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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acacia angustissimaPrairie acacia. Timbre. Fernleaf Acacia23
Acacia catechuCutch tree, Catechu acacia12
Acacia coleiCole's wattle, Candelabra Wattle, Soap wattle, 32
Acacia cowleanaHall’s Creek wattle32
Acacia holosericeaStrap wattle, Candelabra wattle12
Acacia koaKoa Acacia02
Acacia koaiaKoai'a01
Acacia leucophloeaKuteera-Gum, White-barked acacia.21
Acacia murrayanaMurray’s wattle, Colony wattle32
Acacia salignaBlue-Leaved Wattle, Orange wattle10
Acacia victoriaeBramble wattle. Gundabluey, Bardi bush42
Adenanthera pavoninaRed Sandalwood, Coral Tree32
Albizia julibrissinMimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree,22
Albizia lebbeckSiris Tree, Woman's Tongue, East Indian Walnut12
Albizia lucidiorPotka siris tree00
Alnus acuminataAlder02
Alnus glutinosaAlder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder03
Alnus jorullensisMexican alder, Evergreen Alder00
Alnus nepalensisNepalese Alder01
Alnus rubraRed Alder, Oregon Alder22
Amorpha fruticosaFalse Indigo, False indigo bush12
Amphicarpaea bracteataHog Peanut, American hogpeanut51
Amphicarpaea edgeworthii 40
Apios americanaGround Nut51
Arachis glabrataPerennial peanut10
Arachis pintoiPinto peanut00
Astragalus glycyphyllosMilk Vetch, Licorice milkvetch10
Bauhinia thonningiiCamel's foot tree, monkey bread32
Cajanus cajanPigeon Pea, Puerto Rico Bean, Gandul, Dhal, Congo Pea42
Calliandra calothyrsusRed Calliandra, Powderpuff, Kaliandra00
Calopogonium caeruleumWild jicama00
Calopogonium mucunoidesCalopo, Wild ground nut00
Caragana arborescensSiberian Pea Tree, Siberian peashrub51
Caragana microphyllaLittleleaf Peashrub00
Casuarina equisetifoliaShe Oak, Common Ru, Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina12
Casuarina oligodonShe-oak, kilu00
Centrosema pubescensCentro, Butterfly pea00
Cercocarpus ledifoliusMountain Mahogany, Curl-leaf mountain mahogany12
Chamaecrista rotundifoliaRound-leaf cassia00
Chamaecytisus proliferusTagasaste. Tree lucerne.00
Clitoria ternateaButterfly pea30
Cordeauxia edulisYeheb. Yeheb nut32
Cytisus scopariusBroom, Scotch broom, Common Broom13
Desmanthus illinoensisPrairie Mimosa, Illinois bundleflower41
Desmodium cinereumRensoni. Tickclover00
Desmodium intortumPega-pega. Beggarlice00
Desmodium paniculatumPanicled tick trefoil00
Desmodium triflorumThree-flower beggarweed, Three-flower tick-trefoil02
Desmodium uncinatumSilverleaf desmodium. Spanish tick-clover00
Elaeagnus angustifoliaOleaster, Russian olive42
Elaeagnus umbellataAutumn Olive42
Entada phaseoloidesSt. Thomas Bean32
Enterolobium cyclocarpumDevil's Ear. Earpod tree22
Erythrina edulisBalu. Andean tree bean32
Erythrina poeppigianaMountain Immortelle. Madre de Cacao10
Erythrina sandwicensisWiliwili, Hawaiian coral tree02
Erythrina subumbransDadap. December tree22
Faidherbia albidaWhite Acacia. White-thorn. Apple ring acacia12
Flemingia macrophyllaEnoki-mame12
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Hippophae rhamnoidesSea Buckthorn, Seaberry55
Hymenaea courbarilWest Indian Locust33
Indigofera suffruticosaAnil Indigo, Anil de pasto02
Indigofera tinctoriaIndigo, True Indigo, dye indigo22
Inga edulisIce Cream Bean, Monkey Tamarind42
Inga veraIce cream bean, River koko, Guaba, Pois Doux22
Inocarpus fagiferTahiti Chestnut, Polynesian Chestnut42
Lablab purpureusHyacinth Bean, Bonavist-bean42
Lespedeza bicolorLespedeza, Shrub lespedeza30
Leucaena diversifioliaIpil-ipil00
Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind32
Lupinus polyphyllusBig-Leaf Lupin, Lupine11
Mimosa pudicaMorivivir, Sensitive Plant22
Myrica pensylvanicaNorthern Bayberry31
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Pentaclethra macrophyllaAfrican Oil Bean. Oil Bean Tree, Owala Oil32
Phaseolus coccineusRunner Bean, Scarlet runner40
Phaseolus lunatusLima Bean, Sieva bean41
Phaseolus polystachiosThicket Bean. Wild bean20
Pithecellobium dulceManila Tamarind, Madras Thorn42
Pongamia pinnataPongam, Karum Tree, Poonga-Oil Tree, Indian Beech03
Prosopis africanaPau Carvão. Mesquite. Iron tree22
Prosopis albaWhite carob tree, Algarrobo blanco32
Prosopis chilensisChilean algarrobo, Chilean mesquite20
Prosopis cinerariaJandi, Ghaf32
Prosopis glandulosaHoneypod mesquite. Glandular mesquite32
Prosopis pallidaAlgaroba22
Prosopis tamarugoTamarugo10
Psophocarpus tetragonolobusWinged Bean30
Pueraria montana lobataKudzu Vine45
Pueraria phaseoloidesTropical Kudzu21
Robinia neomexicanaNew Mexico Locust, Rusby's locust, Locust11
Robinia pseudoacaciaBlack Locust, Yellow Locust32
Saccharum officinarumSugarcane, Purple Sugar Cane42
Samanea samanRain Tree, False Powder Puff, Monkey Pod32
Saraca asocaAsoka Tree. Sorrow-less Tree03
Senegalia senegalGum Arabic32
Senna siameaSiamese Senna, Kassod Tree11
Senna singueanaWinter cassia, Sticky pod23
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Sesbania sesbanSesban22
Spartium junceumSpanish Broom, Weaver's Broom, Spanish Broom02
Sphenostylis stenocarpaAfrican Yam Bean40
Stylosanthes guianensisEstilo00
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
Trifolium hybridumAlsike Clover21
Trifolium repensWhite Clover, Dutch Clover, Purple Dutch Clover, Shamrock, White Clover32
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vachellia seyalShittim Wood22
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
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