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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Achyranthes bidentataNiu Xi23
Ailanthus altissimaTree Of Heaven13
Ajuga reptansBugle, Common Bugelweed, Bugleweed, Carpet Bugleweed, Carpetweed, Carpet Bugle23
Akebia quinataAkebia, Chocolate vine, Fiveleaf Akebia, Chocolate Vine42
Aletris farinosaUnicorn Root - Colic Root, White colicroot13
Anemarrhena asphodeloidesZhi Mu03
Antirrhinum majusSnapdragon, Garden snapdragon11
Aristolochia reticulataTexas Dutchman's Pipe02
Aristolochia serpentariaVirginia Snakeroot03
Aristolochia tomentosaDutchman's Pipe, Woolly dutchman's pipe02
Artemisia princeps 21
Asplenium adiantum-nigrumBlack Spleenwort02
Berberis aristataChitra, Indian Barberry or Tree Turmeric43
Betula pendulaSilver Birch, European white birch, Common Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch33
Betula pubescensWhite Birch, Downy birch33
Buxus wallichiana 01
Celastrus dependens 12
Centaurea jaceaBrown Knapweed11
Centaurium erythraeaCentaury - Feverwort, European centaury13
Chrysanthemum coronariumChop-Suey Greens32
Chrysanthemum coronarium spatiosumChop-Suey Greens32
Cnicus benedictusBlessed Thistle23
Coptis chinensisHuang Lian03
Cornus floridaFlowering Dogwood22
Daphne papyracea 01
Datisca cannabinaAcalbir, Akalbir01
Delphinium denudatum 01
Dendranthema indicumChrysanthemum23
Exocarpus cupressiformisNative Cherry21
Frasera caroliniensisAmerican Columbo02
Fraxinus americanaWhite Ash12
Fraxinus pennsylvanicaRed Ash, Green ash, Water Ash11
Gentiana acaulisGentian03
Gentiana andrewsiiClosed Bottle Gentian, Dakota gentian03
Gentiana cruciata 12
Gentiana kurroo 03
Gentiana luteaYellow Gentian15
Gentiana pannonica 13
Gentiana puberulentaDowny gentian03
Gentiana punctataSpotted Gentian13
Gentiana purpurea 13
Gentiana saponariaHarvestbells03
Gentiana scabraLong Dan Cao13
Gentiana scabra buergeri 13
Gentianella diemensis 01
Gentianella quinquefoliaAgue Weed02
Inula heleniumElecampane, Elecampane inula33
Isopogon ceratophyllusHorny Conebush01
Ligustrum vulgarePrivet, European privet , Common Privet01
Magnolia virginianaLaurel Magnolia, Sweetbay13
Mahonia fremontiiMahonia, Fremont's mahonia32
Mahonia gracilipes 22
Matthiola incanaStock, Tenweeks stock, Gillyflower, Brompton Stock21
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Menispermum canadenseCanada Moonseed, Common moonseed02
Pedicularis longiflora tubiformis 02
Peucedanum ostruthiumMasterwort22
Peumus boldusBoldu, Boldo23
Phellodendron amurenseAmur Cork Tree, Chinese Corktree13
Phellodendron chinenseChinese Cork Tree03
Physalis minimaSunberry, Pygmy groundcherry31
Picrasma quassioidesNigaki12
Picrorhiza kurroaKuru03
Polygala amaraBitter Milkwort01
Prunus cerasusSour Cherry12
Psoralea pedunculataSampson's Snakeroot01
Rhamnus virgatus 11
Rosa banksiaeBanksia Rose21
Silybum marianumMilk Thistle, Blessed milkthistle35
Smyrnium olusatrumAlexanders31
Sophora flavescensKu Shen, Shrubby sophora03
Swertia japonica 11
Tamarix aphyllaAthel Tamarisk11
Tanacetum partheniumFeverfew, Matricaria25
Tanacetum vulgareTansy, Common tansy, Golden Buttons, Curly Leaf Tansy22
Teucrium chamaedrysWall Germander, Germander12
Trachyspermum ammiAjowan caraway23
Trigonella corniculatacultivated fenugreek11
Tussilago farfaraColtsfoot33
Valeriana hardwickii 03
Vinca majorGreater Periwinkle, Bigleaf periwinkle, Myrtle, Large Periwinkle, Big Periwinkle03
Vinca minorLesser Periwinkle, Flower of Death, English Holly, Creeping Myrtle, Creeping Vinca, Common Periwink03
Bixa orellanaAnnatto (Lipstick Plant, Urucum, Colorau, Achiote )33
Cola nitidaCola Nut, Kola, Bissy Nuts34
Garcinia kolaBitter Kola34
Gymnanthemum amygdalinumBitterleaf43
Irvingia gabonensisDika Nut43
Mimosa pudicaMorivivir, Sensitive Plant22
Mimusops elengiSpanish Cherry, Bakul32
Passiflora laurifoliaYellow Granadilla42
Paullinia cupanaGuarana42
Pouteria sapotaSapote, Mamey Sapote42
Sapindus saponariaSoapberry, Wild Chinaberry, Florida Soap Berry, Soap Nut, Soap Tree02
Simarouba amaraParadise tree, bitterwood34
Theobroma cacaoCacao, Cocoa Tree53
Coffea arabicaCoffee Arabica33
Aloe macrosiphonTanzanian Aloe04
Aloe perryiPerry's Aloe04
Andrographis paniculataGreen Chireta, Creat, Nilavembu, Kirayat, Chuan Xin Lian, King of Bitters14
Aspidosperma polyneuronPeroba Rosa02
Baccharis genistelloidesCarqueja04
Brosimum guianenseBastard Breadnut12
Carapa guianensisAndiroba04
Chlorocardium rodieiGreenheart, Demerara Greenheart02
Cinchona calisayaPeruvian Bark, Quinine25
Cinchona officinalisLojabark25
Cinchona pubescensQuinine tree, Red Bark, Cinchona, Quina, Quinquina, Quinine Bark, Peruvian Bark, Jesuit's Bark25
Coutarea hexandraCoutarea04
Gouania lupuloidesChew Stick22
Picrasma excelsaJamaican Quassia24
Scoparia dulcisSweet Broom, Licorice Weed, Vassourinha24
Swietenia macrophyllaBig Leaf Mahogany, Honduras Mahogany02
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