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Latin Name	Common Name	Edibility Rating	Medicinal Rating
Arundinaria gigantea	Canebrake bamboo, Cane Reed, Giant cane	3	1
Corynocarpus spp.	Karaka	2	0
Cotinus coggygria	Smoke Tree, European smoketree, Venetian Sumac, Wig Tree, Smoke Tree	1	1
Desmodium paniculatum	Panicled tick trefoil	0	0
Dipterocarpus alatus	Apitong, baume de gurjun, gurjun balsam	0	2
Dipterocarpus gracilis	Tagalog: Panao	0	1
Dipterocarpus grandiflorus	Apitong	0	0
Dipterocarpus kerrii	Kerr's Keruing	0	2
Eremophila fraseri	Burra, Turpentine bush	0	1
Grindelia squarrosa	Rosin Weed, Curlycup gumweed	2	3
Prunus pedunculata		2	1
Quercus insignis	Chicalaba	1	2
Silphium laciniatum	Compass Plant, Robinson's compassplant	2	2
Tephrosia virginiana	Catgut, Virginia tephrosia	0	2

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