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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Achillea erba-rotta moschataMusk Milfoil02
Actaea rubraRed Baneberry02
Allium bisceptrumAspen Onion, Twincrest onion32
Allium schoenoprasumChives, Wild chives, Flowering Onion52
Allium schoenoprasum sibiricumGiant Chives52
Alnus rubraRed Alder, Oregon Alder22
Alnus viridis crispaAmerican Green Alder12
Amelanchier alnifoliaSaskatoon, Saskatoon serviceberry, Serviceberry52
Arctostaphylos manzanitaManzanita, Whiteleaf manzanita, Konocti manzanita, Contra Costa manzanita, Roof's manzanita, Wieslan31
Arctostaphylos tomentosaDowny Manzanita, Woollyleaf manzanita, Brittleleaf manzanita, Dacite manzanita, Rosy manzanita, San33
Artemisia vulgarisMugwort, Common wormwood, Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood23
Asarum caudatumWild Ginger, British Columbia wildginger32
Atractylodes japonicaJapanese Atractylodes23
Atractylodes lanceaCang Zhu13
Baptisia australisWild Indigo, Blue wild indigo, Blue False Indigo02
Barbarea vulgarisYellow Rocket, Garden yellowrocket31
Berberis vulgarisEuropean Barberry, Common barberry33
Brassica nigraBlack Mustard33
Centaurium erythraeaCentaury - Feverwort, European centaury13
Chelone glabraBalmony, White turtlehead03
Cichorium intybusChicory, Radicchio, Succory, Witloof43
Citrus sinensisSweet Orange43
Codonopsis pilosulaDang Shen, Bellflower23
Corchorus capsularisJute32
Cornus suecicaDwarf Cornel, Lapland cornel21
Corydalis govaniana 02
Corylus heterophyllaSiberian Filbert31
Crocus nudiflorus 23
Crocus sativusSaffron33
Cruciata laevipesCrosswort, Smooth bedstraw22
Diospyros kakiPersimmon, Japanese persimmon43
Drymaria cordataWest Indin Chickweed, Whitesnow22
Echinacea pallidaCone Flower, Pale purple coneflower05
Equisetum hyemaleDutch Rush, Scouringrush horsetail, Horsetail, Scouring Rush, Rough Horsetail22
Euodia officinalis 02
Euodia ruticarpaWu Zhu Yu03
Gentiana andrewsiiClosed Bottle Gentian, Dakota gentian03
Gentiana cruciata 12
Gentiana puberulentaDowny gentian03
Gentiana saponariaHarvestbells03
Glechoma hederaceaGround Ivy, Field Balm, Gill Over The Ground, Runaway Robin23
Goodyera pubescensDowny Rattlesnake Plantain02
Iris ensataJapanese Water Iris11
Juniperus scopulorumRocky Mountain Juniper, Weeping Rocky Mountian Juniper, Colorado Red Cedar32
Laurus nobilisBay Tree, Sweet bay, Grecian Laurel, True Laurel,33
Liatris scariosaDevil's Bite02
Magnolia hypoleucaWhitebark Magnolia22
Magnolia officinalisHou Po03
Muscari comosumTassel Hyacinth, Tassel grape hyacinth31
Pennisetum glaucumPearl Millet21
Persea borboniaRed Bay, Sweetbay12
Physalis minimaSunberry, Pygmy groundcherry31
Pulsatilla patensPasque Flower, Eastern pasqueflower, Cutleaf anemone02
Reineckia carnea 01
Rhus glabraSmooth Sumach43
Rubus parviflorusThimbleberry33
Salvia sclareaClary, Europe sage, Clary Sage22
Scrophularia marilandicaCarpenter's Square02
Setaria italicaFoxtail Millet42
Sinapis albaWhite Mustard33
Sorbus americanaAmerican Mountain Ash12
Streptopus amplexifoliusWild Cucumber, Claspleaf twistedstalk, Tubercle twistedstalk42
Teucrium scorodoniaWood Sage12
Vaccinium scopariumGrouseberry, Grouse whortleberry21
Vallisneria spiralisEel Grass12
Veronica anagallis-aquaticaWater Speedwell22
Xanthium strumariumCocklebur, Rough cocklebur, Canada cocklebur13
Aletris farinosaUnicorn Root - Colic Root, White colicroot13
Angelica archangelicaAngelica, Norwegian angelica33
Pimpinella anisumAniseed (Saunf - Hindi), Anise burnet saxifrage43
Cynara scolymusGlobe Artichoke35
Ocimum basilicumSweet Basil, Common Basil, Thai Basil, Tropical Basil43
Citrus aurantiumBitter Orange, Sour orange, Bergamot orange33
Cnicus benedictusBlessed Thistle23
Menyanthes trifoliataBogbean, Buckbean, Marsh Trefoil,23
Schinus molleCalifornia Peppertree, Peruvian peppertree21
Capsicum annuumSweet Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Chili Pepper, Christmas Pepper, Red Pepper, Ornamental Chili Pepper43
Apium graveolensWild Celery. Ajmod, Ajwain-ka-patta (Indian)33
Coriandrum sativumCoriander - Dhania - Cilantro, Coriander44
Vaccinium macrocarponAmerican Cranberry, Cranberry31
Cornus floridaFlowering Dogwood22
Lavandula angustifoliaEnglish Lavender, True Lavender23
Eucalyptus globulusTasmanian Blue Gum, Eurabbie, Blue Gum, Blue Eucalyptus14
Trigonella foenum-graecumFenugreek, Sicklefruit fenugreek45
Artemisia dracunculusTarragon, French Tarragon42
Panax ginsengGinseng, Chinese ginseng25
Hibiscus sabdariffaRoselle33
Humulus lupulusHop, Common hop, European Hop,45
Marrubium vulgareWhite Horehound, Horehound13
Cetraria islandicaIceland Moss, Island cetraria lichen, Oriental cetraria lichen33
Abelmoschus moschatusMusk Mallow,Musk Okra23
Allium cepaOnion, Garden onion53
Petasites hybridusButterbur, Pestilence wort03
Raphanus sativusRadish, Cultivated radish43
Rosmarinus officinalisRosemary33
Salvia officinalisSage, Kitchen sage, Small Leaf Sage, Garden Sage45
Swertia japonica 11
Sium sisarumSkirret, Suikerwortel (Netherlands), Crummock (Scotland), Zuckewurzel (Germany)40
Achillea ptarmicaSneeze-Wort, Sneezeweed21
Spinacia oleraceaSpinach32
Illicium verumBa Jiao Hui Xian, Staranise tree33
Tanacetum vulgareTansy, Common tansy, Golden Buttons, Curly Leaf Tansy22
Nasturtium officinaleWatercress43
Artemisia absinthiumWormwood, Absinthium.13
Achillea millefoliumYarrow, Boreal yarrow, California yarrow, Giant yarrow, Coast yarrow, Western yarrow, Pacific yarrow34
Gentiana luteaYellow Gentian15
Carica papayaPapaya, Mamo, Melon Tree53
Cola nitidaCola Nut, Kola, Bissy Nuts34
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Mondia whiteiMondia, White's Ginger34
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Schleichera oleosaMalay Lac Tree. Lac tree, Ceylon oak32
Solanecio biafraeSierra Leone Bologi42
Vitex payosChocolate Berry42
Guiera senegalensisMoshi medicine, guier du Senegal14
Oryza sativaRice, Common Rice52
Pfaffia paniculataPfaffia04
Picrasma excelsaJamaican Quassia24
Prunus africanaPygeum05
Quassia amaraBitterwood, Amargo Bark24
Swietenia mahagoniMahogany, West Indies Mahogany02
Tachia guianensisTachia04
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