We need regular donations to enable us to keep going – to maintain and further develop our free-to-use database of over 8000 edible and useful plants. Donations have increased following recent appeals - thank you! - but we still need at least £1000 (or $1300/ €1200) every month. If you value what we do please give what you can to support our work. More >>>

Follow Us:
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
12345
© 2010, Plants For A Future. Plants For A Future is a charitable company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales. Charity No. 1057719, Company No. 3204567.