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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Agathis dammaraAmboina Pine00
Agathis mooreiPacific Kauri, Moore Kauri10
Aleurites moluccanusCandle Nut, Country Walnut33
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Artocarpus heterophyllusJackfruit52
Artocarpus integerChampedak40
Bursera simarubaGum Tree, Gumbo Limbo22
Canarium luzonicumManila Elemi43
Canarium vulgareJava Almond, Kenari Nut41
Copaifera coriaceaSapucaia tree24
Copaifera guyanensisHoepel, Guyanense Copaiba24
Copaifera langsdorffiiCopaiba, Langsdorf's copaifera14
Copaifera multijugaHayne oil, Copaiba,14
Copaifera officinalisCopaiba Balsam, Medicinal Copaiba24
Copaifera reticulataCopaiba, Reticulated Copaiba, Copaiba Balsam04
Copernicia pruniferaBrazilian Wax Palm, Carnauba Palm, Carnauba Wax33
Couma utilisSorva, Milk Tree42
Diospyros malabaricaIndian Persimmon, Gaub, Timbiri, Mountain ebony13
Diospyros mespiliformisWest African Ebony, Monkey guava, jackalberry43
Dipterocarpus alatusApitong, baume de gurjun, gurjun balsam02
Encelia farinosaBrittle Bush, Brittlebush, Incienso21
Gluta lacciferaLacquer tree00
Gluta usitataBurmese Varnish Tree02
Guibourtia demeuseiAfrican Rosewood00
Hevea brasiliensisPara Rubber Tree, Brazilian Rubber Tree20
Hymenaea courbarilWest Indian Locust33
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Neobalanocarpus heimiiChengal00
Parinari curatellifoliaMbola, Grys Appel42
Picea abiesNorway Spruce21
Picea sitchensisSitka Spruce22
Plukenetia conophoraConophor. Nigerian walnut. Awusa nut,42
Pongamia pinnataPongam, Karum Tree, Poonga-Oil Tree, Indian Beech03
Reutealis trispermaOtaheite Walnut, Lumbang Tree02
Rhus copallinaDwarf Sumach, Winged sumac, Flameleaf Sumac, Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac42
Rhus succedaneaWax Tree12
Rhus toxicodendronEastern Poison Oak02
Rhus vernixPoison Sumach01
Schinziophyton rautaneniiMongongo Nut. Manketti Tree32
Sciadopitys verticillataUmbrella Pine, Japanese Umbrella Pine00
Shorea balangeranRed Balau00
Shorea johorensisSeraya majau, Meranti majau00
Simarouba amaraParadise tree, bitterwood34
Simarouba glaucaParadise Tree, Bitterwood, Dysentery-bark34
Tamarindus indicaTamarind43
Telfairia occidentalisFluted Gourd42
Vateria indicaWhite Dammar32
Vernicia fordiiTung Tree, Tung Nut13
Vernicia montanaAbrasin oil tree03
Xanthorrhoea australisGrasstree21
Yucca aloifoliaSpanish Bayonet, Aloe yucca, Dagger Plant, Yucca, Spanish Bayonet31
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