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