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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acorus calamusSweet Flag - Calamus34
Acorus gramineusGrass-leaved Sweet Rush, Japanese Sweet Flag, Dwarf Sweet Flag33
Ailanthus altissimaTree Of Heaven13
Alchornea cordifoliaChristmas Bush24
Anacyclus pyrethrumMount Atlas Daisy, Chamomile Spanish, Pellitory02
Anagallis arvensisScarlet Pimpernel22
Anemone altaica 01
Anthemis cotulaMayweed, Stinking chamomile12
Arisaema amurenseTian Nan Xing23
Arisaema consanguineumTian Nan Xing13
Arisaema flavum 21
Arnica angustifolia alpinaMountain Tobacco03
Arnica montanaArnica, Mountain arnica03
Aster fastigiatus 21
Atriplex confertifoliaShadscale, Shadscale saltbush41
Bacopa monnieriHerb of Grace, Brahmi, Smooth Water Hyssop34
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Baphia nitidaCamwood, Baphia22
Benincasa hispidaWax Gourd33
Blighia sapidaAkee, ackee apple or ayee32
Bongardia chrysogonum 21
Brassica nigraBlack Mustard33
Buxus sempervirensBox, Common box, American Boxwood12
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Calypso bulbosaFairyslipper21
Canavalia gladiataSword Bean32
Cannabis sativaHemp, Marijuana44
Cicuta virosaCowbane, Mackenzie's water hemlock11
Conium maculatumHemlock, Poison hemlock12
Crassocephalum crepidioidesOkinawa Spinach, Redflower Ragleaf, Fireweed42
Cynodon dactylonBermuda Grass03
Cyperus articulatusJointed flatsedge, Priprioca, Piripiri14
Datura metelThorn Apple, Angel's Trumpet, Hindu Datura, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple13
Dichrostachys cinereaMarabou Thorn, Sickle Bush22
Erigeron philadelphicusPhiladelphia Fleabane02
Erythrina vernaMulungu04
Eucalyptus robustaSwamp Mahogany, Eucalyptus Gum03
Euphorbia pekinensisDa Ji03
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Filipendula vulgarisDropwort, Meadowsweet21
Galium mollugoHedge Bedstraw, False baby's breath12
Galium verumLady's Bedstraw, Yellow Spring bedstraw, Wirtgen's bedstraw32
Gastrodia elataTien Ma23
Gleditsia sinensisLocust33
Gymnema sylvestreGurmar, Gymnema34
Heracleum sphondylium montanumCow Parsnip32
Hyoscyamus albusWhite Henbane04
Hyoscyamus nigerHenbane, Black henbane04
Ilex opacaAmerican Holly22
Indigofera arrectaBengal Indigo, Java indigo, Natal indigo22
Indigofera tinctoriaIndigo, True Indigo, dye indigo22
Leontice leontopetalumRakaf11
Lilium candidumMadonna Lily32
Lobelia cardinalisCardinal Flower03
Lonicera ciliosaOrange Honeysuckle22
Millettia laurentiiWenge04
Monotropa unifloraIndian Pipe23
Moringa stenopetalaAfrican horseradish tree, cabbagetree43
Musa acuminataDwarf Banana, Edible banana52
Musa x paradisiacaBanana52
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Myrtus communisMyrtle, Foxtail Myrtle33
Narcissus pseudonarcissusWild Daffodil, Daffodil02
Nardostachys grandifloraSpikenard13
Paeonia officinalisPeony, Common peony12
Passiflora incarnataMaypops - Passion Flower, Purple passionflower, Apricot Vine, Maypop, Wild Passion Flower, Purple Pa33
Peganum harmalaSyrian Rue, Harmal peganum13
Peucedanum palustreMarsh Hog's Fennel, Hogfennel11
Phytolacca dodecandraEndod, Pokeberry23
Piper nigrumBlack Pepper43
Polemonium caeruleumJacob's Ladder, Charity02
Polygonum bistortaBistort, Meadow bistort, Snakeweed33
Polygonum pensylvanicumPennsylvania Smartweed01
Pouteria sapotaSapote, Mamey Sapote42
Pyrola rotundifoliaRound-Leaved Wintergreen02
Sapindus mukorossiChinese Soapberry, Soap Berry, Chinese Soapberry, Soapnut Tree12
Scutellaria galericulataCommon Skullcap, Marsh skullcap03
Scutellaria laterifloraVirginian Skullcap, Blue skullcap03
Senna singueanaWinter cassia, Sticky pod23
Sium suaveWater Parsnip, Hemlock waterparsnip31
Solanum carolinenseHorse Nettle, Carolina horsenettle02
Sophora japonicaJapanese Pagoda Tree, Scholar Tree23
Strychnos potatorumClearing Nut22
Symplocarpus foetidusSkunk Cabbage23
Syzygium cuminiJambolan, Java Plum, Malabar Plum, Jambu33
Syzygium jambosJambos, Rose Apple, Plum Rose32
Taxus baccataYew, English yew, Common Yew34
Trichilia emeticaBanket mahogany, Natal mahogany, 23
Turraeanthus africanusAvodire02
Umbilicus rupestrisPennywort31
Valeriana hardwickii 03
Viola tricolorHeartsease, Johnny jumpup, Field Pansy,23
Viscum albumMistletoe, European mistletoe13
Costus aferSpiral Ginger, Ginger lily, White spiral costus.24
Pentadiplandra brazzeanaJoy perfume tree, j'oubli44
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