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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Achyranthes japonicaJapanese Chaff Flower03
Akebia quinataAkebia, Chocolate vine, Fiveleaf Akebia, Chocolate Vine42
Alangium chinense 03
Aleurites moluccanusCandle Nut, Country Walnut33
Alisma plantago-aquaticaGreat Water Plantain, ZE-XIE, European water plantain, American water plantain, Northern water plan13
Amelanchier alnifoliaSaskatoon, Saskatoon serviceberry, Serviceberry52
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Apocynum androsaemifoliumSpreading Dogbane02
Arisaema triphyllumJack In The Pulpit, Dragonroot, Indian Turnip32
Arnebia euchroma 02
Asarum canadenseSnake Root, Canadian wildginger, Canada Wild Ginger, Wild Ginger33
Asclepias halliiPurple Silkweed, Hall's milkweed31
Asclepias syriacaCommon Milkweed, Silkweed, Milkweed32
Asplenium adiantum-nigrumBlack Spleenwort02
Bauhinia thonningiiCamel's foot tree, monkey bread32
Ceiba pentandraKapok Tree, Cotton Tree, Suma'ma33
Chenopodium albumFat Hen, Lambsquarters32
Cirsium ochrocentrumYellow Spined Thistle22
Citrus aurantiifoliaLime, Key Lime, Mexican Lime, Mexican Thornless Key Lime42
Citrus aurantiumBitter Orange, Sour orange, Bergamot orange33
Claytonia virginicaSpring Beauty, Virginia springbeauty, Hammond's claytonia, Yellow Virginia springbeauty31
Clematis ligusticifoliaWhite Clematis, Western white clematis, California clematis,02
Cnicus benedictusBlessed Thistle23
Corydalis ambigua 13
Cyperus articulatusJointed flatsedge, Priprioca, Piripiri14
Cyperus rotundusNut Grass33
Daucus carotaWild Carrot, Queen anne's lace, Carrot, Wild Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace23
Dianthus superbusFringed Pink23
Dichrostachys cinereaMarabou Thorn, Sickle Bush22
Dioscorea batatasChinese Yam55
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