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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus esculentusOkra43
Acanthosicyos horridusNaras. Butterpips32
Adansonia digitataBaobab, Judas Fruit, Monkey Bread Tree33
Adenanthera pavoninaRed Sandalwood, Coral Tree32
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Bauhinia petersianaWhite bauhinia, Zambezi coffee32
Bertholletia excelsaBrazil Nut52
Blighia sapidaAkee, ackee apple or ayee32
Buchanania lanzanAlmondette, Charoli Nut42
Caesalpinia digynaTeri pods, Udakiryaka22
Caryodendron orinocenseTaccy Nut, Nuez de Barinas31
Chrysobalanus icacoCoco Plum, Paradise Plum42
Citrullus colocynthisPerennial egusi, Bitter-apple32
Corylus avellanaCommon Hazel, Common filbert, European Filbert, Harry Lauder's Walking Stick, Corkscrew Hazel, Hazel52
Corylus colurnaTurkish Hazel, Chinese hazelnut, Turkish Filbert, Turkish Hazel31
Corylus heterophyllaSiberian Filbert31
Corylus hybrids & neohybridsHybrid & Neohybrids, Hazel, Filbert52
Corylus maximaFilbert, Giant filbert50
Corylus sieboldianaJapanese Hazel, Manchurian hazel30
Crescentia alataJicaro. Mexican calabash22
Crescentia cujeteCalabash Tree32
Cucurbita digitataCoyote Gourd30
Cucurbita ficifoliaMalabar Gourd, Figleaf gourd32
Cucurbita foetidissimaBuffalo Gourd, Missouri gourd32
Dacryodes edulisBush Butter Tree, Butterfruit, African Plum, bush pear, bush plum, safou52
Entada phaseoloidesSt. Thomas Bean32
Glycine spp.Perennial Soybean43
Guibourtia coleospermaBushman bean, Large false mopane22
Helianthus cusickiiCusick's sunflower31
Helianthus hybridsPerennial Sunflower42
Helianthus maximilianiiMaximillian Sunflower, Maximillian Daisy30
Helianthus pauciflorusStiff Sunflower, Prairie Sunflower40
Helianthus tuberosusJerusalem Artichoke41
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Juglans ailanthifolia cordiformisHeartseed Walnut41
Juglans cinereaButternut - White Walnut, Butternut33
Juglans neotropicaAndean Walnut32
Juglans nigraBlack Walnut33
Juglans olanchanaOlancho walnut, Central American walnut20
Juglans regiaWalnut, English walnut, Persian Walnut,43
Lecythis corrugataMahot rouge, Guacharaco30
Lecythis minorCoco de mono40
Lecythis pisonisParadise Nut. Brazilian Monkey Pot32
Lecythis zabucajoSapucaia. Sapucaia nut, Paradise nut, Monkey nut31
Maclura pomiferaOsage Orange, Bois D'Arc12
Pachira glabraSaba Nut, American Chestnut30
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Pentaclethra macrophyllaAfrican Oil Bean. Oil Bean Tree, Owala Oil32
Pinus cembra sibiricaSiberian Pine42
Pinus cembroidesMexican Pine Nut, Pinyon Pine42
Pinus edulisRocky Mountain Piñon, Twoneedle pinyon, Nut Pine, Pinyon Pine, Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Singlelea42
Pinus koraiensisKorean Nut Pine, Chinese pinenut42
Pinus monophyllaSingle Leaf Piñon, Single Leaf PinyonPine, Stone Pine, Pine Pinyon42
Pinus pineaItalian Stone Pine, Umbrella Pine, Stone Pine42
Pistacia veraPistachio, Pistachio Nut32
Plukenetia conophoraConophor. Nigerian walnut. Awusa nut,42
Plukenetia volubilisInca peanut30
Prunus armeniacaApricot43
Prunus dulcisAlmond, Sweet almond43
Psophocarpus tetragonolobusWinged Bean30
Ricinodendron heudelotiiManketti nut, Zambezi almond, African oil-nut-tree33
Schinziophyton rautaneniiMongongo Nut. Manketti Tree32
Sclerocarya birreaMarula33
Silphium integrifoliumPrairie Rosinweed31
Telfairia occidentalisFluted Gourd42
Telfairia pedataOysternut42
Terminalia catappaIndian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree42
Terminalia kaernbachiiOkari Nut50
Torreya grandisChinese Nutmeg Tree21
Torreya nuciferaKaya, Japanese torreya52
Xanthoceras sorbifoliumYellowhorn30
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