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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acacia salignaBlue-Leaved Wattle, Orange wattle10
Acer saccharumSugar Maple, Florida Maple, Hard Maple, Rock Maple42
Adansonia digitataBaobab, Judas Fruit, Monkey Bread Tree33
Albizia julibrissinMimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree,22
Albizia lebbeckSiris Tree, Woman's Tongue, East Indian Walnut12
Alnus nepalensisNepalese Alder01
Alnus rubraRed Alder, Oregon Alder22
Amorpha fruticosaFalse Indigo, False indigo bush12
Arundinaria giganteaCanebrake bamboo, Cane Reed, Giant cane31
Arundo donaxGiant Reed, Giant Reed Grass32
Atriplex canescensGrey Sage Brush, Fourwing saltbush41
Atriplex nummulariaGiant Saltbush, Bluegreen saltbush32
Atriplex truncataWedgescale Saltbush20
Bambusa oldhamiiRyoku-Chiku, Giant Timber Bamboo, Oldham's Bamboo20
Boehmeria niveaRamie, Chinese Grass, Chinese Silk Plant22
Cajanus cajanPigeon Pea, Puerto Rico Bean, Gandul, Dhal, Congo Pea42
Calliandra calothyrsusRed Calliandra, Powderpuff, Kaliandra00
Cercocarpus ledifoliusMountain Mahogany, Curl-leaf mountain mahogany12
Coix lacryma-jobiJob's Tears33
Cornus sericeaRed Osier Dogwood, Western dogwood22
Elaeagnus angustifoliaOleaster, Russian olive42
Elaeagnus umbellataAutumn Olive42
Gleditsia triacanthosHoney Locust32
Lespedeza bicolorLespedeza, Shrub lespedeza30
Morus albaWhite Mulberry, Common Mulberry,43
Opuntia ficus-indicaPrickly Pear, Barbary fig32
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Populus nigraBlack Poplar, Lombardy poplar13
Pueraria montana lobataKudzu Vine45
Pueraria phaseoloidesTropical Kudzu21
Robinia pseudoacaciaBlack Locust, Yellow Locust32
Robinia neomexicanaNew Mexico Locust, Rusby's locust, Locust11
Salix eriocephalaMissouri Willow, Missouri River willow02
Salix miyabeana 02
Salix purpureaPurple Osier. purpleosier willow13
Salix viminalisOsier. Basket Willow12
Ulmus pumilaSiberian Elm, Hybrid elm22
Dendrocalamus asperGiant Bamboo, Dragon bamboo, Sweet bamboo40
Dendrocalamus giganteusGiant Bamboo, Bhalu bans, Dhungre bans21
Flemingia macrophyllaEnoki-mame12
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind32
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Pithecellobium dulceManila Tamarind, Madras Thorn42
Pongamia pinnataPongam, Karum Tree, Poonga-Oil Tree, Indian Beech03
Saccharum officinarumSugarcane, Purple Sugar Cane42
Senna siameaSiamese Senna, Kassod Tree11
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Sesbania sesbanSesban22
Tamarindus indicaTamarind43
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
Hippophae rhamnoidesSea Buckthorn, Seaberry55
Alocasia macrorrhizosGiant Taro, Giant Elephant Ear32
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Brosimum alicastrumBreadnut. Maya nut32
Calopogonium mucunoidesCalopo, Wild ground nut00
Colophospermum mopaneRhodesian ironwood, Rhodesian mahogany12
Cordeauxia edulisYeheb. Yeheb nut32
Enterolobium cyclocarpumDevil's Ear. Earpod tree22
Erythrina subumbransDadap. December tree22
Erythrina edulisBalu. Andean tree bean32
Erythrina poeppigianaMountain Immortelle. Madre de Cacao10
Faidherbia albidaWhite Acacia. White-thorn. Apple ring acacia12
Gigantochloa verticillataWhorled bamboo, Giant stripy bamboo30
Gigantochloa albociliataClumping bamboo30
Guazuma ulmifoliaBastard Cedar. West Indian elm, Guasimo23
Gynerium sagittatumUva Grass02
Leucaena diversifioliaIpil-ipil00
Litsea glutinosaIndian Laurel. Brown bollygum, Maida lakri22
Oxytenanthera abyssynicaSavanah Bamboo22
Panicum maximumGuinea grass. Green panic grass12
Plukenetia volubilisInca peanut30
Prosopis chilensisChilean algarrobo, Chilean mesquite20
Prosopis cinerariaJandi, Ghaf32
Prosopis tamarugoTamarugo10
Schleichera oleosaMalay Lac Tree. Lac tree, Ceylon oak32
Stenocereus stellatusJoconostle cactus, Baja organ pipe cactus30
Tithonia diversifoliaMexican Sunflower03
Trichanthera giganteaGiant trichanthera, Nacadero22
Parkinsonia aculeataJerusalem Thorn32
Senegalia senegalGum Arabic32
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
Acer saccharinumSilver Maple, River Maple, Soft Maple31
Samanea samanRain Tree, False Powder Puff, Monkey Pod32
Atriplex semibaccataAustralian Saltbush. Australian saltbush, Creeping saltbush20
Caragana microphyllaLittleleaf Peashrub00
Nopalea cochenilliferaCochineal plant.22
Prosopis glandulosaHoneypod mesquite. Glandular mesquite32
Arundinaria sppRunning Bamboo31
Bambusa textilisClumping Bamboo. Weaver's bamboo30
Chamaecytisus proliferusTagasaste. Tree lucerne.00
Desmodium cinereumRensoni. Tickclover00
Desmodium paniculatumPanicled tick trefoil00
Escontria chiotillaChiotilla, Jiotilla40
Guadua angustifoliaClumping Bamboo. Guadua00
Haloxylon sppSaxaul32
Miscanthus x giganteusGiant Miscanthus00
Opuntia dilleniiDillen prickly pear, 30
Opuntia tomentosaVelvet prickly pear, Woollyjoint Pricklypear30
Pennisetum purpureumNapier grass. Elephant grass22
Populus hybridsHybrid poplar33
Saccharum hybridsEnergy Cane42
Salix hybridsHybrid willows33
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