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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acrocomia aculeataCoyoli Palm. Gru-Gru Palm, Macaw palm31
Afraegle paniculataNigerian Powder-Flask Fruit. African afraegle23
Allanblackia floribundaVegetable Tallow. Tallow tree32
Allanblackia parvifloraVegetable tallow tree, Ouotera32
Allanblackia stuhlmanniiMkani, Msambo32
Argania spinosaArgan Tree, Spiny Argania, Morocco Ironwood42
Astrocaryum vulgareTucuma. Awarra palm, Tucum palm.42
Attalea funiferaBahia Piassava, Conquilla Nut, Piassaba Palm10
Attalea maripaInaja, Maripa Palm32
Attalea speciosaBabassu, American Oil Palm, Motacu, Motacuchi42
Bactris gasipaesPeach Palm, Pupunha52
Borassus aethiopumAfrican Fan Palm, Palmyra Palm42
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Brassica carinataAbyssinian Cabbage42
Canarium indicumCanarium Nut, Ngali, Galip nut, kenari nut42
Canarium luzonicumManila Elemi43
Canarium ovatumPili Nut43
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Carya cathayensisChinese Hickory30
Carya hybridsHybrid and neohybrid hickories43
Carya illinoinensisPecan41
Carya laciniosaShellbark Hickory31
Carya ovataShagbark Hickory31
Caryocar brasiliensePequi, Souari nut42
Caryocar nuciferumSouari Nut. Butter Nut42
Caryocar villosumPiquia30
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Cynara cardunculusCardoon35
Elaeis guineensisAfrican Oil Palm52
Elaeis oleiferaAmerican Oil Palm30
Gevuina avellanaChilean Hazel30
Gossypium arboreumTree Cotton21
Gossypium barbadenseSea Island Cotton32
Gossypium herbaceumLevant cotton33
Gossypium hirsutumUpland Cotton21
Gustavia superbaMembrillo30
Hippophae rhamnoidesSea Buckthorn, Seaberry55
Irvingia gabonensisDika Nut43
Iryanthera laevisCumala30
Jubaea chilensisChilean Wine Palm, Chile cocopalm30
Leopoldinia piassabaPiassaba24
Lepidium spp.Perennial Lepidium53
Lesquerella hybridsPerennial Lesquerella20
Linum hybridsPerennial Flax44
Macadamia hildebrandiiCelebes nut40
Macadamia integrifoliaMacadamia, Macadamia nut40
Macadamia ternifoliaMacadamia Nut, Gympie nut40
Madhuca longifoliaButter Tree. Mahua, Illipe32
Mauritia flexuosaBuriti Palm, Aguaje Palm42
Mesua ferreaSurli nut, Poached Egg Tree32
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Moringa peregrinaMoringa22
Moringa stenopetalaAfrican horseradish tree, cabbagetree43
Oenocarpus batauaPataua Palm. Bataua32
Oenocarpus distichusPataua, Bacaba, White bacaba32
Olea europaeaOlive, African olive, European olive43
Pandanus conoideusMarita, Red fruit, Pandan41
Pandanus julianettiiKaruka40
Parajubaea cocoidesQuito Palm10
Parinari curatellifoliaMbola, Grys Appel42
Persea americanaAvocado, Alligator Pear53
Prinsepia utilisCherry prinsepia42
Prunus armeniaca mandschuricaManchurian apricot43
Prunus sibiricaSiberian Apricot32
Raphia fariniferaRaffia Palm30
Raphia hookeriIvory Coast Raffia Palm32
Schleichera oleosaMalay Lac Tree. Lac tree, Ceylon oak32
Syagrus coronataLicuri Palm, Ouricury palm32
Vitellaria paradoxaShea Butter Tree45
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