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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acanthosicyos horridusNaras. Butterpips32
Bauhinia petersianaWhite bauhinia, Zambezi coffee32
Brosimum parinarioidesLeite de amapa, Brosimum32
Caryocar villosumPiquia30
Cercidium microphyllumPaloverde. Foothill palo verde. Small-leaved palo verde30
Cordeauxia edulisYeheb. Yeheb nut32
Distichlis palmeriNipa. Palmer saltgrass, NyPa Wild Wheat40
Gnetum buchholzianumJointfir42
Guibourtia coleospermaBushman bean, Large false mopane22
Panicum turgidumDesert Grass. Turgid panic grass, Afezu20
Pinus edulisRocky Mountain Piñon, Twoneedle pinyon, Nut Pine, Pinyon Pine, Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Singlelea42
Pinus monophyllaSingle Leaf Piñon, Single Leaf PinyonPine, Stone Pine, Pine Pinyon42
Quercus emoryiBlack Oak, Emory oak32
Quercus kelloggiiCalifornian Black Oak, Black Oak32
Schinziophyton rautaneniiMongongo Nut. Manketti Tree32
Sclerocarya birreaMarula33
Stipagrostis pungensDrinn31
Tylosema esculentumMarama Bean40
Urochloa mosambicensisSabi grass, Gonya grass, Bushveld signal grass20
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