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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus esculentusOkra43
Aesculus hippocastanumHorse Chestnut, European Horsechestnut, Common Horsechestnut34
Arachis hypogaeaPeanut42
Arctium minusLesser Burdock35
Asparagus officinalisAsparagus, Garden asparagus43
Astragalus boeticusSwedish Coffee20
Avena abyssinicaAbyssinian Oat20
Avena barbataSlender Oat20
Avena brevis 20
Avena byzantinaRed Oat20
Avena fatuaWild Oats21
Avena ludovicianaOats20
Avena nudaNaked Oat40
Avena nudibrevis 20
Avena orientalisHungarian Oat31
Avena sativaOats, Common oat33
Avena sterilisSterile Oats, Animated oat30
Avena strigosaBristle Oats, Black oats20
Avena wiestii 20
Balsamorhiza deltoideaDeltoid Balsamroot41
Balsamorhiza sagittataOregon Sunflower, Arrowleaf balsamroot42
Brachychiton populneusKurrajong, Bottletree, Kurrajong30
Bromus tectorumCheat Grass, Downy Brome11
Castanea dentataAmerican Sweet Chestnut31
Castanea sativaSweet Chestnut, European chestnut52
Caulophyllum thalictroidesPapoose Root, Blue cohosh13
Ceratonia siliquaCarob, St. john's bread32
Cicer arietinumChick Pea41
Cichorium intybusChicory, Radicchio, Succory, Witloof43
Coix lacryma-jobiJob's Tears33
Coprosma acerosaSand Coprosma20
Coprosma areolata 10
Coprosma atropurpurea 10
Coprosma billardieriNative Currant10
Coprosma brunnea 20
Coprosma foetidissima 10
Coprosma grandifolia 11
Coprosma hirtellaRough Coprosma10
Coprosma lucida 20
Coprosma moorei 10
Coprosma nitida 20
Coprosma petriei 10
Coprosma propinqua 10
Coprosma pumila 10
Coprosma repensMirror Plant, Creeping mirrorplant10
Coprosma rhamnoides 10
Coprosma robusta 11
Coprosma rotundifolia 10
Coprosma rugosa 10
Coprosma serrulata 10
Coprosma virescens 10
Coreopsis tinctoriaCoreopsis, Golden tickseed, Atkinson's tickseed, Dyer's Coreopsis, Plains Coreopsis, Annual Coreops11
Cornus masCornelian Cherry, Cornelian Cherry Dogwood42
Crataegus laevigataMidland Hawthorn, Smooth hawthorn, English Hawthorn35
Crataegus monogynaHawthorn, Oneseed hawthorn35
Cyperus esculentusTiger Nut, Yellow nutsedge, Nut Grass42
Cytisus scopariusBroom, Scotch broom, Common Broom13
Daucus carotaWild Carrot, Queen anne's lace, Carrot, Wild Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace23
Daucus carota sativusCarrot53
Diospyros kakiPersimmon, Japanese persimmon43
Diospyros virginianaAmerican Persimmon, Common persimmon, Persimmon51
Echinochloa crus-galliBarnyard Millet, Barnyardgrass,32
Elytrigia repensCouch Grass, Quackgrass23
Eriobotrya japonicaLoquat, Japanese Loquat43
Fagus crenataJapanese Beech20
Fagus grandifoliaAmerican Beech22
Fagus japonicaJapanese Beech20
Fagus longipetiolata 20
Fagus lucida 20
Fagus orientalisOriental Beech20
Fagus sylvaticaBeech, European beech, Common Beech42
Fragaria vescaWild Strawberry, Woodland strawberry, California strawberry33
Fragaria vesca 'Semperflorens'Alpine Strawberry53
Galium aparineGoosegrass, Coachweed, Catchweed, Stickywilly23
Galium verumLady's Bedstraw, Yellow Spring bedstraw, Wirtgen's bedstraw32
Genista tinctoriaDyer's Greenweed, Common Woadwaxen, Broom12
Gevuina avellanaChilean Hazel30
Gleditsia triacanthosHoney Locust32
Glycine maxSoya Bean42
Glycine sojaWild Soya Bean32
Gymnocladus dioicaKentucky Coffee Tree32
Helianthus annuusSunflower, Common sunflower52
Helianthus lenticularisWild Sunflower30
Helianthus tuberosusJerusalem Artichoke41
Hibiscus sabdariffaRoselle33
Hordeum distichonTwo-Rowed Barley43
Hordeum jubatumFoxtail Barley, Intermediate barley11
Hordeum vulgareBarley, Common barley43
Ilex latifoliaTarajo10
Iris missouriensisRocky Mountain Iris12
Iris pseudacorusYellow Flag, Paleyellow iris12
Iris setosaBeachhead Iris, Canada beachhead iris, Wild flag11
Juniperus communisJuniper, Common juniper33
Juniperus communis nanaJuniper33
Juniperus horizontalisCreeping Juniper, Horizontal Juniper21
Juniperus scopulorumRocky Mountain Juniper, Weeping Rocky Mountian Juniper, Colorado Red Cedar32
Lathyrus japonicus maritimusBeach Pea20
Leontodon hispidusRough Hawkbit, Bristly hawkbit21
Ligustrum indicum 10
Ligustrum japonicumJapanese Privet, Japanese Ligustrum, Waxleaf Ligustrum, Texas Privet, Waxleaf Privet11
Ligustrum obtusifoliumBorder privet20
Linum usitatissimumFlax, Common flax43
Lithocarpus pachyphylla 21
Lotus tetragonolobusAsparagus Pea, Winged pea30
Lupinus albusWhite Lupin41
Lupinus luteusYellow Lupin, European yellow lupine30
Lycium chinenseChinese Boxthorn, Chinese desert-thorn43
Mahonia swaseyiTexas Mahonia, Texas barberry32
Mahonia trifoliolataMexican Barberry, Algerita32
Nelumbo nuciferaSacred Water Lotus, Sacred lotus43
Nymphaea albaWhite Water Lily, European white waterlily32
Nymphaea candida 22
Phaseolus vulgarisFrench Bean, Kidney bean52
Phoenix reclinataSenegal Date Palm10
Phormium cookianumWharariki20
Phormium tenaxNew Zealand Flax, Coastal Flax, New Zealand Hemp20
Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas Fir, Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir22
Psophocarpus tetragonolobusWinged Bean30
Quercus albaWhite Oak, Hybrid oak32
Quercus alienaOriental White Oak22
Quercus aucheriBoz-Pirnal Oak42
Quercus bicolorSwamp White Oak42
Quercus cerrisTurkey Oak, European turkey oak32
Quercus chrysolepisLive Oak, Canyon live oak22
Quercus cocciferaKermes Oak32
Quercus coccineaScarlet Oak22
Quercus dentataJapanese Emperor Oak, Daimyo oak22
Quercus douglasiiBlue Oak32
Quercus durataCalifornia Scrub Oak, Leather oak22
Quercus ellipsoidalisNorthern Pin Oak22
Quercus emoryiBlack Oak, Emory oak32
Quercus engelmanniiEvergreen Oak, Engelmann oak, Mesa Oak22
Quercus falcataSouthern Red Oak, Cherrybark Oak, Spanish Oak, Southern Red Oak12
Quercus floribunda 22
Quercus frainettoHungarian Oak, Italian Oak, Forest Green Oak42
Quercus fruticosaGall Oak, Lusitanian Oak32
Quercus gambeliiShin Oak, Gambel oak, Rocky Mountain White Oak32
Quercus garryanaOregon White Oak, Garry Oak22
Quercus glaucaRing-cup oak , Ring Cupped Oak, Blue Japanese Oak32
Quercus ilexHolly Oak, Evergreen Oak52
Quercus ilex ballotaHolm Oak52
Quercus imbricariaShingle Oak, Northern Laurel Oak22
Quercus ithaburensis macrolepisValonia Oak42
Quercus kelloggiiCalifornian Black Oak, Black Oak32
Quercus laevisAmerican Turkey Oak, Turkey oak22
Quercus lamellosaBull Oak32
Quercus leucotrichophora 22
Quercus libaniLebanon Oak22
Quercus lineata 22
Quercus lobataCalifornian White Oak, Valley oak22
Quercus lyrataOvercup Oak32
Quercus marilandicaBlackjack Oak22
Quercus michauxiiSwamp Chestnut Oak22
Quercus mongolicaMongolian oak22
Quercus mongolica grosseserrata 22
Quercus muehlenbergiiYellow Chestnut Oak, Chinkapin oak32
Quercus myrsinaefolia 22
Quercus nigraWater Oak22
Quercus oblongifoliaMexican Blue Oak32
Quercus palustrisPin Oak, Swamp Oak32
Quercus petraeaSessile Oak, Durmast oak23
Quercus phellosWillow Oak22
Quercus phillyreoidesBlack ridge oak,32
Quercus prinoidesDwarf Chinkapin Oak22
Quercus prinusRock Chestnut Oak42
Quercus pungensSandpaper Oak, Pungent oak22
Quercus roburPedunculate Oak, English oak43
Quercus rubraRed Oak, Northern red oak32
Quercus semecarpifolia 22
Quercus serrataBao li22
Quercus shumardiiShumard Oak, Schneck oak22
Quercus stellataPost Oak32
Quercus suberCork Oak22
Quercus suber occidentalisCork Oak22
Quercus undulataWavyleaf Oak22
Quercus variabilisChinese Cork Oak22
Quercus velutinaBlack Oak23
Quercus virginianaLive Oak32
Quercus wislizeniiLive Oak32
Quercus x bebbiana 32
Rhus integrifoliaLemonade Berry, Lemonade sumac20
Rosa caninaDog Rose33
Rubus idaeusRaspberry, American red raspberry, Grayleaf red raspberry53
Rumex browniiSwamp Dock20
Rumex crispusCurled Dock, Curly dock23
Ruscus aculeatusButcher's Broom - Knee Holly13
Scolymus hispanicusSpanish Salsify, Common Goldenthistle30
Scorzonera hispanicaScorzonera40
Secale cerealeRye, Cereal rye41
Senna toraStinking Cassia, Sickle senna13
Setaria viridisGreen Bristle Grass22
Silybum marianumMilk Thistle, Blessed milkthistle35
Sium sisarumSkirret, Suikerwortel (Netherlands), Crummock (Scotland), Zuckewurzel (Germany)40
Sonchus arvensisField Milk Thistle, Field sowthistle, Moist sowthistle21
Sorbus aucupariaMountain Ash, European mountain ash22
Symphytum tuberosumTuberous comfrey20
Taraxacum albidum 20
Taraxacum bessarabicum 10
Taraxacum formosanum 10
Taraxacum heterolepis 12
Taraxacum hondoense 10
Taraxacum hybernum 10
Taraxacum japonicum 11
Taraxacum kok-saghyzRubber Dandelion10
Taraxacum laevigatumRed-Seed Dandelion, Rock dandelion10
Taraxacum magellanicum 10
Taraxacum megalorrhizon 10
Taraxacum mongolicum 13
Taraxacum obovatum 20
Taraxacum officinaleDandelion - Kukraundha, Kanphool, Common dandelion, Dandelion43
Taraxacum platycarpum 10
Taraxacum sinicum 13
Triglochin maritimaSea Arrow Grass20
Triglochin palustrisMarsh Arrow Grass20
Trigonella foenum-graecumFenugreek, Sicklefruit fenugreek45
Triosteum perfoliatumWild Coffee, Feverwort12
Ugni molinaeUñi, Chilean guava50
Ulmus americanaAmerican Elm, Gray Elm, Water Elm22
Umbellularia californicaCalifornia Laurel, California Bay42
Vicia tetraspermaSmooth Tare, Lentil vetch10
Zea maysSweet Corn, Corn53
Ziziphus jujubaJujube43
Bauhinia petersianaWhite bauhinia, Zambezi coffee32
Boscia senegalensisAizen, Boscia42
Brosimum alicastrumBreadnut. Maya nut32
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Cola nitidaCola Nut, Kola, Bissy Nuts34
Copernicia pruniferaBrazilian Wax Palm, Carnauba Palm, Carnauba Wax33
Cordeauxia edulisYeheb. Yeheb nut32
Crescentia cujeteCalabash Tree32
Entada phaseoloidesSt. Thomas Bean32
Enterolobium cyclocarpumDevil's Ear. Earpod tree22
Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind32
Paullinia cupanaGuarana42
Paullinia yocoYoco42
Phaseolus vulgarisFrench Bean, Kidney bean52
Quercus brantiiBarro, Brant's oak32
Senna singueanaWinter cassia, Sticky pod23
Syzygium cuminiJambolan, Java Plum, Malabar Plum, Jambu33
Tylosema esculentumMarama Bean40
Vachellia karrooCape Thorn Tree21
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vigna angularisAdzuki Bean42
Vitex donianaBlack Plum43
Coffea arabicaCoffee Arabica33
Cola acuminataCola Nut, Kola, Bissy Nut34
Gossypium herbaceumLevant cotton33
Phytelephas macrocarpaVegetable Ivory, Tagua, Nut Palm, Ivory nut palm20
Senna alataRingworm Bush, Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant24
Strychnos potatorumClearing Nut22
Tamarindus indicaTamarind43
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