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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acacia mearnsiiBlack Wattle, Late black wattle13
Adenanthera pavoninaRed Sandalwood, Coral Tree32
Arachis glabrataPerennial peanut10
Arachis pintoiPinto peanut00
Astragalus sinicusChinese Milk Vetch31
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Azolla filiculoidesAzolla, Pacific mosquitofern00
Azolla pinnataWater Fern, Ferny or Red Azolla00
Brassica junceaBrown Mustard42
Brassica juncea crispifoliaCurled Mustard42
Brassica juncea foliosaLeaf Mustard42
Brassica juncea integrifolia crispifoliaCurled Mustard42
Brassica juncea integrifolia rugosaHead Mustard42
Brassica juncea integrifolia strumataLarge Petiole Mustard42
Brassica juncea integrifolia subintegrifoliaLeaf Mustard42
Brassica juncea multicepsGreen In The Snow42
Brassica juncea napiformisRoot Mustard42
Brassica juncea rugosaHead Mustard42
Brassica juncea tsatsai multicepsGreen In The Snow42
Brassica juncea tsatsai tumidaSwollen-Stem Mustard42
Brassica juncea tumidaSwollen-Stem Mustard42
Brassica napusColza, Rape32
Brassica napus arvensisColeseed32
Brassica nigraBlack Mustard33
Brassica rapa oleiferaStubble Turnip20
Cajanus cajanPigeon Pea, Puerto Rico Bean, Gandul, Dhal, Congo Pea42
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
Canavalia gladiataSword Bean32
Centrosema virginianumButterfly Pea, Spurred butterfly pea00
Crotalaria junceaSun Hemp11
Cyamopsis tetragonolobaGuar, Cluster Bean43
Dichrostachys cinereaMarabou Thorn, Sickle Bush22
Diplazium esculentumVegetable Fern43
Fagopyrum esculentumBuckwheat43
Galega officinalisGoat's Rue, Professor-weed23
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Glycine maxSoya Bean42
Guizotia abyssinicaNiger Seed, Ramtilla31
Helianthus annuusSunflower, Common sunflower52
Indigofera arrectaBengal Indigo, Java indigo, Natal indigo22
Indigofera hendecaphyllaCreeping indigo, spicate indigo, trailing indigo00
Indigofera suffruticosaAnil Indigo, Anil de pasto02
Indigofera tinctoriaIndigo, True Indigo, dye indigo22
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Kummerowia stipulaceaKorean Lespedeza, Korean clover01
Lablab purpureusHyacinth Bean, Bonavist-bean42
Lathyrus sativusChickling Pea, White pea21
Lens culinarisLentil51
Limnocharis flavaSawah Lettuce, Sawah Flowering Rush40
Lolium multiflorumItalian Ryegrass00
Lotus corniculatusBird's Foot Trefoil11
Lupinus albusWhite Lupin41
Lupinus angustifoliusBlue Lupin, Narrowleaf lupine40
Lupinus littoralisSeashore Lupine20
Lupinus luteusYellow Lupin, European yellow lupine30
Lupinus mutabilisPearl Lupin, Tarwi50
Medicago lupulinaBlack Medick21
Medicago polymorphaToothed Bur-Clover, Burclover20
Medicago sativaAlfalfa, Yellow alfalfa43
Melilotus albusWhite Melilot22
Melilotus officinalisMelilot, Sweetclover23
Mimosa pudicaMorivivir, Sensitive Plant22
Ornithopus sativusSerradella, Common bird's-foot00
Pachyrhizus erosusYam Bean, Jicama, Mexican Yam40
Peltophorum pterocarpumCopperpod, Yellow Poinciana02
Phacelia tanacetifoliaFiddleneck, Lacy phacelia00
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Phyllanthus emblicaEmblica, Indian Gooseberry35
Pisum sativum arvenseField Pea32
Pongamia pinnataPongam, Karum Tree, Poonga-Oil Tree, Indian Beech03
Prunus africanaPygeum05
Psophocarpus tetragonolobusWinged Bean30
Raphanus sativusRadish, Cultivated radish43
Raphanus sativus caudatusRat-Tail Radish33
Raphanus sativus nigerOriental Radish43
Secale cerealeRye, Cereal rye41
Sesbania bispinosaPrickly Sesban22
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Silybum marianumMilk Thistle, Blessed milkthistle35
Sinapis albaWhite Mustard33
Stylosanthes guianensisEstilo00
Tephrosia candidaWhite Tephrosia00
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
Trifolium incarnatumCrimson Clover20
Trifolium pratenseRed Clover33
Trifolium repensWhite Clover, Dutch Clover, Purple Dutch Clover, Shamrock, White Clover32
Trifolium subterraneumSubterranean Clover10
Trigonella foenum-graecumFenugreek, Sicklefruit fenugreek45
Vicia articulataOne-Flower Vetch10
Vicia benghalensisPurple Vetch00
Vicia craccaTufted Vetch, Bird vetch, Cow vetch11
Vicia faba equinaHorsebean30
Vicia faba minutaTick Bean30
Vicia monanthaHard Vetch, Barn vetch20
Vicia narbonensisFrench Vetch, Purple broad vetch20
Vicia sativaWinter Tares, Garden vetch, Subterranean vetch30
Vicia sativa leucospermaWinter Tares30
Vicia villosaLarge Russian Vetch, Winter vetch10
Vigna angularisAdzuki Bean42
Vigna hoseiSarawak Bean00
Vigna mungoBlack Gram, Urd Bean, Black Matpe, Black Mung Bean42
Vigna radiataMung Bean, Thai Mung Bean42
Vigna unguiculata unguiculataBlack-Eyed Pea42
Warburgia salutarisPepperbark Tree24
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