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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
Aloe macrosiphonTanzanian Aloe04
Aloe perryiPerry's Aloe04
Andrographis paniculataGreen Chireta, Creat, Nilavembu, Kirayat, Chuan Xin Lian, King of Bitters14
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
Aspidosperma polyneuronPeroba Rosa02
Asplenium adiantum-nigrumBlack Spleenwort02
Baccharis genistelloidesCarqueja04
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
Bixa orellanaAnnatto (Lipstick Plant, Urucum, Colorau, Achiote )33
Brosimum guianenseBastard Breadnut12
Buxus wallichiana 01
Carapa guianensisAndiroba04
Celastrus dependens 12
Centaurea jaceaBrown Knapweed11
Centaurium erythraeaCentaury - Feverwort, European centaury13
Chlorocardium rodieiGreenheart, Demerara Greenheart02
Chrysanthemum coronariumChop-Suey Greens32
Chrysanthemum coronarium spatiosumChop-Suey Greens32
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