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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus esculentusOkra43
Abroma augustaCotton Abroma. Perennial Indian Hemp.03
Acacia angustissimaPrairie acacia. Timbre. Fernleaf Acacia23
Acacia catechuCutch tree, Catechu acacia12
Acacia coleiCole's wattle, Candelabra Wattle, Soap wattle, 32
Acacia cowleanaHall’s Creek wattle32
Acacia holosericeaStrap wattle, Candelabra wattle12
Acacia koaKoa Acacia02
Acacia koaiaKoai'a01
Acacia leucophloeaKuteera-Gum, White-barked acacia.21
Acacia murrayanaMurray’s wattle, Colony wattle32
Acacia salignaBlue-Leaved Wattle, Orange wattle10
Acacia victoriaeBramble wattle. Gundabluey, Bardi bush42
Acanthocereus tetragonusPitahaya. Barbed-wire cactus.30
Acanthosicyos horridusNaras. Butterpips32
Acer saccharinumSilver Maple, River Maple, Soft Maple31
Acer saccharumSugar Maple, Florida Maple, Hard Maple, Rock Maple42
Achnatherum hymenoidesIndian Millet, Indian ricegrass30
Acrocomia aculeataCoyoli Palm. Gru-Gru Palm, Macaw palm31
Adansonia digitataBaobab, Judas Fruit, Monkey Bread Tree33
Adenanthera pavoninaRed Sandalwood, Coral Tree32
Aechmea magdalenaePingwing. Ixtle, Pita plant30
Aesculus sppHorse chestnut44
Afraegle paniculataNigerian Powder-Flask Fruit. African afraegle23
Agave americanaAgave, American century plant33
Agave cantala agaveAgave20
Agave fourcroydesHenequen01
Agave lechuguillaIxtle, Chihuahua12
Agave murpheyiHohokam Agave, Murphey agave20
Agave parryiCentury Plant, Parry's agave, Mescal31
Agave salmianaPulque Agave, Giant Agave30
Agave sisalanaSisal22
Agave tequilanaBlue Agave, Mescal, Tequila.40
Agave viviparaMescal Casero30
Albizia julibrissinMimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree,22
Albizia lebbeckSiris Tree, Woman's Tongue, East Indian Walnut12
Albizia lucidiorPotka siris tree00
Aleurites moluccanusCandle Nut, Country Walnut33
Allanblackia floribundaVegetable Tallow. Tallow tree32
Allanblackia parvifloraVegetable tallow tree, Ouotera32
Allanblackia stuhlmanniiMkani, Msambo32
Alnus acuminataAlder02
Alnus glutinosaAlder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder03
Alnus jorullensisMexican alder, Evergreen Alder00
Alnus nepalensisNepalese Alder01
Alnus rubraRed Alder, Oregon Alder22
Alocasia macrorrhizosGiant Taro, Giant Elephant Ear32
Amorpha fruticosaFalse Indigo, False indigo bush12
Amphicarpaea bracteataHog Peanut, American hogpeanut51
Amphicarpaea edgeworthii 40
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Ananas comosusPineapple52
Apios americanaGround Nut51
Apocynum cannabinumIndian Hemp22
Apocynum pictumKendyr02
Apocynum venetum 02
Arachis glabrataPerennial peanut10
Arachis pintoiPinto peanut00
Araucaria angustifoliaParana Pine. Brazilian-pine, Candelabra-tree.31
Araucaria araucanaMonkey Puzzle Tree51
Araucaria bidwilliiBunya-Bunya, Monkey Puzzle Tree, False Monkey Puzzle30
Areca catechuBetel Palm, Betel Nut Palm33
Arenga pinnataSolitary Sugar Palm41
Argania spinosaArgan Tree, Spiny Argania, Morocco Ironwood42
Artemisia ludovicianaWhite Sage, Louisiana Sage, Prairie Sage, Western Mugwort22
Artocarpus altilisBreadfruit54
Artocarpus camansiBreadnut, Kamansi41
Artocarpus heterophyllusJackfruit52
Artocarpus integerChampedak40
Artocarpus mariannensisSeeded breadfruit, Marianas bread43
Arundinaria giganteaCanebrake bamboo, Cane Reed, Giant cane31
Arundinaria sppRunning Bamboo31
Arundo donaxGiant Reed, Giant Reed Grass32
Asclepias currasavicaBlood Flower01
Asclepias erosaDesert Milkweed20
Asclepias incarnataSwamp Milkweed, Swamp Butterfly Weed, Marsh Milkweed32
Asclepias speciosaShowy Milkweed32
Asclepias subulataRush Milkweed01
Asclepias syriacaCommon Milkweed, Silkweed, Milkweed32
Asclepias tuberosaPleurisy Root, Butterfly milkweed, Rolfs' milkweed, Indian Paintbrush33
Astragalus glycyphyllosMilk Vetch, Licorice milkvetch10
Astrebla squarrosaBull Mitchell grass40
Astrocaryum vulgareTucuma. Awarra palm, Tucum palm.42
Atriplex canescensGrey Sage Brush, Fourwing saltbush41
Atriplex nummulariaGiant Saltbush, Bluegreen saltbush32
Atriplex semibaccataAustralian Saltbush. Australian saltbush, Creeping saltbush20
Atriplex truncataWedgescale Saltbush20
Attalea funiferaBahia Piassava, Conquilla Nut, Piassaba Palm10
Attalea maripaInaja, Maripa Palm32
Attalea speciosaBabassu, American Oil Palm, Motacu, Motacuchi42
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Bactris gasipaesPeach Palm, Pupunha52
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Bambusa atraClumping Bamboo. Long pipe bamboo.20
Bambusa bambosGiant Thorny Bamboo33
Bambusa blumeanaSpiny Bamboo. Spiny bamboo, Thorny bamboo20
Bambusa heterostachyaMalay Dwarf Green00
Bambusa nutansNodding Bamboo, Mai bong20
Bambusa oldhamiiRyoku-Chiku, Giant Timber Bamboo, Oldham's Bamboo20
Bambusa pervariabilisClumping Bamboo30
Bambusa polymorphaBurmese bamboo, Jama Betua20
Bambusa textilisClumping Bamboo. Weaver's bamboo30
Bambusa tuldaBengal Bamboo. Spineless Indian bamboo20
Bambusa vulgarisCommon Bamboo32
Barringtonia edulisVutu kana, Cut nut42
Barringtonia novae hiberniaePao Nut42
Barringtonia proceraPao nuts, Cut nut42
Bauhinia petersianaWhite bauhinia, Zambezi coffee32
Bauhinia thonningiiCamel's foot tree, monkey bread32
Bertholletia excelsaBrazil Nut52
Bixa orellanaAnnatto (Lipstick Plant, Urucum, Colorau, Achiote )33
Blighia sapidaAkee, ackee apple or ayee32
Boehmeria niveaRamie, Chinese Grass, Chinese Silk Plant22
Bombax ceibaRed Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree22
Borassus aethiopumAfrican Fan Palm, Palmyra Palm42
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Brassica carinataAbyssinian Cabbage42
Brassica oleraceaWild Cabbage, Broccoli, Tronchuda cabbage, Brussels sprouts, Kohlrabi, Sprouting broccoli42
Bromelia karatasAnanas pingouin, Karatas, Camburito32
Bromelia pinguinPinuela. Pinguin30
Bromelia serraBayonet bromeliad10
Brosimum alicastrumBreadnut. Maya nut32
Brosimum parinarioidesLeite de amapa, Brosimum32
Brosimum utileCow Tree, Palo De Vaca32
Broussonetia papyriferaPaper Mulberry42
Buchanania lanzanAlmondette, Charoli Nut42
Bursera simarubaGum Tree, Gumbo Limbo22
Caesalpinia digynaTeri pods, Udakiryaka22
Caesalpinia sappanSappanwood. Rainbow wood12
Cajanus cajanPigeon Pea, Puerto Rico Bean, Gandul, Dhal, Congo Pea42
Calamus spp.Rattan Palm22
Calliandra calothyrsusRed Calliandra, Powderpuff, Kaliandra00
Calopogonium caeruleumWild jicama00
Calopogonium mucunoidesCalopo, Wild ground nut00
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Camptotheca acuminataHappy Tree, Cancer Tree05
Canarium indicumCanarium Nut, Ngali, Galip nut, kenari nut42
Canarium luzonicumManila Elemi43
Canarium ovatumPili Nut43
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Canavalia gladiataSword Bean32
Caragana arborescensSiberian Pea Tree, Siberian peashrub51
Caragana microphyllaLittleleaf Peashrub00
Carex meyerianaSedge, Wu la cao 00
Carex morrowiiIwashiba, Japanese Sedge 00
Carya cathayensisChinese Hickory30
Carya hybridsHybrid and neohybrid hickories43
Carya illinoinensisPecan41
Carya laciniosaShellbark Hickory31
Carya ovataShagbark Hickory31
Caryocar brasiliensePequi, Souari nut42
Caryocar nuciferumSouari Nut. Butter Nut42
Caryocar villosumPiquia30
Caryodendron orinocenseTaccy Nut, Nuez de Barinas31
Caryota urensJaggary Palm, Toddy Palm, Fishtail Wine Palm42
Cassia fistulaGolden Shower, Purging Cassia, Golden Chain Tree, Indian Laburnum14
Cassia grandisCoral shower, Horse Cassia12
Castanea crenataJapanese Chestnut30
Castanea mollissimaChinese Chestnut32
Castanea sativaSweet Chestnut, European chestnut52
Castanea speciesChestnut Hybrids42
Castanopsis acuminatissimaCastanopsis chestnut, White oak30
Castanopsis inermisBraided Chestnut, Berangan30
Castanopsis javanicaSpiny oak, Java chinkapin tree20
Castanopsis tribuloides 20
Castanospermum australeMoreton Bay Chestnut41
Castilla elasticaPanama Rubber Tree. Mastate blanco20
Castilla uleiCaucho Negro20
Casuarina equisetifoliaShe Oak, Common Ru, Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina12
Casuarina oligodonShe-oak, kilu00
Catharanthus roseusMadagascar Periwinkle, Jasmine, Cayenne Old Maid Periwinkle14
Ceiba aesculifoliaPochote21
Ceiba pentandraKapok Tree, Cotton Tree, Suma'ma33
Centrosema pubescensCentro, Butterfly pea00
Cephalostachyum pergracileTinwa Bamboo30
Ceratonia siliquaCarob, St. john's bread32
Cercidium microphyllumPaloverde. Foothill palo verde. Small-leaved palo verde30
Cercocarpus ledifoliusMountain Mahogany, Curl-leaf mountain mahogany12
Cereus hildmannianusHildmania cactus, Hedge cactus30
Cereus repandusPeruvian apple cactus30
Ceroxylon alpinumWax Palm10
Chamaecrista rotundifoliaRound-leaf cassia00
Chamaecytisus proliferusTagasaste. Tree lucerne.00
Chamaerops humilisDwarf Fan Palm, European fan palm, Hair Palm, Mediterranean Fan Palm20
Chenopodium bonus-henricusGood King Henry42
Chenopodium spp.Perennial quinoa53
Chiococca albaWest Indian Snow Berry, David's rot, Skunk-root, Snowberry.02
Chondrilla ambiguaChondrilla, Sha di fen bao ju00
Chrysobalanus icacoCoco Plum, Paradise Plum42
Chrysopogon zizanioidesVetiver, Vetiver Root, Khus Khus22
Cinchona officinalisLojabark25
Cinchona pubescensQuinine tree, Red Bark, Cinchona, Quina, Quinquina, Quinine Bark, Peruvian Bark, Jesuit's Bark25
Cinnamomum camphoraCamphor, Camphortree23
Cistus ladaniferLabdanum, Common gum cistus22
Citrullus colocynthisPerennial egusi, Bitter-apple32
Clappertonia ficifoliaBolo Bolo01
Clitoria ternateaButterfly pea30
Cnidoscolus aconitifoliusTree Spinach, Tread Softly, Cabbage Star, Chaya43
Cnidoscolus elasticusHighland chilte00
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Coix lacryma-jobiJob's Tears33
Colophospermum mopaneRhodesian ironwood, Rhodesian mahogany12
Copaifera langsdorffiiCopaiba, Langsdorf's copaifera14
Copaifera multijugaHayne oil, Copaiba,14
Copaifera officinalisCopaiba Balsam, Medicinal Copaiba24
Copernicia pruniferaBrazilian Wax Palm, Carnauba Palm, Carnauba Wax33
Cordeauxia edulisYeheb. Yeheb nut32
Cordyline australisCabbage Tree30
Cornus sericeaRed Osier Dogwood, Western dogwood22
Cortaderia selloanaPampas Grass00
Corylus avellanaCommon Hazel, Common filbert, European Filbert, Harry Lauder's Walking Stick, Corkscrew Hazel, Hazel52
Corylus colurnaTurkish Hazel, Chinese hazelnut, Turkish Filbert, Turkish Hazel31
Corylus heterophyllaSiberian Filbert31
Corylus hybrids & neohybridsHybrid & Neohybrids, Hazel, Filbert52
Corylus maximaFilbert, Giant filbert50
Corylus sieboldianaJapanese Hazel, Manchurian hazel30
Corynocarpus spp.Karaka20
Corypha utanGebang Palm. Corypha palm, Sugar palm32
Cotinus coggygriaSmoke Tree, European smoketree, Venetian Sumac, Wig Tree, Smoke Tree11
Coula edulisAfrican Walnut30
Couma macrocarpaBarca, Milk Tree, Couba, Sorva, Sorva grande42
Couma utilisSorva, Milk Tree42
Crataegus pinnatifidaChinese Haw33
Crescentia alataJicaro. Mexican calabash22
Crescentia cujeteCalabash Tree32
Croton tigliumCroton Oil Plant. Croton, Purging croton.03
Cryptostegia grandifloraIndia Rubber Vine00
Cucurbita digitataCoyote Gourd30
Cucurbita ficifoliaMalabar Gourd, Figleaf gourd32
Cucurbita foetidissimaBuffalo Gourd, Missouri gourd32
Cycas spp.Cycas, Sago Palm22
Cylindropuntia spp.Cholla30
Cynara cardunculusCardoon35
Cyperus cephalotesBhada, Flat Sedges, Nut Sedges or Umbrella Sedge.01
Cyperus giganteusPiripiri, Mexican Papyrus02
Cyperus papyrusPapyrus. Papyrus sedge22
Cyperus textilisFlat sedge, Basket grass,00
Cytisus scopariusBroom, Scotch broom, Common Broom13
Dacryodes edulisBush Butter Tree, Butterfruit, African Plum, bush pear, bush plum, safou52
Daniellia ogeaAccra copal, Ogea copal00
Daniellia oliveriAfrican Copaiba Balsam Tree22
Dendrocalamus asperGiant Bamboo, Dragon bamboo, Sweet bamboo40
Dendrocalamus brandesiiVelvet Leaf Bamboo, Clumping Bamboo30
Dendrocalamus giganteusGiant Bamboo, Bhalu bans, Dhungre bans21
Dendrocalamus hamiltoniiTama Bamboo. Tufted bamboo30
Dendrocalamus hookeriBhalu bans, Bhutan Green Bamboo20
Dendrocalamus latiflorusSweet Bamboo, Sweet bamboo shoot, Taiwan giant bamboo40
Dendrocalamus membranaceusWhite bamboo30
Dendrocalamus strictusMale Bamboo. Calcutta Stricta or Bamboo31
Desmanthus illinoensisPrairie Mimosa, Illinois bundleflower41
Desmodium cinereumRensoni. Tickclover00
Desmodium intortumPega-pega. Beggarlice00
Desmodium paniculatumPanicled tick trefoil00
Desmodium triflorumThree-flower beggarweed, Three-flower tick-trefoil02
Desmodium uncinatumSilverleaf desmodium. Spanish tick-clover00
Dioscorea batatasChinese Yam55
Dioscorea bulbiferaAerial Yam, Air Potato42
Dipterocarpus alatusApitong, baume de gurjun, gurjun balsam02
Dipterocarpus gracilisTagalog: Panao01
Dipterocarpus grandiflorusApitong00
Dipterocarpus kerriiKerr's Keruing02
Distichlis palmeriNipa. Palmer saltgrass, NyPa Wild Wheat40
Duboisia myoporoidesCorkwood03
Dyera costulataHill Jelutong01
Echinochloa polystachyaAleman Grass. German grass00
Edgeworthia papyriferaPaperbush, Oriental Paperbush10
Elaeagnus angustifoliaOleaster, Russian olive42
Elaeagnus umbellataAutumn Olive42
Elaeis guineensisAfrican Oil Palm52
Elaeis oleiferaAmerican Oil Palm30
Elymus hispidusWild triga, Pubescent wheatgrass,40
Encephalartos spp.Bread trees, Bread palms, Kaffir bread10
Ensete ventricosumEthiopian Banana, Abyssinian banana20
Entada phaseoloidesSt. Thomas Bean32
Enterolobium cyclocarpumDevil's Ear. Earpod tree22
Eremophila fraseriBurra, Turpentine bush01
Ericameria nauseosaRubber Rabbitbrush12
Erythrina edulisBalu. Andean tree bean32
Erythrina poeppigianaMountain Immortelle. Madre de Cacao10
Erythrina sandwicensisWiliwili, Hawaiian coral tree02
Erythrina subumbransDadap. December tree22
Escontria chiotillaChiotilla, Jiotilla40
Eucalyptus brassianaCape York red gum00
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus citriodoraLemon-Scented Gum, Lemon Scented Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus globulusTasmanian Blue Gum, Eurabbie, Blue Gum, Blue Eucalyptus14
Eucalyptus gomphocephalaTuart. Tuart Gum00
Eucalyptus grandisFlooded Gum, Gum, Rose Eucalyptus02
Eucalyptus microthecaCoolabah, Coolibah, Flooded Box, Coolibah20
Eucalyptus tereticornisForest Red Gum22
Eucalyptus urophyllaTimor White Gum00
Eucommia ulmoidesGutta-Percha13
Eugeissona utilisStilt-root Palm. Wild Borneo sago palm20
Eulaliopsis binataBabui, Sabaigrass00
Euphorbia abyssinicaCandelabra Spurge02
Euphorbia antisyphiliticaCandelilla20
Euphorbia esulaLeafy Spurge. Green spurge00
Euphorbia intisyIntisy, Pencil Plant00
Euphorbia lacteaMottled Spurge00
Euphorbia neriifoliaFleshy spurge, Hedge Euphorbia, Oleander spurge22
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Euryale feroxFoxnut, Euryale32
Fagopyrum spp.Perennial Buckwheat43
Faidherbia albidaWhite Acacia. White-thorn. Apple ring acacia12
Ficus annulataHuan wen rong, Nizhangde20
Ficus elasticaRubber Plant. India Rubber Tree22
Ficus racemosaCluster Fig32
Firmiana simplexChinese Parasol Tree, Chinese parasoltree, Japanese Varnish Tree, Chinese Parasol Tree11
Flemingia macrophyllaEnoki-mame12
Fouquieria splendensOcotillo. Coach whip22
Funtumia elasticaWest African Rubber Tree. Lagos silk rubber02
Furcraea acaulisCocuiza00
Furcraea andinaPacpa, Fique11
Furcraea cabuyaCabuya00
Furcraea foetidaMauritius Hemp02
Furcraea hexapetalaFique, Cuban Hemp01
Garcinia hanburyiSiam gamboge. Hanbury's garcinia01
Garcinia xanthochymusMysore Gamboge. Gamboge, Himalayan garcinia20
Gevuina avellanaChilean Hazel30
Gigantochloa albociliataClumping bamboo30
Gigantochloa apusWatho. Tabashir Bamboo20
Gigantochloa atroviolaceaBlack Bamboo. Giant Black bamboo20
Gigantochloa baluiClumping Bamboo20
Gigantochloa hasskarlianaAwi Tela40
Gigantochloa levisBulo semilang, Buloh seremai, Bolo32
Gigantochloa verticillataWhorled bamboo, Giant stripy bamboo30
Ginkgo bilobaMaidenhair Tree, Ginkgo55
Gleditsia triacanthosHoney Locust32
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Glyceria fluitansFloating Manna Grass, Water mannagrass30
Glycine spp.Perennial Soybean43
Gnetum africanumEru, African Jointfir42
Gnetum buchholzianumJointfir42
Gnetum gnemonJointfir, Melinjo, Meninjau31
Gossypium arboreumTree Cotton21
Gossypium barbadenseSea Island Cotton32
Gossypium herbaceumLevant cotton33
Gossypium hirsutumUpland Cotton21
Grindelia hirsutulaGumweed, Gum Plant03
Grindelia squarrosaRosin Weed, Curlycup gumweed23
Guadua angustifoliaClumping Bamboo. Guadua00
Guazuma ulmifoliaBastard Cedar. West Indian elm, Guasimo23
Guibourtia coleospermaBushman bean, Large false mopane22
Guibourtia copalliferaKobo Tree, Sierra Leone gum copal01
Gustavia superbaMembrillo30
Gynerium sagittatumUva Grass02
Haloxylon sppSaxaul32
Hancornia speciosaMangaba Rubber Tree, Mangabiera32
Helianthus cusickiiCusick's sunflower31
Helianthus hybridsPerennial Sunflower42
Helianthus maximilianiiMaximillian Sunflower, Maximillian Daisy30
Helianthus pauciflorusStiff Sunflower, Prairie Sunflower40
Helianthus tuberosusJerusalem Artichoke41
Hesperaloe funiferaNew Mexico false yucca00
Hevea benthamianaHevea30
Hevea brasiliensisPara Rubber Tree, Brazilian Rubber Tree20
Hibiscus radiatusMonarch Rosemallow. Ruby hibiscus, Clavelina21
Hibiscus tilliaceusBeach Hibiscus, Sea Hibiscus21
Hippophae rhamnoidesSea Buckthorn, Seaberry55
Hordeum vulgareBarley, Common barley43
Hymenaea courbarilWest Indian Locust33
Hymenaea verrucosaEast African Copal. Zanzibar copal tree00
Hyphaene thebaicaDoum Palm. Gingerbread palm.22
Indigofera suffruticosaAnil Indigo, Anil de pasto02
Indigofera tinctoriaIndigo, True Indigo, dye indigo22
Inga edulisIce Cream Bean, Monkey Tamarind42
Inga veraIce cream bean, River koko, Guaba, Pois Doux22
Inocarpus fagiferTahiti Chestnut, Polynesian Chestnut42
Irvingia gabonensisDika Nut43
Iryanthera laevisCumala30
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Jubaea chilensisChilean Wine Palm, Chile cocopalm30
Juglans ailanthifolia cordiformisHeartseed Walnut41
Juglans cinereaButternut - White Walnut, Butternut33
Juglans neotropicaAndean Walnut32
Juglans nigraBlack Walnut33
Juglans olanchanaOlancho walnut, Central American walnut20
Juglans regiaWalnut, English walnut, Persian Walnut,43
Lablab purpureusHyacinth Bean, Bonavist-bean42
Landolphia heudelotiiGuinea gumvine, Landolphia rubber32
Landolphia kirkiiSand apricot-vine, Coast rubber vine, Wildpeach20
Larix occidentalisWestern Larch22
Larrea tridentataCreosote Bush - Chaparral22
Lecythis corrugataMahot rouge, Guacharaco30
Lecythis minorCoco de mono40
Lecythis ollariaMonkey Pot. Sapucaia nut, Pot nut30
Lecythis pisonisParadise Nut. Brazilian Monkey Pot32
Lecythis zabucajoSapucaia. Sapucaia nut, Paradise nut, Monkey nut31
Leontice leontopetalumRakaf11
Leopoldinia piassabaPiassaba24
Lepidium spp.Perennial Lepidium53
Lepironia articulataGrey sedge, Cicao00
Lespedeza bicolorLespedeza, Shrub lespedeza30
Lesquerella hybridsPerennial Lesquerella20
Leucaena diversifioliaIpil-ipil00
Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind32
Leymus arenariusLyme Grass, Sand ryegrass20
Licania rigidaOiticica00
Lingnania chungiiClumping Bamboo, white bamboo, tropical blue bamboo00
Linum hybridsPerennial Flax44
Litsea calophyllaTagutugan30
Litsea glutinosaIndian Laurel. Brown bollygum, Maida lakri22
Lupinus polyphyllusBig-Leaf Lupin, Lupine11
Macadamia hildebrandiiCelebes nut40
Macadamia integrifoliaMacadamia, Macadamia nut40
Macadamia ternifoliaMacadamia Nut, Gympie nut40
Maclura pomiferaOsage Orange, Bois D'Arc12
Macrozamia spp.Burrawang, Cycads20
Madhuca longifoliaButter Tree. Mahua, Illipe32
Manihot caerulescensManicoba00
Manihot carthaginensis glazioviiCeara Rubber Tree, Tree cassava22
Manihot dichotomaJequie manicoba, Manihot rubber tree00
Manihot heptaphyllaManicoba de Sao Francisco00
Manilkara bidentataBalata, bulletwood, bully tree22
Manilkara huberiCow Tree, Massaranduba. Black balata30
Mauritia flexuosaBuriti Palm, Aguaje Palm42
Medicago sativaAlfalfa, Yellow alfalfa43
Melaleuca alternifoliaTea Tree05
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Melocanna bacciferaBerry Bamboo. Mali bamboo32
Mesua ferreaSurli nut, Poached Egg Tree32
Metroxylon amicarumCaroline Ivory Nut Palm31
Metroxylon saguSago Palm40
Microcycas calocomaPalma corcho00
Microlaena stipoidesWeeping rice grass30
Mimosa pudicaMorivivir, Sensitive Plant22
Miscanthus sacchariflorusAmur Silver Grass00
Miscanthus sinensisEulalia, Chinese silvergrass, Silver Feather, Eulalia Grass, Japanese Silver Grass, Ornamental Grass12
Miscanthus x giganteusGiant Miscanthus00
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Moringa peregrinaMoringa22
Moringa stenopetalaAfrican horseradish tree, cabbagetree43
Morus albaWhite Mulberry, Common Mulberry,43
Musa acuminataDwarf Banana, Edible banana52
Musa basjooJapanese Banana22
Musa textilisAbaca00
Myrica ceriferaWax Myrtle - Bayberry Wild Cinnamon, Southern Bayberry, Wax Myrtle, Southern Wax Myrtle33
Myrica pensylvanicaNorthern Bayberry31
Nelumbo luteaAmerican Water Lotus, American lotus41
Nelumbo nuciferaSacred Water Lotus, Sacred lotus43
Newtonia buchananiiEast African Newtonia, Forest Newtonia02
Nicotiana glaucaTree Tobacco12
Nopalea cochenilliferaCochineal plant.22
Nypa fruticansNipa Palm, Mangrove Palm32
Ochlandra spp.Elephant grass, Clumping Bamboo00
Oenocarpus batauaPataua Palm. Bataua32
Oenocarpus distichusPataua, Bacaba, White bacaba32
Olea europaeaOlive, African olive, European olive43
Opuntia dilleniiDillen prickly pear, 30
Opuntia ficus-indicaPrickly Pear, Barbary fig32
Opuntia tomentosaVelvet prickly pear, Woollyjoint Pricklypear30
Oryza hybridsPerennial Rice42
Oryza longistaminataPerennial wild rice20
Oxytenanthera abyssynicaSavanah Bamboo22
Pachira glabraSaba Nut, American Chestnut30
Pachycereus hollianusBaboso, Acompes00
Pandanus conoideusMarita, Red fruit, Pandan41
Pandanus julianettiiKaruka40
Panicum decompositumNative Millet, Australian millet20
Panicum maximumGuinea grass. Green panic grass12
Panicum turgidumDesert Grass. Turgid panic grass, Afezu20
Panicum virgatumSwitch Grass00
Parajubaea cocoidesQuito Palm10
Parinari curatellifoliaMbola, Grys Appel42
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Parkinsonia aculeataJerusalem Thorn32
Parthenium argentatumGuayule00
Pavonia spinifexGingerbush00
Payena leeriBalam suntei tree, Getah sundek20
Pennisetum purpureumNapier grass. Elephant grass22
Pennisetum setaceumFountain grass30
Pentaclethra macrophyllaAfrican Oil Bean. Oil Bean Tree, Owala Oil32
Pereskia sacharosaGuayapa, Sacharosa, Cuguchi20
Persea americanaAvocado, Alligator Pear53
Phalaris arundinaceaCanary Grass, Reed canarygrass, Gardener's Garter Grass, Ribbon Grass00
Phaseolus coccineusRunner Bean, Scarlet runner40
Phaseolus lunatusLima Bean, Sieva bean41
Phaseolus polystachiosThicket Bean. Wild bean20
Phleum pratenseTimothy01
Phoenix canariensisCanary Island Date Palm30
Phoenix dactyliferaDate Palm52
Phormium tenaxNew Zealand Flax, Coastal Flax, New Zealand Hemp20
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Phyllostachys bambusoidesMadake, Japanese timber bamboo41
Phyllostachys edulisMoso-Chiku, Tortoise shell bamboo41
Phyllostachys glauca 30
Phyllostachys nudaNude Sheath Bamboo40
Phytelephas macrocarpaVegetable Ivory, Tagua, Nut Palm, Ivory nut palm20
Pinus brutiaCalabrian pine, Turkish pine23
Pinus caribaeaCaribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine22
Pinus cembra sibiricaSiberian Pine42
Pinus cembroidesMexican Pine Nut, Pinyon Pine42
Pinus edulisRocky Mountain Piñon, Twoneedle pinyon, Nut Pine, Pinyon Pine, Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Singlelea42
Pinus elliottiiSlash Pine22
Pinus halepensisAleppo Pine22
Pinus jeffreyiJeffrey Pine32
Pinus koraiensisKorean Nut Pine, Chinese pinenut42
Pinus massonianaChinese Red Pine22
Pinus merkusiiSumatran pine, Merkus Pine12
Pinus monophyllaSingle Leaf Piñon, Single Leaf PinyonPine, Stone Pine, Pine Pinyon42
Pinus oocarpaOocarpa Pine, Pino amarillo12
Pinus palustrisPitch Pine, Longleaf pine, Southern Pine12
Pinus pinasterMaritime Pine22
Pinus pineaItalian Stone Pine, Umbrella Pine, Stone Pine42
Pinus ponderosaPonderosa Pine, Washoe pine32
Pinus radiataMonterey Pine12
Pinus roxburghiiChir Pine22
Pinus sylvestrisScot's Pine, Scotch Pine23
Pinus taedaLoblolly Pine12
Pinus wallichianaHimalayan Blue Pine, Bhutan pine, Himalayan Pine22
Pistacia lentiscusMastic Tree - Pistachier Lentisque22
Pistacia terebinthusTerebinth, Cyprus turpentine22
Pistacia veraPistachio, Pistachio Nut32
Pithecellobium dulceManila Tamarind, Madras Thorn42
Pittosporum resiniferumPetroleum nut03
Pittosporum undulatumCheesewood, Australian cheesewood, Cheesewood, Pittosporum, Orange Berry Pittosporum, Victorian Box00
Plukenetia conophoraConophor. Nigerian walnut. Awusa nut,42
Plukenetia volubilisInca peanut30
Pongamia pinnataPongam, Karum Tree, Poonga-Oil Tree, Indian Beech03
Populus deltoidesEastern Cottonwood, Plains cottonwood, Rio Grande cottonwood, Necklace Poplar22
Populus euphratica 01
Populus hybridsHybrid poplar33
Populus nigraBlack Poplar, Lombardy poplar13
Populus trichocarpaWestern Balsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Porteresia coarctataWild rice. Uri. Tropical wild rice30
Pouteria guianensisAsepoko.20
Prinsepia utilisCherry prinsepia42
Prosopis africanaPau Carvão. Mesquite. Iron tree22
Prosopis albaWhite carob tree, Algarrobo blanco32
Prosopis chilensisChilean algarrobo, Chilean mesquite20
Prosopis cinerariaJandi, Ghaf32
Prosopis glandulosaHoneypod mesquite. Glandular mesquite32
Prosopis pallidaAlgaroba22
Prosopis tamarugoTamarugo10
Prunus armeniacaApricot43
Prunus armeniaca mandschuricaManchurian apricot43
Prunus dulcisAlmond, Sweet almond43
Prunus pedunculata 21
Prunus sibiricaSiberian Apricot32
Prunus spinosaSloe - Blackthorn32
Psophocarpus tetragonolobusWinged Bean30
Pueraria montana lobataKudzu Vine45
Pueraria phaseoloidesTropical Kudzu21
Quercus acutissimaSawthorn Oak22
Quercus brantiiBarro, Brant's oak32
Quercus emoryiBlack Oak, Emory oak32
Quercus ilexHolly Oak, Evergreen Oak52
Quercus insignisChicalaba12
Quercus kelloggiiCalifornian Black Oak, Black Oak32
Quercus suberCork Oak22
Quercus variabilisChinese Cork Oak22
Quercus x hybridBurgambel oak32
Raphia fariniferaRaffia Palm30
Raphia hookeriIvory Coast Raffia Palm32
Raphia viniferaWine Raffia Palm. Wine Palm30
Reynoutria japonicaJapanese knotweed.33
Rhus copallinaDwarf Sumach, Winged sumac, Flameleaf Sumac, Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac42
Rhus succedaneaWax Tree12
Rhynchoryza subulataArroz bravo30
Ricinodendron heudelotiiManketti nut, Zambezi almond, African oil-nut-tree33
Ricinus communisCastor-Oil Plant, Castorbean, Palma Christi, Wonder Tree, Castor Oil Plant14
Robinia neomexicanaNew Mexico Locust, Rusby's locust, Locust11
Robinia pseudoacaciaBlack Locust, Yellow Locust32
Rumex acetosaSorrel, Garden sorrel53
Rumex patientiaHerb Patience31
Saccharum hybridsEnergy Cane42
Saccharum officinarumSugarcane, Purple Sugar Cane42
Salix bonplandianaSauce, Bonpland willow00
Salix eriocephalaMissouri Willow, Missouri River willow02
Salix hybridsHybrid willows33
Salix miyabeana 02
Salix purpureaPurple Osier. purpleosier willow13
Salix viminalisOsier. Basket Willow12
Samanea samanRain Tree, False Powder Puff, Monkey Pod32
Sambucus nigraElderberry - European Elder, Black elderberry, American black elderberry, Blue elderberry, Europea43
Sambucus nigra spp canadensisAmerican Elder43
Sansevieria hyacinthoidesAfrican Bowstring Hemp02
Sansevieria roxburghianaIndian Bowstring Hemp, Bowstring Hemp03
Sansevieria trifasciataMother-in-Law's Tongue, Snake plant02
Sapindus saponariaSoapberry, Wild Chinaberry, Florida Soap Berry, Soap Nut, Soap Tree02
Sapium sebiferumVegetable Tallow, Chinese tallow, Popcorn Tree, Chinese Tallow Tree22
Saraca asocaAsoka Tree. Sorrow-less Tree03
Schinziophyton rautaneniiMongongo Nut. Manketti Tree32
Schizostachyum sppClumping Bamboo23
Schleichera oleosaMalay Lac Tree. Lac tree, Ceylon oak32
Schoenoplectiella mucronataRicefield bulrush, Bog bulrush11
Schoenoplectus californicus tatoraTotora20
Sclerocarya birreaMarula33
Secale hybridsPerennial cereal rye51
Semecarpus anacardiumMarking Nut Tree. Oriental Cashew23
Semiarundinaria murielaeUmbrella Bamboo00
Senegalia senegalGum Arabic32
Senna auriculataMatara Tea. Tanner's cassia23
Senna siameaSiamese Senna, Kassod Tree11
Senna singueanaWinter cassia, Sticky pod23
Sequoia sempervirensCoastal Redwood, Redwood, California Redwood, Coast Redwood01
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Sesbania sesbanSesban22
Setaria palmifoliaHighland Pitpit. Palm Grass32
Shorea javanicaDammar, White meranti10
Sida rhombifoliaBroom Jute. Common Sida. Arrow-leaf Sida23
Silphium integrifoliumPrairie Rosinweed31
Silphium laciniatumCompass Plant, Robinson's compassplant22
Simarouba amaraParadise tree, bitterwood34
Simmondsia chinensisJojoba22
Solidago leavenworthiiLeavenworth's goldenrod01
Solidago nemoralisOld-Field Goldenrod, Gray goldenrod11
Sorghum hybridsPerennial Sorghum41
Spartium junceumSpanish Broom, Weaver's Broom, Spanish Broom02
Sphenostylis stenocarpaAfrican Yam Bean40
Sporobolus fimbriatusPerennial Dropseed. Dropseed grass20
Stenocereus griseusCactaceae. Pitaya, Organpipe cactus30
Stenocereus stellatusJoconostle cactus, Baja organ pipe cactus30
Stipa tenacissimaEsparto Grass, Esparto00
Stipagrostis pungensDrinn31
Stylosanthes guianensisEstilo00
Syagrus coronataLicuri Palm, Ouricury palm32
Tamarindus indicaTamarind43
Tanacetum cinerariifoliumDalmation Pellitory, Pyrethrum01
Taxus baccataYew, English yew, Common Yew34
Taxus brevifoliaPacific Yew34
Telfairia occidentalisFluted Gourd42
Telfairia pedataOysternut42
Tephrosia virginianaCatgut, Virginia tephrosia02
Tephrosia vogeliiFish-poison-bean,02
Terminalia belliricaBeleric Myrobalan23
Terminalia catappaIndian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree42
Terminalia kaernbachiiOkari Nut50
Theobroma cacaoCacao, Cocoa Tree53
Theobroma grandiflorumCupuassu, Cupuacu43
Thyrsostachys siamensisMonastery Bamboo40
Tithonia diversifoliaMexican Sunflower03
Torreya grandisChinese Nutmeg Tree21
Torreya nuciferaKaya, Japanese torreya52
Toxicodendron sylvestreYame-haze00
Toxicodendron vernicifluumLacquer Tree01
Trachomitum lancifoliumLance leaved Dogbane, Lance leaved Kendry 01
Trachomitum sarmatienseSarmatian Dogbane, Sarmatian Kendry 01
Trachomitum scabrumKendry, Rough Kendry00
Trachycarpus fortuneiChusan Palm, Chinese windmill palm, Windmill Palm22
Treculia africanaAfrican Breadfruit or Breadnut42
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
Trichanthera giganteaGiant trichanthera, Nacadero22
Trichilia emeticaBanket mahogany, Natal mahogany, 23
Trifolium hybridumAlsike Clover21
Trifolium repensWhite Clover, Dutch Clover, Purple Dutch Clover, Shamrock, White Clover32
Triticum aestivumBread Wheat, Common wheat42
Tylosema esculentumMarama Bean40
Typha angustifoliaSmall Reed Mace, Narrowleaf cattail53
Typha elephantinaBora. Elephant grass, Indian reed-mace.33
Typha latifoliaReedmace, Broadleaf cattail, Bullrush, Nailrod53
Ulmus pumilaSiberian Elm, Hybrid elm22
Ulmus rubraSlippery Elm25
Urochloa mosambicensisSabi grass, Gonya grass, Bushveld signal grass20
Urtica dioicaStinging Nettle, California nettle55
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vachellia seyalShittim Wood22
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
Vernicia fordiiTung Tree, Tung Nut13
Vernicia montanaAbrasin oil tree03
Virola sebiferaVirola Nut. Red Ucuba. Pintri, 02
Vitellaria paradoxaShea Butter Tree45
Willughbeia coriaceaHeaven fruit, Borneo rubber, Akar gerit-gerit besi21
Willughbeia edulisGedraphol, Kuy32
Wissadula periplocifoliaWhite velvetleaf00
Xanthoceras sorbifoliumYellowhorn30
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
Yucca whippleiOur Lord's Candle30
Zamia sppZamia cycads. Pine cone cycad20
Zea hybridsPerennial corn, Perennial Maize53
Zizania latifoliaManchurian Wild Rice41
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