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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Adenostoma fasciculatumGreasewood01
Agathis macrophyllaDakua00
Agathis mooreiPacific Kauri, Moore Kauri10
Allanblackia floribundaVegetable Tallow. Tallow tree32
Allanblackia stuhlmanniiMkani, Msambo32
Argania spinosaArgan Tree, Spiny Argania, Morocco Ironwood42
Attalea speciosaBabassu, American Oil Palm, Motacu, Motacuchi42
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Bertholletia excelsaBrazil Nut52
Brassica rapa trilocularisIndian Colza20
Brosimum utileCow Tree, Palo De Vaca32
Canarium indicumCanarium Nut, Ngali, Galip nut, kenari nut42
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Carapa guianensisAndiroba04
Ceiba aesculifoliaPochote21
Chrysobalanus icacoCoco Plum, Paradise Plum42
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Dacrydium cupressinumRimu, New zealand red pine20
Dacryodes edulisBush Butter Tree, Butterfruit, African Plum, bush pear, bush plum, safou52
Dipterocarpus alatusApitong, baume de gurjun, gurjun balsam02
Dyera costulataHill Jelutong01
Garcinia kolaBitter Kola34
Hevea brasiliensisPara Rubber Tree, Brazilian Rubber Tree20
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Juncus effususSoft Rush, Common rush, Lamp rush, Pacific rush12
Juniperus monospermaOne-Seed Juniper32
Juniperus occidentalisWestern Juniper32
Lecythis ollariaMonkey Pot. Sapucaia nut, Pot nut30
Lecythis pisonisParadise Nut. Brazilian Monkey Pot32
Malus domesticaApple52
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Mimusops elengiSpanish Cherry, Bakul32
Neobalanocarpus heimiiChengal00
Nephelium lappaceumRambutan, Hairy Lychee52
Nephelium ramboutan-akePulasan41
Nothofagus betuloides 00
Nothofagus pumilioLenga10
Opuntia imbricataTree Chola20
Palaquium guttaGutta-Percha20
Passiflora tetrandra 10
Pentaclethra macrophyllaAfrican Oil Bean. Oil Bean Tree, Owala Oil32
Phytelephas macrocarpaVegetable Ivory, Tagua, Nut Palm, Ivory nut palm20
Pinus rigidaNorthern Pitch Pine, Pitch pine12
Pinus roxburghiiChir Pine22
Pinus sylvestrisScot's Pine, Scotch Pine23
Pinus teocoteTwisted Leaf Pine12
Pinus wallichianaHimalayan Blue Pine, Bhutan pine, Himalayan Pine22
Platonia insignisBakuri, Bacuri42
Ptaeroxylon obliquumSneezewood02
Pycnanthus angolensisAfrican Nutmeg23
Raphia fariniferaRaffia Palm30
Reutealis trispermaOtaheite Walnut, Lumbang Tree02
Schleichera oleosaMalay Lac Tree. Lac tree, Ceylon oak32
Sesamum indicumSesame33
Shorea balangeranRed Balau00
Shorea johorensisSeraya majau, Meranti majau00
Shorea macrophyllaLight Red Meranti, Engkabang, False Ilipe Nut32
Shorea obtusaTaengwood Balau, teng02
Shorea robustaSal Tree43
Tamarindus indicaTamarind43
Telfairia pedataOysternut42
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
Trichilia dregeanaCape Mahogany43
Typha latifoliaReedmace, Broadleaf cattail, Bullrush, Nailrod53
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vateria indicaWhite Dammar32
Verbascum thapsusGreat Mullein, Common mullein, Aaron's Rod, Flannel Plant, Hag Taper, Mullein, Torches, Velvet Plant13
Vernicia montanaAbrasin oil tree03
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