fragrant Pandan | 3 | 2 |
Piper betle | Betel | 2 | 3 |
Alchornea castaneifolia | Iporuru | 0 | 4 |
Aloe camperi | Aloe | 0 | 4 |
Aspidosperma album | Guatambu | 0 | 2 |
Baphia nitida | Camwood, Baphia | 2 | 2 |
Carapa guianensis | Andiroba | 0 | 4 |
Cassia fistula | Golden Shower, Purging Cassia, Golden Chain Tree, Indian Laburnum | 1 | 4 |
Chloroxylon swietenia | East Indian Satinwood | 0 | 3 |
Cissus quadrangularis | Veldt Grape | 2 | 4 |
Copaifera coriacea | Sapucaia tree | 2 | 4 |
Copaifera guyanensis | Hoepel, Guyanense Copaiba | 2 | 4 |
Copaifera langsdorffii | Copaiba, Langsdorf's copaifera | 1 | 4 |
Copaifera multijuga | Hayne oil, Copaiba, | 1 | 4 |
Copaifera officinalis | Copaiba Balsam, Medicinal Copaiba | 2 | 4 |
Copaifera reticulata | Copaiba, Reticulated Copaiba, Copaiba Balsam | 0 | 4 |
Costus afer | Spiral Ginger, Ginger lily, White spiral costus. | 2 | 4 |
Croton lechleri | Sangre De Grado, Dragon's blood | 0 | 4 |
Croton palanostigma | Sangre De Grado, Dragon's blood | 0 | 4 |
Croton salutaris | Sangre De Grado, Dragon's blood | 0 | 4 |
Cupressus lusitanica | Mexican Cypress | 0 | 2 |
Cyperus articulatus | Jointed flatsedge, Priprioca, Piripiri | 1 | 4 |
Dalbergia melanoxylon | African Blackwood, Grenadilla, Mpingo | 0 | 2 |
Eucalyptus robusta | Swamp Mahogany, Eucalyptus Gum | 0 | 3 |
Handroanthus impetiginosus | Pau D'Arco, Pink Trumpet Tree | 2 | 4 |
Himatanthus sucuuba | Plumeria sucuuba | 0 | 4 |
Lantana camara | Wild Sage, Lantana Verbena | 2 | 4 |
Lawsonia inermis | Henna, Mignonette Tree | 0 | 3 |
Okoubaka aubrevillei | Okoubaka tree | 0 | 4 |
Orthosiphon aristatus | Java Tea, Cat's Whiskers | 0 | 4 |
Petiveria alliacea | Guinea Hen Weed | 0 | 4 |
Pfaffia paniculata | Pfaffia | 0 | 4 |
Phytolacca dodecandra | Endod, Pokeberry | 2 | 3 |
Pterocarpus erinaceus | African Kino | 0 | 3 |
Pterocarpus soyauxii | African Coralwood | 2 | 2 |
Pycnanthus angolensis | African Nutmeg | 2 | 3 |
Senna alata | Ringworm Bush, Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant | 2 | 4 |
Smilax officinalis | Honduran sarsaparilla | 2 | 4 |
Sorghum bicolor | Sorghum, Common wild sorghum, Grain sorghum, Sudangrass | 4 | 2 |
Terminalia sambesiaca | | 0 | 4 |
Thespesia populneoides | Tulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood | 3 | 3 |
Trichilia dregeana | Cape Mahogany | 4 | 3 |
Turraeanthus africanus | Avodire | 0 | 2 |