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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acacia salignaBlue-Leaved Wattle, Orange wattle10
Agave sisalanaSisal22
Albizia lebbeckSiris Tree, Woman's Tongue, East Indian Walnut12
Alnus glutinosaAlder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder03
Amorpha fruticosaFalse Indigo, False indigo bush12
Apocynum cannabinumIndian Hemp22
Areca catechuBetel Palm, Betel Nut Palm33
Arenga pinnataSolitary Sugar Palm41
Artocarpus altilisBreadfruit54
Artocarpus camansiBreadnut, Kamansi41
Artocarpus heterophyllusJackfruit52
Arundo donaxGiant Reed, Giant Reed Grass32
Astragalus glycyphyllosMilk Vetch, Licorice milkvetch10
Atriplex canescensGrey Sage Brush, Fourwing saltbush41
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Bambusa bambosGiant Thorny Bamboo33
Bambusa nutansNodding Bamboo, Mai bong20
Bambusa oldhamiiRyoku-Chiku, Giant Timber Bamboo, Oldham's Bamboo20
Bambusa polymorphaBurmese bamboo, Jama Betua20
Bambusa vulgarisCommon Bamboo32
Bertholletia excelsaBrazil Nut52
Bixa orellanaAnnatto (Lipstick Plant, Urucum, Colorau, Achiote )33
Boehmeria niveaRamie, Chinese Grass, Chinese Silk Plant22
Brassica carinataAbyssinian Cabbage42
Brassica oleraceaWild Cabbage, Broccoli, Tronchuda cabbage, Brussels sprouts, Kohlrabi, Sprouting broccoli42
Calliandra calothyrsusRed Calliandra, Powderpuff, Kaliandra00
Caragana arborescensSiberian Pea Tree, Siberian peashrub51
Castanea mollissimaChinese Chestnut32
Casuarina equisetifoliaShe Oak, Common Ru, Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina12
Casuarina oligodonShe-oak, kilu00
Ceiba pentandraKapok Tree, Cotton Tree, Suma'ma33
Ceratonia siliquaCarob, St. john's bread32
Chrysopogon zizanioidesVetiver, Vetiver Root, Khus Khus22
Cinchona officinalisLojabark25
Cinchona pubescensQuinine tree, Red Bark, Cinchona, Quina, Quinquina, Quinine Bark, Peruvian Bark, Jesuit's Bark25
Cinnamomum camphoraCamphor, Camphortree23
Cnidoscolus aconitifoliusTree Spinach, Tread Softly, Cabbage Star, Chaya43
Cortaderia selloanaPampas Grass00
Crataegus pinnatifidaChinese Haw33
Cytisus scopariusBroom, Scotch broom, Common Broom13
Cordyline australisCabbage Tree30
Elaeagnus angustifoliaOleaster, Russian olive42
Elaeagnus umbellataAutumn Olive42
Eucalyptus citriodoraLemon-Scented Gum, Lemon Scented Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus globulusTasmanian Blue Gum, Eurabbie, Blue Gum, Blue Eucalyptus14
Ginkgo bilobaMaidenhair Tree, Ginkgo55
Gleditsia triacanthosHoney Locust32
Lablab purpureusHyacinth Bean, Bonavist-bean42
Lespedeza bicolorLespedeza, Shrub lespedeza30
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Miscanthus sacchariflorusAmur Silver Grass00
Miscanthus sinensisEulalia, Chinese silvergrass, Silver Feather, Eulalia Grass, Japanese Silver Grass, Ornamental Grass12
Morus albaWhite Mulberry, Common Mulberry,43
Nelumbo nuciferaSacred Water Lotus, Sacred lotus43
Opuntia ficus-indicaPrickly Pear, Barbary fig32
Parthenium argentatumGuayule00
Phaseolus coccineusRunner Bean, Scarlet runner40
Phaseolus lunatusLima Bean, Sieva bean41
Phormium tenaxNew Zealand Flax, Coastal Flax, New Zealand Hemp20
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Phyllostachys bambusoidesMadake, Japanese timber bamboo41
Phyllostachys edulisMoso-Chiku, Tortoise shell bamboo41
Phyllostachys glauca 30
Phyllostachys nudaNude Sheath Bamboo40
Pinus koraiensisKorean Nut Pine, Chinese pinenut42
Pinus palustrisPitch Pine, Longleaf pine, Southern Pine12
Pinus pineaItalian Stone Pine, Umbrella Pine, Stone Pine42
Populus trichocarpaWestern Balsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Populus deltoidesEastern Cottonwood, Plains cottonwood, Rio Grande cottonwood, Necklace Poplar22
Psophocarpus tetragonolobusWinged Bean30
Pueraria montana lobataKudzu Vine45
Pueraria phaseoloidesTropical Kudzu21
Robinia pseudoacaciaBlack Locust, Yellow Locust32
Rumex acetosaSorrel, Garden sorrel53
Sambucus nigraElderberry - European Elder, Black elderberry, American black elderberry, Blue elderberry, Europea43
Sapium sebiferumVegetable Tallow, Chinese tallow, Popcorn Tree, Chinese Tallow Tree22
Semiarundinaria murielaeUmbrella Bamboo00
Sequoia sempervirensCoastal Redwood, Redwood, California Redwood, Coast Redwood01
Tanacetum cinerariifoliumDalmation Pellitory, Pyrethrum01
Trifolium hybridumAlsike Clover21
Typha latifoliaReedmace, Broadleaf cattail, Bullrush, Nailrod53
Ulmus pumilaSiberian Elm, Hybrid elm22
Ulmus rubraSlippery Elm25
Dendrocalamus asperGiant Bamboo, Dragon bamboo, Sweet bamboo40
Dendrocalamus giganteusGiant Bamboo, Bhalu bans, Dhungre bans21
Dendrocalamus latiflorusSweet Bamboo, Sweet bamboo shoot, Taiwan giant bamboo40
Dioscorea bulbiferaAerial Yam, Air Potato42
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Flemingia macrophyllaEnoki-mame12
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Indigofera suffruticosaAnil Indigo, Anil de pasto02
Indigofera tinctoriaIndigo, True Indigo, dye indigo22
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind32
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Musa textilisAbaca00
Pithecellobium dulceManila Tamarind, Madras Thorn42
Sapindus saponariaSoapberry, Wild Chinaberry, Florida Soap Berry, Soap Nut, Soap Tree02
Senna siameaSiamese Senna, Kassod Tree11
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Sesbania sesbanSesban22
Tamarindus indicaTamarind43
Terminalia catappaIndian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree42
Vernicia fordiiTung Tree, Tung Nut13
Vitellaria paradoxaShea Butter Tree45
Agave fourcroydesHenequen01
Alocasia macrorrhizosGiant Taro, Giant Elephant Ear32
Arachis glabrataPerennial peanut10
Arachis pintoiPinto peanut00
Bambusa blumeanaSpiny Bamboo. Spiny bamboo, Thorny bamboo20
Bambusa heterostachyaMalay Dwarf Green00
Bambusa tuldaBengal Bamboo. Spineless Indian bamboo20
Calopogonium caeruleumWild jicama00
Calopogonium mucunoidesCalopo, Wild ground nut00
Centrosema pubescensCentro, Butterfly pea00
Cryptostegia grandifloraIndia Rubber Vine00
Dendrocalamus hamiltoniiTama Bamboo. Tufted bamboo30
Dendrocalamus hookeriBhalu bans, Bhutan Green Bamboo20
Dendrocalamus membranaceusWhite bamboo30
Dendrocalamus strictusMale Bamboo. Calcutta Stricta or Bamboo31
Desmodium triflorumThree-flower beggarweed, Three-flower tick-trefoil02
Erythrina poeppigianaMountain Immortelle. Madre de Cacao10
Eucalyptus tereticornisForest Red Gum22
Eucalyptus urophyllaTimor White Gum00
Euphorbia neriifoliaFleshy spurge, Hedge Euphorbia, Oleander spurge22
Ficus elasticaRubber Plant. India Rubber Tree22
Hibiscus radiatusMonarch Rosemallow. Ruby hibiscus, Clavelina21
Inga veraIce cream bean, River koko, Guaba, Pois Doux22
Leucaena diversifioliaIpil-ipil00
Panicum maximumGuinea grass. Green panic grass12
Prosopis pallidaAlgaroba22
Sansevieria hyacinthoidesAfrican Bowstring Hemp02
Sansevieria roxburghianaIndian Bowstring Hemp, Bowstring Hemp03
Sansevieria trifasciataMother-in-Law's Tongue, Snake plant02
Senna auriculataMatara Tea. Tanner's cassia23
Sida rhombifoliaBroom Jute. Common Sida. Arrow-leaf Sida23
Tephrosia vogeliiFish-poison-bean,02
Tithonia diversifoliaMexican Sunflower03
Trichanthera giganteaGiant trichanthera, Nacadero22
Dioscorea batatasChinese Yam55
Pinus cembra sibiricaSiberian Pine42
Atriplex semibaccataAustralian Saltbush. Australian saltbush, Creeping saltbush20
Bambusa atraClumping Bamboo. Long pipe bamboo.20
Clitoria ternateaButterfly pea30
Dendrocalamus brandesiiVelvet Leaf Bamboo, Clumping Bamboo30
Arundinaria sppRunning Bamboo31
Bambusa pervariabilisClumping Bamboo30
Bambusa textilisClumping Bamboo. Weaver's bamboo30
Carya hybridsHybrid and neohybrid hickories43
Chamaecrista rotundifoliaRound-leaf cassia00
Chamaecytisus proliferusTagasaste. Tree lucerne.00
Cylindropuntia spp.Cholla30
Desmodium cinereumRensoni. Tickclover00
Desmodium intortumPega-pega. Beggarlice00
Desmodium uncinatumSilverleaf desmodium. Spanish tick-clover00
Eucalyptus brassianaCape York red gum00
Euphorbia lacteaMottled Spurge00
Hibiscus tilliaceusBeach Hibiscus, Sea Hibiscus21
Macadamia ternifoliaMacadamia Nut, Gympie nut40
Salix hybridsHybrid willows33
Stylosanthes guianensisEstilo00
Trachomitum lancifoliumLance leaved Dogbane, Lance leaved Kendry 01
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