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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acorus gramineusGrass-leaved Sweet Rush, Japanese Sweet Flag, Dwarf Sweet Flag33
Adenophora triphyllaNan Sha Shen21
Adenophora verticillata 22
Agastache rugosaKorean Mint43
Akebia trifoliataAkebia, Threeleaf Akebia42
Allium fistulosumWelsh Onion52
Ampelopsis japonica 02
Anemarrhena asphodeloidesZhi Mu03
Arctium lappaGreat Burdock, Gobo45
Arctium minusLesser Burdock35
Arisaema consanguineumTian Nan Xing13
Aristolochia debilisMa Dou Ling13
Aster tataricusTartarian Aster13
Bassia scopariaSummer Cypress, Burningbush22
Belamcanda chinensisLeopard Lily, Blackberry lily, Leopard Flower13
Betula platyphyllaWhite Birch, Asian white birch,22
Bidens pilosaBeggar's Ticks, Blackjack, Hairy beggarticks22
Cedrus atlanticaAtlas Deodar, Atlantic cedar02
Chenopodium ambrosioidesMexican Tea23
Chenopodium ambrosioides anthelminticumWormseed23
Citrus aurantiumBitter Orange, Sour orange, Bergamot orange33
Clematis mandschurica 02
Cornus chinensis 23
Cornus oblongaOblong-Petal Dogwood03
Cornus officinalisShan Zhu Yu, Asiatic dogwood, Japanese Cornel Dogwood43
Dendranthema x grandiflorumChrysanthemum, Cut Mum, Garden Mum, Pot Mum, Florist's Chrysanthemum23
Forsythia viridissimaGolden Bells, Greenstem forsythia, Forsythia02
Ginkgo bilobaMaidenhair Tree, Ginkgo55
Gleditsia sinensisLocust33
Ipomoea nilJapanese Morning Glory, Whiteedge morning-glory02
Kalopanax septemlobusTree Aralia, Castor aralia21
Leonurus japonicus 03
Ligusticum jeholense 02
Ligusticum sinenseChuang Xiong03
Magnolia denudataLily Tree, Yulan Magnolia12
Peucedanum praeruptorumQian Hu02
Phytolacca acinosaIndian Poke23
Phytolacca esculenta 22
Picrorhiza scrophulariifloraHu Huang Lian03
Polygonatum sibiricumHuang Jing22
Prostanthera rotundifoliaMint Bush02
Raphanus sativusRadish, Cultivated radish43
Raphanus sativus caudatusRat-Tail Radish33
Raphanus sativus nigerOriental Radish43
Raphanus sativus oleiformisFodder Radish33
Scrophularia ningpoensis 03
Sinapis albaWhite Mustard33
Solanum tuberosumPotato, Irish potato52
Solidago virgaureaGoldenrod13
Sophora flavescensKu Shen, Shrubby sophora03
Teucrium polium 11
Teucrium scordiumWater Germander01
Trichosanthes kirilowiiChinese Cucumber24
Trichosanthes kirilowii japonica 33
Tropaeolum majusNasturtium, Indian Cress43
Xanthium strumariumCocklebur, Rough cocklebur, Canada cocklebur13
Zanthoxylum piperitumJapanese Pepper Tree32
Kalmia latifoliaMountain Laurel, Calico Bush, Ivy02
Centaurea cyanusCornflower, Garden cornflower, Blue Bottle, Cornflower22
Acmella oleraceaToothache plant, Paracress33
Solanum torvumPea Eggplant, Turkey berry33
Alchornea cordifoliaChristmas Bush24
Alocasia macrorrhizosGiant Taro, Giant Elephant Ear32
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Annona muricataSour Sop43
Artocarpus altilisBreadfruit54
Artocarpus mariannensisSeeded breadfruit, Marianas bread43
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Cananga odorataYlang Ylang, Perfume Tree23
Canarium luzonicumManila Elemi43
Chukrasia tabularisChickrassy, Chittagong Wood, Indian Redwood.12
Dioscorea bulbiferaAerial Yam, Air Potato42
Diospyros mespiliformisWest African Ebony, Monkey guava, jackalberry43
Garcinia mangostanaMangosteen, Manggis52
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Hymenaea courbarilWest Indian Locust33
Manihot esculentaCassava, Tapioca Plant, Yuca52
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Musa acuminataDwarf Banana, Edible banana52
Peltophorum pterocarpumCopperpod, Yellow Poinciana02
Pinus caribaeaCaribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine22
Quercus brantiiBarro, Brant's oak32
Ricinodendron heudelotiiManketti nut, Zambezi almond, African oil-nut-tree33
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Pandanus amaryllifoliusFragrant Pandan32
Piper betleBetel23
Alchornea castaneifoliaIporuru04
Aloe camperiAloe04
Aspidosperma albumGuatambu02
Baphia nitidaCamwood, Baphia22
Carapa guianensisAndiroba04
Cassia fistulaGolden Shower, Purging Cassia, Golden Chain Tree, Indian Laburnum14
Chloroxylon swieteniaEast Indian Satinwood03
Cissus quadrangularisVeldt Grape24
Copaifera coriaceaSapucaia tree24
Copaifera guyanensisHoepel, Guyanense Copaiba24
Copaifera langsdorffiiCopaiba, Langsdorf's copaifera14
Copaifera multijugaHayne oil, Copaiba,14
Copaifera officinalisCopaiba Balsam, Medicinal Copaiba24
Copaifera reticulataCopaiba, Reticulated Copaiba, Copaiba Balsam04
Costus aferSpiral Ginger, Ginger lily, White spiral costus.24
Croton lechleriSangre De Grado, Dragon's blood04
Croton palanostigmaSangre De Grado, Dragon's blood04
Croton salutarisSangre De Grado, Dragon's blood04
Cupressus lusitanicaMexican Cypress02
Cyperus articulatusJointed flatsedge, Priprioca, Piripiri14
Dalbergia melanoxylonAfrican Blackwood, Grenadilla, Mpingo02
Eucalyptus robustaSwamp Mahogany, Eucalyptus Gum03
Handroanthus impetiginosusPau D'Arco, Pink Trumpet Tree24
Himatanthus sucuubaPlumeria sucuuba04
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Lawsonia inermisHenna, Mignonette Tree03
Okoubaka aubrevilleiOkoubaka tree04
Orthosiphon aristatusJava Tea, Cat's Whiskers04
Petiveria alliaceaGuinea Hen Weed04
Pfaffia paniculataPfaffia04
Phytolacca dodecandraEndod, Pokeberry23
Pterocarpus erinaceusAfrican Kino03
Pterocarpus soyauxiiAfrican Coralwood22
Pycnanthus angolensisAfrican Nutmeg23
Senna alataRingworm Bush, Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant24
Smilax officinalisHonduran sarsaparilla24
Sorghum bicolorSorghum, Common wild sorghum, Grain sorghum, Sudangrass42
Terminalia sambesiaca 04
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
Trichilia dregeanaCape Mahogany43
Turraeanthus africanusAvodire02
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