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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acacia angustissimaPrairie acacia. Timbre. Fernleaf Acacia23
Acacia salignaBlue-Leaved Wattle, Orange wattle10
Acer saccharinumSilver Maple, River Maple, Soft Maple31
Albizia julibrissinMimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree,22
Albizia lebbeckSiris Tree, Woman's Tongue, East Indian Walnut12
Alnus acuminataAlder02
Alnus glutinosaAlder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder03
Arundinaria sppRunning Bamboo31
Arundo donaxGiant Reed, Giant Reed Grass32
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
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
Bursera simarubaGum Tree, Gumbo Limbo22
Calliandra calothyrsusRed Calliandra, Powderpuff, Kaliandra00
Caragana arborescensSiberian Pea Tree, Siberian peashrub51
Carex meyerianaSedge, Wu la cao 00
Carex morrowiiIwashiba, Japanese Sedge 00
Castanea mollissimaChinese Chestnut32
Castanea sativaSweet Chestnut, European chestnut52
Castanea speciesChestnut Hybrids42
Cephalostachyum pergracileTinwa Bamboo30
Chrysopogon zizanioidesVetiver, Vetiver Root, Khus Khus22
Colophospermum mopaneRhodesian ironwood, Rhodesian mahogany12
Cornus sericeaRed Osier Dogwood, Western dogwood22
Cortaderia selloanaPampas Grass00
Corylus avellanaCommon Hazel, Common filbert, European Filbert, Harry Lauder's Walking Stick, Corkscrew Hazel, Hazel52
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
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
Echinochloa polystachyaAleman Grass. German grass00
Elaeagnus angustifoliaOleaster, Russian olive42
Elaeagnus umbellataAutumn Olive42
Eucalyptus brassianaCape York red gum00
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus citriodoraLemon-Scented Gum, Lemon Scented Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus gomphocephalaTuart. Tuart Gum00
Eucalyptus grandisFlooded Gum, Gum, Rose Eucalyptus02
Eucalyptus microthecaCoolabah, Coolibah, Flooded Box, Coolibah20
Eucalyptus tereticornisForest Red Gum22
Eucalyptus urophyllaTimor White Gum00
Eulaliopsis binataBabui, Sabaigrass00
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
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
Gleditsia triacanthosHoney Locust32
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Guadua angustifoliaClumping Bamboo. Guadua00
Gynerium sagittatumUva Grass02
Hibiscus tilliaceusBeach Hibiscus, Sea Hibiscus21
Hippophae rhamnoidesSea Buckthorn, Seaberry55
Inga veraIce cream bean, River koko, Guaba, Pois Doux22
Lespedeza bicolorLespedeza, Shrub lespedeza30
Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind32
Lingnania chungiiClumping Bamboo, white bamboo, tropical blue bamboo00
Maclura pomiferaOsage Orange, Bois D'Arc12
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Melocanna bacciferaBerry Bamboo. Mali bamboo32
Miscanthus sacchariflorusAmur Silver Grass00
Miscanthus sinensisEulalia, Chinese silvergrass, Silver Feather, Eulalia Grass, Japanese Silver Grass, Ornamental Grass12
Miscanthus x giganteusGiant Miscanthus00
Morus albaWhite Mulberry, Common Mulberry,43
Ochlandra spp.Elephant grass, Clumping Bamboo00
Oxytenanthera abyssynicaSavanah Bamboo22
Panicum virgatumSwitch Grass00
Parkinsonia aculeataJerusalem Thorn32
Pennisetum purpureumNapier grass. Elephant grass22
Phalaris arundinaceaCanary Grass, Reed canarygrass, Gardener's Garter Grass, Ribbon Grass00
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
Pithecellobium dulceManila Tamarind, Madras Thorn42
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
Prosopis glandulosaHoneypod mesquite. Glandular mesquite32
Prosopis pallidaAlgaroba22
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 eriocephalaMissouri Willow, Missouri River willow02
Salix hybridsHybrid willows33
Salix miyabeana 02
Salix purpureaPurple Osier. purpleosier willow13
Salix viminalisOsier. Basket Willow12
Sapium sebiferumVegetable Tallow, Chinese tallow, Popcorn Tree, Chinese Tallow Tree22
Schizostachyum sppClumping Bamboo23
Schoenoplectiella mucronataRicefield bulrush, Bog bulrush11
Schoenoplectus californicus tatoraTotora20
Senegalia senegalGum Arabic32
Sequoia sempervirensCoastal Redwood, Redwood, California Redwood, Coast Redwood01
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Sesbania sesbanSesban22
Spartium junceumSpanish Broom, Weaver's Broom, Spanish Broom02
Stenocereus stellatusJoconostle cactus, Baja organ pipe cactus30
Stipa tenacissimaEsparto Grass, Esparto00
Thyrsostachys siamensisMonastery Bamboo40
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
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
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
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