Latin Name | Common Name | Edibility Rating | Medicinal Rating |
Agave sisalana | Sisal | 2 | 2 |
Anacardium occidentale | Cashew, Caju | 5 | 3 |
Ananas comosus | Pineapple | 5 | 2 |
Bixa orellana | Annatto (Lipstick Plant, Urucum, Colorau, Achiote ) | 3 | 3 |
Bursera simaruba | Gum Tree, Gumbo Limbo | 2 | 2 |
Caragana arborescens | Siberian Pea Tree, Siberian peashrub | 5 | 1 |
Chrysobalanus icaco | Coco Plum, Paradise Plum | 4 | 2 |
Cnidoscolus aconitifolius | Tree Spinach, Tread Softly, Cabbage Star, Chaya | 4 | 3 |
Cornus sericea | Red Osier Dogwood, Western dogwood | 2 | 2 |
Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey Locust | 3 | 2 |
Maclura pomifera | Osage Orange, Bois D'Arc | 1 | 2 |
Morus alba | White Mulberry, Common Mulberry, | 4 | 3 |
Opuntia ficus-indica | Prickly Pear, Barbary fig | 3 | 2 |
Prinsepia utilis | Cherry prinsepia | 4 | 2 |
Prunus spinosa | Sloe - Blackthorn | 3 | 2 |
Yucca baccata | Spanish Bayonet, Banana yucca, Blue Yucca, Spanish Yucca | 4 | 1 |
Yucca elata | Soap Tree, Soaptree yucca, Soapweed, Soapweed Yucca | 2 | 0 |
Yucca filamentosa | Spoonleaf Yucca, Adam's needle, Desert Candle, Needle Palm, St. Peter's Palm, Spanish Bayonet, Comm | 3 | 1 |
Yucca gloriosa | Spanish Dagger, moundlily yucca, Palm Lily, Roman Candle, Mound Lily Yucca, Spanish Dagger | 2 | 1 |
Euphorbia tirucalli | African Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush | 0 | 2 |
Gliricidia sepium | Gliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac | 2 | 2 |
Inga edulis | Ice Cream Bean, Monkey Tamarind | 4 | 2 |
Jatropha curcas | Physic Nut, Barbados Nut | 2 | 3 |
Leucaena leucocephala | Leucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind | 3 | 2 |
Moringa oleifera | Horseradish Tree, Moringa, | 4 | 4 |
Pithecellobium dulce | Manila Tamarind, Madras Thorn | 4 | 2 |
Sesbania grandiflora | Vegetable Hummingbird, Agati, | 3 | 2 |
Sesbania sesban | Sesban | 2 | 2 |
Treculia africana | African Breadfruit or Breadnut | 4 | 2 |
Agave fourcroydes | Henequen | 0 | 1 |
Agave salmiana | Pulque Agave, Giant Agave | 3 | 0 |
Agave tequilana | Blue Agave, Mescal, Tequila. | 4 | 0 |
Bromelia karatas | Ananas pingouin, Karatas, Camburito | 3 | 2 |
Bromelia pinguin | Pinuela. Pinguin | 3 | 0 |
Bromelia serra | Bayonet bromeliad | 1 | 0 |
Cassia grandis | Coral shower, Horse Cassia | 1 | 2 |
Cereus hildmannianus | Hildmania cactus, Hedge cactus | 3 | 0 |
Cereus repandus | Peruvian apple cactus | 3 | 0 |
Erythrina sandwicensis | Wiliwili, Hawaiian coral tree | 0 | 2 |
Erythrina subumbrans | Dadap. December tree | 2 | 2 |
Erythrina edulis | Balu. Andean tree bean | 3 | 2 |
Erythrina poeppigiana | Mountain Immortelle. Madre de Cacao | 1 | 0 |
Euphorbia neriifolia | Fleshy spurge, Hedge Euphorbia, Oleander spurge | 2 | 2 |
Furcraea cabuya | Cabuya | 0 | 0 |
Furcraea foetida | Mauritius Hemp | 0 | 2 |
Furcraea hexapetala | Fique, Cuban Hemp | 0 | 1 |
Guazuma ulmifolia | Bastard Cedar. West Indian elm, Guasimo | 2 | 3 |
Inga vera | Ice cream bean, River koko, Guaba, Pois Doux | 2 | 2 |
Stenocereus griseus | Cactaceae. Pitaya, Organpipe cactus | 3 | 0 |
Stenocereus stellatus | Joconostle cactus, Baja organ pipe cactus | 3 | 0 |
Tithonia diversifolia | Mexican Sunflower | 0 | 3 |
Yucca gigantea | Spineless yucca, Izote | 3 | 0 |
Agave cantala agave | Agave | 2 | 0 |
Acanthocereus tetragonus | Pitahaya. Barbed-wire cactus. | 3 | 0 |
Agave vivipara | Mescal Casero | 3 | 0 |
Nopalea cochenillifera | Cochineal plant. | 2 | 2 |
Agave lechuguilla | Ixtle, Chihuahua | 1 | 2 |
Cylindropuntia spp. | Cholla | 3 | 0 |
Escontria chiotilla | Chiotilla, Jiotilla | 4 | 0 |
Euphorbia lactea | Mottled Spurge | 0 | 0 |
Furcraea acaulis | Cocuiza | 0 | 0 |
Hibiscus tilliaceus | Beach Hibiscus, Sea Hibiscus | 2 | 1 |
Opuntia dillenii | Dillen prickly pear, | 3 | 0 |
Opuntia tomentosa | Velvet prickly pear, Woollyjoint Pricklypear | 3 | 0 |
Pachycereus hollianus | Baboso, Acompes | 0 | 0 |
Pereskia sacharosa | Guayapa, Sacharosa, Cuguchi | 2 | 0 |