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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abies spectabilisHimalayan Fir02
Achillea millefoliumYarrow, Boreal yarrow, California yarrow, Giant yarrow, Coast yarrow, Western yarrow, Pacific yarrow34
Achillea santolina 01
Achillea sibiricaSiberian Yarrow11
Aconitum chinense 01
Acorus calamusSweet Flag - Calamus34
Acorus gramineusGrass-leaved Sweet Rush, Japanese Sweet Flag, Dwarf Sweet Flag33
Agastache rugosaKorean Mint43
Alangium chinense 03
Albizia julibrissinMimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree,22
Allium canadenseCanadian Garlic, Meadow garlic, Fraser meadow garlic, Hyacinth meadow garlic42
Allium canadense mobilenseCanadian Garlic52
Allium cepaOnion, Garden onion53
Allium cepa aggregatumPotato Onion43
Allium cepa ascalonicumShallot53
Allium cepa proliferumTree Onion, Walking Onion53
Allium chinenseRakkyo42
Allium macrostemonNo-Binu32
Allium victorialisAlpine Leek, Victory onion42
Allium vinealeCrow Garlic, Wild garlic, Compact onion, False Garlic, Wild, Onion32
Amorphophallus paeoniifoliusElephant Yam, Whitespot giant arum42
Andropogon gerardiiBig Bluestem01
Anethum graveolensDill43
Angelica anomala 02
Angelica archangelicaAngelica, Norwegian angelica33
Angelica atropurpureaPurplestem Angelica22
Angelica dahuricaBai Zhi23
Angelica decursiva 22
Angelica pubescensDu Huo23
Angelica sylvestrisWild Angelica,Woodland angelica32
Apium graveolensWild Celery. Ajmod, Ajwain-ka-patta (Indian)33
Apium graveolens dulceCelery42
Apium graveolens rapaceumCeleriac42
Apium graveolens secalinumLeaf Celery42
Aralia chinensisChinese Angelica Tree, Pumila Spirea, Chinese Astilbe22
Aralia cordataUdo42
Aralia elataJapanese Angelica Tree, Angelica Tree32
Aralia mandschuricaManchurian Angelica Tree22
Arctium lappaGreat Burdock, Gobo45
Arctium minusLesser Burdock35
Ardisia japonicaMarlberry03
Aristolochia debilisMa Dou Ling13
Aristolochia molissima 02
Artemisia annuaQing Hao, Sweet sagewort14
Artemisia filifoliaSand Sage, Sand sagebrush02
Artemisia maritimaSea Wormwood12
Artemisia vulgarisMugwort, Common wormwood, Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood23
Asarum blumei 01
Asarum canadenseSnake Root, Canadian wildginger, Canada Wild Ginger, Wild Ginger33
Asclepias incarnataSwamp Milkweed, Swamp Butterfly Weed, Marsh Milkweed32
Asclepias tuberosaPleurisy Root, Butterfly milkweed, Rolfs' milkweed, Indian Paintbrush33
Atriplex halimusSea Orach, Saltbush51
Berberis lycium 33
Beta vulgaris cracaBeetroot42
Betula utilisIndian Paper Birch, Whitebarked Himilayan Birch, Jacquemontii Birch02
Bupleurum chinenseBei Chai Hu23
Bupleurum falcatumThorow-Wax22
Bupleurum octoradiatum 11
Campsis grandifloraTrumpet Creeper02
Capsicum frutescensTabasco Pepper, Cayenne pepper34
Cardamine oligospermaSpring Cress, Little western bittercress, Umbel bittercress21
Cardamine pennsylvanicaBittercress21
Cardamine pratensisCuckoo Flower32
Cardaria drabaHoary Cress, Whitetop21
Carlina acaulisStemless Carline Thistle22
Carpesium divaricatum 12
Carum carviCaraway43
Cedrus deodaraDeodar, Deodar cedar02
Chenopodium ambrosioidesMexican Tea23
Chenopodium ambrosioides anthelminticumWormseed23
Cinnamomum camphoraCamphor, Camphortree23
Citrus aurantiumBitter Orange, Sour orange, Bergamot orange33
Citrus limonLemon45
Citrus reticulataMandarin, Tangerine, Unshu orange, Satsuma Orange,Temple Orange, Tangerine33
Citrus sinensisSweet Orange43
Clematis apiifolia 12
Clematis chinensisWei Ling Xian12
Cleome viscosaTickweed, Asian spiderflower22
Clerodendrum bungeiGlory Flower, Rose glorybower, Cashmere Bouquet, Mexican Hydrangea, Glory Bower01
Clinopodium vulgareWild Basil21
Cnidium monnieriShe Chuang Zi, Monnier's snowparsley13
Cocculus orbiculatusQueen coralbead12
Colchicum luteum 02
Coptis chinensisHuang Lian03
Corchorus capsularisJute32
Coriandrum sativumCoriander - Dhania - Cilantro, Coriander44
Crithmum maritimumRock Samphire22
Crocus nudiflorus 23
Crocus sativusSaffron33
Cuminum cyminumCumin - Jeera43
Cunninghamia lanceolataChinese Fir02
Cuscuta reflexaDodder, Giant dodder02
Cydonia oblongaQuince42
Cynanchum paniculatum 12
Cyperus esculentusTiger Nut, Yellow nutsedge, Nut Grass42
Cyperus rotundusNut Grass33
Daucus carotaWild Carrot, Queen anne's lace, Carrot, Wild Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace23
Daucus carota sativusCarrot53
Dendranthema x grandiflorumChrysanthemum, Cut Mum, Garden Mum, Pot Mum, Florist's Chrysanthemum23
Dentaria diphyllaCrinkleroot42
Desmodium elegans 02
Dorema ammoniacumAmmoniacum03
Dracocephalum moldavicaMoldavian Balm, Moldavian dragonhead11
Drosera peltataSundew02
Elsholtzia ciliataCrested latesummer mint22
Epimedium sagittatumYin Yang Huo23
Equisetum arvenseField Horsetail23
Euodia ruticarpaWu Zhu Yu03
Euonymus alatusWinged Spindle Tree, Burningbush, Corky spindletree12
Euonymus alatus apterusWinged Spindle Tree12
Eupatorium chinense 12
Eupatorium japonicumPei Lan13
Euphorbia hirtaAsthma Weed, Pill-Bearing Spurge13
Fagopyrum dibotrysPerennial Buckwheat42
Ferula assa-foetidaAsafoetida - Devil's Dung. Hing (Indian), Asafetida33
Ferula caspica 02
Ferula conocaula 02
Ferula foetidaAsafoetida23
Ferula gummosaGalbanum22
Ferula narthexFerula22
Foeniculum vulgareFennel, Sweet fennel53
Foeniculum vulgare azoricumFlorence Fennel33
Foeniculum vulgare dulceSweet Fennel43
Fortunella japonicaRound Kumquat31
Fraxinus excelsiorAsh, European ash, Common Ash22
Gastrodia elataTien Ma23
Gaultheria fragrantissimaFragrant Wintergreen22
Gaultheria procumbensCheckerberry, Eastern teaberry, Teaberry, Creeping Wintergreen43
Hedeoma pulegioidesAmerican Pennyroyal, American false pennyroyal33
Hedychium coronariumButterfly Ginger, White garland-lily, Garland Flower, Butterfly Lily22
Hedychium spicatum 12
Heracleum sphondylium montanumCow Parsnip32
Hordeum vulgareBarley, Common barley43
Hyssopus officinalisHyssop23
Ilex cornutaHorned Holly, Chinese holly12
Ilex pedunculosa 11
Ilex purpurea 02
Illicium anisatumStar Anise, Chinese Anise,Japanese Anise12
Illicium verumBa Jiao Hui Xian, Staranise tree33
Inula britannicaXuan Fu Hua, British yellowhead03
Inula britannica chinensisXuan Fu Hua13
Inula cappaSheep's Ear02
Juniperus communisJuniper, Common juniper33
Juniperus communis nanaJuniper33
Justicia gendarussa 02
Kadsura longepedunculata 22
Lablab purpureusHyacinth Bean, Bonavist-bean42
Lactuca sativaLettuce, Garden lettuce33
Laurus nobilisBay Tree, Sweet bay, Grecian Laurel, True Laurel,33
Lavandula angustifoliaEnglish Lavender, True Lavender23
Lavandula latifoliaSpike Lavender, Broadleaved lavender22
Lavandula x intermediaLavender, Lavandin22
Levisticum officinaleLovage, Garden lovage33
Liatris spicataGayfeather, Dense blazing star, Spiked Blazing Star, Button Snakewot, Gayfeather, Spiked Gayfeather,03
Ligusticum scoticumScottish Lovage, Scottish licorice-root, Hulten's licorice-root32
Lilium browniiHong Kong Lily32
Lilium concolorMorning Star Lily22
Lilium lancifoliumTiger Lily, Devil Lily42
Lindera strychnifolia 02
Linum perennePerennial Flax, Blue flax, Alpine flax32
Liquidambar styracifluaSweet Gum, Red Gum, American Sweet Gum, Red Sweet Gum,23
Lotus corniculatusBird's Foot Trefoil11
Lycopodium clavatumCommon Club Moss, Running clubmoss03
Lysimachia paridiformis 02
Macleaya cordataPlume Poppy01
Magnolia denudataLily Tree, Yulan Magnolia12
Magnolia liliifloraMu-Lan, Woody Orchid, Lily Magnolia03
Matricaria matricarioidesPineapple Weed12
Matricaria recutitaGerman Camomile15
Melilotus albusWhite Melilot22
Melilotus officinalisMelilot, Sweetclover23
Melissa officinalisLemon Balm, Common balm, Bee Balm, Sweet Balm, Lemon Balm35
Mentha aquaticaWater Mint33
Mentha arvensisCorn Mint, Wild mint32
Mentha arvensis piperascensJapanese Mint32
Mentha arvensis villosaAmerican Wild Mint32
Mentha asiaticaAsian Mint32
Mentha australis 02
Mentha cervinaHart's Pennyroyal32
Mentha cunninghamia 02
Mentha diemenica 22
Mentha longifoliaHorsemint22
Mentha pulegiumPennyroyal33
Mentha requieniiCorsican Mint, Mint32
Mentha satureioidesNative Pennyroyal22
Mentha spicataSpearmint43
Mentha suaveolensRound-Leaved Mint, Apple mint, Pineapple Mint22
Mentha x gracilisGinger Mint32
Mentha x piperita citrataEau De Cologne Mint, Eau de Cologne Mint, Peppermint22
Mentha x piperita officinalisWhite Peppermint35
Mentha x piperita vulgarisBlack Peppermint45
Mentha x villosa alopecuroidesApple Mint, Bowles' Mint42
Menyanthes trifoliataBogbean, Buckbean, Marsh Trefoil,23
Monarda didymaBergamot, Scarlet beebalm, Horsemint, Oswego Tea, Bee Balm32
Monarda fistulosaWild Bergamot, Mintleaf bergamot, Wild Bee-Balm, Lupine32
Monarda punctataHorse Mint, Spotted beebalm13
Monardella odoratissimaMountain Pennyroyal, Mountain monardella11
Mosla dianthera 11
Mosla scabra 11
Myrica nagiBox Myrtle23
Myrica rubraChinese Bayberry22
Myrrhis odorataSweet Cicely, Anise43
Myrtus communisMyrtle, Foxtail Myrtle33
Nardostachys grandifloraSpikenard13
Nepeta catariaCatmint, Catnip32
Nigella sativaBlack Cumin33
Ocimum basilicumSweet Basil, Common Basil, Thai Basil, Tropical Basil43
Ocimum minimumBush Basil43
Origanum majoranaSweet Marjoram33
Origanum onitesPot Marjoram31
Origanum vulgareOregano, Pot Marjoram43
Origanum vulgare hirtumGreek Oregano43
Origanum x majoricumHardy Marjoram22
Osmorhiza occidentalisWestern Sweet-Cicely, Western sweetroot32
Paederia scandens 12
Paeonia lactifloraChinese Peony, Peony13
Pectis angustifoliaNarrowleaf Pectis, Lemonscent11
Pectis papposaChinchweed, Manybristle chinchweed11
Pedicularis sceptrum carolinumLousewort11
Perideridia gairdneriYampa, Gardner's yampah, Common yampah52
Perilla frutescensShiso, Beefsteakplant, Spreading Beefsteak Plant43
Perilla frutescens nankinensisPurple Shiso43
Petroselinum crispumParsley44
Petroselinum crispum tuberosumHamburg Parsley43
Peucedanum ostruthiumMasterwort22
Peucedanum praeruptorumQian Hu02
Pimpinella anisumAniseed (Saunf - Hindi), Anise burnet saxifrage43
Pimpinella majorGreater Burnet Saxifrage, Hollowstem burnet saxifrage12
Pimpinella saxifragaBurnet Saxifrage, Solidstem burnet saxifrage22
Pinus lambertianaSugar Pine32
Pinus massonianaChinese Red Pine22
Pinus tabuliformisChinese Red Pine, Southern Chinese pine12
Pistacia lentiscusMastic Tree - Pistachier Lentisque22
Polygala japonica 12
Polygonatum cirrhifolium 22
Polygonum barbatumJoint Weed11
Polygonum hydropiperSmartweed, Marshpepper knotweed22
Polygonum orientalePrince's Feather, Kiss me over the garden gate22
Polypodium glycyrrhizaLicorice Fern12
Poncirus trifoliataBitter Orange, Hardy orange, Trifoliat Orange, Japanese Hardy Orange32
Prangos pabularia 12
Prostanthera rotundifoliaMint Bush02
Prunella vulgarisSelf-Heal, Common selfheal, Aleutian selfheal, Lance selfheal23
Prunus japonicaKorean Cherry, Japanese bush cherry33
Prunus japonica nakaiJapanese Plum33
Prunus mumeJapanese Apricot, Japanese Flowering, Apricot33
Pycnanthemum incanumHoary Mountain Mint12
Pycnanthemum virginianumVirginia Mountain Mint22
Raphanus sativusRadish, Cultivated radish43
Raphanus sativus caudatusRat-Tail Radish33
Raphanus sativus nigerOriental Radish43
Raphanus sativus oleiformisFodder Radish33
Rheum nobileSikkim Rhubarb32
Rosa caninaDog Rose33
Rosa laevigataCherokee Rose23
Rosa multifloraJapanese Rose, Multiflora rose22
Rosmarinus officinalisRosemary33
Rudbeckia laciniataCone Flower, Cutleaf coneflower, Green Headed Coneflower11
Rumex maritimusGolden Dock12
Ruta graveolensRue, Common rue, Herb of Grace, Garden Rue13
Salvia fruticosaGreek Sage, Greek oregano23
Salvia melliferaCalifornian Black Sage12
Salvia officinalisSage, Kitchen sage, Small Leaf Sage, Garden Sage45
Salvia sclareaClary, Europe sage, Clary Sage22
Sambucus racemosaRed Elder, Red elderberry, Rocky Mountain elder, European Red Elderberry32
Sambucus racemosa kamtschaticaRed Elder32
Sambucus williamsii 12
Sanicula europaeaWood Sanicle12
Sargentodoxa cuneata 02
Sassafras albidumSassafras, Common Sassafras53
Satureja hortensisSummer Savory32
Satureja montanaWinter Savory43
Satureja spicigeraCreeping Savory32
Saussurea costusCostus23
Schizophragma integrifolium 02
Senecio viscosusSticky Groundsel, Sticky ragwort01
Senna toraStinking Cassia, Sickle senna13
Seseli libanotismooncarrot11
Sinapis albaWhite Mustard33
Sinomenium acutum 11
Sison amomumBastard Stone-Parsley21
Skimmia japonicaJapanese Skimmia01
Smilax chinaChina Root43
Smilax nipponica 32
Solidago odoraSweet Goldenrod, Anisescented goldenrod, Chapman's goldenrod22
Solidago virgaureaGoldenrod13
Sophora flavescensKu Shen, Shrubby sophora03
Spinacia oleraceaSpinach32
Spirodela polyrrhizaGreat Duckweed, Common duckmeat12
Stachys baicalensis 12
Stachys hyssopifolia ambiguahyssopleaf hedgenettle11
Stachys officinalisWood Betony, Common hedgenettle, Betony, Woundwort12
Stellaria alsineBog Stitchwort, Bog chickweed12
Stellaria mediaChickweed, Common chickweed33
Tagetes erectaAfrican Marigold, Aztec marigold, Big Marigold, American Marigold33
Tamarix chinensisChinese Tamarisk, Five-stamen tamarisk02
Tanacetum partheniumFeverfew, Matricaria25
Tanacetum vulgareTansy, Common tansy, Golden Buttons, Curly Leaf Tansy22
Teucrium chamaedrysWall Germander, Germander12
Teucrium scorodoniaWood Sage12
Thymus praecox arcticusWild Thyme32
Thymus serpyllumWild Thyme43
Thymus vulgarisCommon Thyme, Garden thyme, Wild Thyme43
Toona sinensisChinese Cedar32
Torreya grandisChinese Nutmeg Tree21
Torreya nuciferaKaya, Japanese torreya52
Tribulus terrestrisCaltrop, Puncturevine13
Trigonella foenum-graecumFenugreek, Sicklefruit fenugreek45
Tylophora ovata 02
Uncaria rhynchophylla 02
Urceola micrantha 02
Vaccinium caespitosumDwarf Bilberry31
Vaccinium membranaceumMountain Huckleberry, Thinleaf huckleberry31
Vaccinium ovalifoliumBlack Huckleberry, Oval-leaf blueberry31
Vaccinium ovatumEvergreen Huckleberry, Florist's Huckleberry, Shot Huckleberry, Californian Huckleberry31
Vaccinium parvifoliumRed Bilberry, Red huckleberry31
Vaccinium scopariumGrouseberry, Grouse whortleberry21
Vaccinium uliginosumBog Bilberry31
Valeriana capitataValerian, Captiate valerian11
Valeriana dioicaMarsh Valerian, Woods valerian11
Valeriana fauriei 01
Valeriana hardwickii 03
Valeriana obovataTobacco Root21
Valeriana occidentaliswestern valerian11
Valeriana officinalisValerian, Garden valerian23
Valeriana phu 21
Valeriana sambucifolia 23
Valeriana sitchensisAmerican Valerian, Sitka valerian13
Valeriana toluccana 22
Zanthoxylum ailanthoides 21
Zanthoxylum americanumPrickly Ash - Northern, Common pricklyash, Northern Prickly Ash23
Zanthoxylum bungeanum 23
Zanthoxylum nitidum 02
Zanthoxylum piperitumJapanese Pepper Tree32
Zanthoxylum simulansSzechuan Pepper, Chinese-pepper, Prickly Ash32
Artemisia absinthiumWormwood, Absinthium.13
Annona muricataSour Sop43
Bauhinia purpureaOrchid Tree, Purple Butterfly Tree, Mountain Ebony, Geranium Tree, Purple Bauhinia22
Chrysopogon zizanioidesVetiver, Vetiver Root, Khus Khus22
Cinnamomum loureiroiSaigon Cinnamon43
Cinnamomum verumCinnamon, Ceylon Cinnamon Tree43
Embelia ribesFalse black pepper, White-flowered Embelia34
Mondia whiteiMondia, White's Ginger34
Syzygium cuminiJambolan, Java Plum, Malabar Plum, Jambu33
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Vanilla planifoliaVanilla42
Piper betleBetel23
Piper sarmentosumBetel Leaf, Wild Betel32
Aquilaria malaccensisAgar Wood, Eaglewood, Indian Aloewood, Aloeswood13
Aquilaria sinensisAgar Wood, Pak Muk Heung, White Wood Incense03
Commiphora wightiiGuggul, Indian bdellium-tree23
Cyperus articulatusJointed flatsedge, Priprioca, Piripiri14
Dysphania anthelminticaWormseed24
Erythrina vernaMulungu04
Paederia foetidaSkunk Vine24
Solanum aethiopicumMock Tomato, Ethiopian nightshade32
Solanum paniculatumJurubeba, Nightshade04
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
Tinospora crispaPatawali, Akar Patawali04
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