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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus esculentusOkra43
Abelmoschus moschatusMusk Mallow,Musk Okra23
Abies balsameaBalsam Fir35
Abutilon theophrastiChina Jute, Velvetleaf, Butterprint Buttonweed Jute, China Mallow, Indian Velvet Leaf32
Acer glabrumRock Maple, Rocky Mountain maple, Douglas maple, Greene's maple, New Mexico maple, Torrey maple21
Acer macrophyllumOregon Maple, Bigleaf maple, Oregon Maple31
Agathis robustaQueensland Kauri00
Agave americanaAgave, American century plant33
Agave parryiCentury Plant, Parry's agave, Mescal31
Agave utahensis discretaCentury Plant31
Agave utahensis eborispinaCentury Plant31
Althaea cannabinaPalm-leaf marshmallow00
Althaea officinalisMarsh Mallow, Common marshmallow55
Ammophila arenariaMarram Grass, European beachgrass10
Ampelodesmos mauritanicusMauritanian grass00
Aphananthe aspera 10
Apocynum androsaemifoliumSpreading Dogbane02
Apocynum cannabinumIndian Hemp22
Apocynum venetum 02
Araujia sericiferaCruel Plant, White bladderflower10
Artemisia tridentataSage Brush, Big sagebrush, Bonneville big sagebrush32
Asclepias asperulaAntelope Horns, Spider milkweed, Trailing Milkweed21
Asclepias eriocarpaWoollypod Milkweed22
Asclepias halliiPurple Silkweed, Hall's milkweed31
Asclepias incarnataSwamp Milkweed, Swamp Butterfly Weed, Marsh Milkweed32
Asclepias lanceolataPurple Silkweed, Fewflower milkweed21
Asclepias ovalifoliaOval-leaf milkweed20
Asclepias pumilaLow Milkweed, Plains milkweed21
Asclepias purpurascensPurple Milkweed21
Asclepias quadrifoliaFourleaf Milkweed22
Asclepias rubraRed Silkweed31
Asclepias speciosaShowy Milkweed32
Asclepias syriacaCommon Milkweed, Silkweed, Milkweed32
Asclepias tuberosaPleurisy Root, Butterfly milkweed, Rolfs' milkweed, Indian Paintbrush33
Asclepias viridifloraGreen Milkweed, Green comet milkweed32
Asimina trilobaPapaw42
Astelia grandis 20
Astelia nervosa 20
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
Betula pendulaSilver Birch, European white birch, Common Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch33
Betula pubescensWhite Birch, Downy birch33
Boehmeria cylindricaFalse Nettle, Smallspike false nettle00
Boehmeria glomerulifera 00
Boehmeria longispica 11
Boehmeria macrophylla 00
Boehmeria nipononiveaRamie11
Boehmeria niveaRamie, Chinese Grass, Chinese Silk Plant22
Boehmeria spicata 10
Boehmeria tricuspis 11
Brachychiton populneusKurrajong, Bottletree, Kurrajong30
Broussonetia kazinokiKozo31
Broussonetia papyriferaPaper Mulberry42
Camelina sativaGold Of Pleasure30
Canna indicaIndian Shot42
Cannabis sativaHemp, Marijuana44
Caragana arborescensSiberian Pea Tree, Siberian peashrub51
Caragana boisiiSiberian peatree40
Caragana fruticosaSiberian Peashrub,30
Caragana jubataShag-Spine01
Chamaecyparis nootkatensisNootka Cypress, Nootka Cypress, Yellow Cypress, Alaska Cedar01
Chamaerops humilisDwarf Fan Palm, European fan palm, Hair Palm, Mediterranean Fan Palm20
Chilopsis linearisDesert Willow11
Chlorogalum pomeridianumSoap Lily, Wavyleaf soap plant32
Cirsium brevistylumIndian Thistle, Clustered thistle30
Clematis ligusticifoliaWhite Clematis, Western white clematis, California clematis,02
Corchorus capsularisJute32
Corchorus olitoriusJew's Mallow, Nalta jute42
Cordyline australisCabbage Tree30
Cordyline indivisaCabbage Tree30
Cornus sericeaRed Osier Dogwood, Western dogwood22
Cortaderia selloanaPampas Grass00
Corylus cornuta californicaCalifornia Hazel30
Cowania mexicanaCliffrose02
Cudrania tricuspidataSilkworm Thorn, Storehousebush22
Cyperus tegetiformis 00
Cytisus scopariusBroom, Scotch broom, Common Broom13
Daphne bholua 01
Debregeasia hypoleuca 20
Debregeasia longifoliaWild Rhea11
Debregeasia wallichiana 00
Desmodium elegans 02
Dianella caeruleaBlue Flax Lily, Cerulean flaxlily20
Dianella congestaBeach Flax Lily20
Dianella laevisFlax Lily00
Dianella revolutaFlax Lily20
Dianella tasmanicaFlax Lily00
Dirca occidentalisLeather Wood, Western leatherwood00
Dirca palustrisLeather Wood, Eastern leatherwood02
Elaeagnus commutataSilverberry32
Ensete ventricosumEthiopian Banana, Abyssinian banana20
Epilobium angustifoliumWillow Herb32
Eryngium pandanifolium 00
Eucalyptus macrorhynchaRed Stringybark13
Firmiana simplexChinese Parasol Tree, Chinese parasoltree, Japanese Varnish Tree, Chinese Parasol Tree11
Fitzroya cupressoidesAlerce, Patagonian cypress00
Fremontodendron californicumFlannel Flower, California flannelbush, Common Flannel Bush02
Galeopsis tetrahitCommon Hemp Nettle, Brittlestem hempnettle01
Geitonoplesium cymosumScrambling Lily20
Genista tinctoriaDyer's Greenweed, Common Woadwaxen, Broom12
Gerbera lanuginosa 00
Girardinia diversifoliaHimalayan Nettle22
Glycyrrhiza glabraLiquorice, Cultivated licorice44
Grewia oppositifolia 20
Gynatrix pulchellaHemp Bush00
Helianthus annuusSunflower, Common sunflower52
Hemiptelea davidii 21
Hesperaloe funiferaNew Mexico false yucca00
Hesperaloe nocturna 00
Hibiscus cannabinusKenaf, Brown Indianhemp42
Hibiscus heterophyllusNative Rosella20
Hibiscus mutabilisCotton Rose, Dixie rosemallow22
Hibiscus rosa-sinensisChinese Hibiscus, Shoeblackplant, Hawaiian Hibiscus, Tropical Hibiscus, China Rose, Rose-of-China, S33
Hibiscus sabdariffaRoselle33
Hibiscus sinosyriacusRose Of Sharon42
Hibiscus syriacusRose Of Sharon, Althaea, Shrub Althea, Hardy Hibiscus42
Hoheria populneaLacebark01
Hordeum bulbosumBulbous Barley20
Hordeum deficiens 30
Humulus lupulusHop, Common hop, European Hop,45
Iris douglasianaMountain Iris, Douglas iris00
Iris ensataJapanese Water Iris11
Iris macrosiphonBowltube Iris01
Iris purdyiPurdy's Iris00
Iris tenaxTough-Leaf Iris, Klamath iris01
Juniperus communisJuniper, Common juniper33
Juniperus communis nanaJuniper33
Juniperus monospermaOne-Seed Juniper32
Juniperus occidentalisWestern Juniper32
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos 30
Laportea bulbifera 30
Laportea canadensisCanadian Wood Nettle31
Laportea macrostachya 30
Lardizabala biternataZabala Fruit30
Larix laricinaTamarack, Hackmatack, American Larch22
Lavatera cachemirianaLavatera21
Lavatera plebeiaLavatera21
Lavatera thuringiacaLavatera, Tree lavatera30
Leymus arenariusLyme Grass, Sand ryegrass20
Linum biennePale Flax00
Linum crepitans 00
Linum humile 10
Linum marginaleNative Flax10
Linum monogynum 00
Linum perennePerennial Flax, Blue flax, Alpine flax32
Linum usitatissimumFlax, Common flax43
Lomandra longifoliaLongleaf Mat-Rush20
Lonicera ciliosaOrange Honeysuckle22
Lupinus albusWhite Lupin41
Lygeum spartumAlbardine, Lygeum00
Lyonsia straminea 00
Malva alceaVervain mallow, Hollyhock Mallow51
Malva excisa 41
Malva meluca 20
Malva mohileviensis 31
Malva moschataMusk Mallow52
Malva sylvestrisMallow, High mallow, French Hollyhock, Common Mallow, Tree Mallow, Tall Mallow33
Marsdenia roylei 01
Marsdenia tenacissimaRajmahal Hemp00
Morus albaWhite Mulberry, Common Mulberry,43
Morus alba multicaulisWhite Mulberry43
Morus australisKorean Mulberry, Aino Mulberry22
Morus bombycisKuwa22
Morus macrouraHimalayan Mulberry21
Morus mongolicaMongolian Mulberry21
Morus nigraBlack Mulberry53
Morus rubraRed Mulberry, Common Mulberry, White Mulberry32
Musa basjooJapanese Banana22
Osmunda regalisRoyal Fern, Flowering Fern02
Pancratium maritimumSea Daffodil10
Phormium cookianumWharariki20
Phormium tenaxNew Zealand Flax, Coastal Flax, New Zealand Hemp20
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Picea engelmanniiMountain Spruce, Engelmann spruce22
Picea rubensRed Spruce21
Pimelea arenaria 10
Pimelea axiflora 00
Pimelea ligustrina 00
Pimelea microcephalaMallee Riceflower10
Pimelea paucifloraPoison Pimelea00
Pinus sylvestrisScot's Pine, Scotch Pine23
Plagianthus regius 00
Plantago lanceolataRibwort Plantain, Narrowleaf plantain23
Psoralea macrostachyaLarge Leather Root21
Pteroceltis tatarinowii 00
Pueraria montana lobataKudzu Vine45
Puya chilensis 10
Ricinus communisCastor-Oil Plant, Castorbean, Palma Christi, Wonder Tree, Castor Oil Plant14
Robinia pseudoacaciaBlack Locust, Yellow Locust32
Rubus fruticosusBlackberry, Shrubby blackberry53
Rulingia dasyphylla 00
Sabal etoniaScrub Palmetto20
Sabal mexicanaMexican Palmetto, Rio Grande palmetto, Texas Palmetto20
Sabal minorBush Palmetto, Dwarf palmetto21
Sabal palmettoCabbage Palmetto, Blue Palmetto, Common Palmetto21
Salix bebbianaBeak Willow, Bebb Willow02
Salix exiguaCoyote Willow, Narrowleaf willow12
Salix hookerianaDune Willow12
Salix lasiolepisArroyo willow, Bigelow's willow02
Salix scoulerianaScouler's Willow02
Salix sitchensisSitka Willow12
Sanseviera aethiopicaBowstring Hemp10
Sesbania herbaceaColorado River Hemp, Bigpod sesbania00
Sidalcea acuta 11
Spartium junceumSpanish Broom, Weaver's Broom, Spanish Broom02
Sporobolus indicusSmut Grass, Rat-tail grass, West Indian dropseed11
Stachys sylvaticaHedge Woundwort, Whitespot01
Stellera chamaejasme 01
Stipa splendensChee Grass00
Stipa tenacissimaEsparto Grass, Esparto00
Taxodium distichumSwamp Cypress, Bald cypress, Common Bald Cypress01
Thuja occidentalisAmerican Arbor-Vitae, Arborvitae, Eastern Arborvitae, Siberian Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, Wh23
Thuja plicataWestern Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar12
Tilia americanaAmerican Basswood, Carolina basswood, Basswood, AmericanBasswood, American Linden33
Tilia amurensis 31
Tilia carolinianaCarolina Basswood31
Tilia chinensis 31
Tilia cordataSmall Leaved Lime, Littleleaf linden53
Tilia heterophyllaWhite Basswood, American basswood32
Tilia japonicaJapanese Lime31
Tilia mongolicaMongolian Lime31
Tilia oliveri 31
Tilia platyphyllosLarge Leaved Lime, Largeleaf linden, Bigleaf Linden53
Tilia tomentosaSilver Lime31
Tilia tuan 31
Tilia x europaeaLinden, Common Lime53
Trachycarpus fortuneiChusan Palm, Chinese windmill palm, Windmill Palm22
Trachycarpus martianus 22
Typha domingensisSouthern Cattail43
Typha latifoliaReedmace, Broadleaf cattail, Bullrush, Nailrod53
Typha orientalisBroadleaf Cumbungi43
Ulmus davidianaJapanese Elm20
Ulmus glabraWych Elm, Table-top Scotch Elm, Scotch Elm32
Ulmus japonicaJapanese Elm21
Ulmus pumilaSiberian Elm, Hybrid elm22
Ulmus rubraSlippery Elm25
Ulmus wallichiana 11
Urtica angustifolia 30
Urtica breweriStinging nettle32
Urtica californicaStinging Nettle, California nettle22
Urtica cannabina 30
Urtica dioicaStinging Nettle, California nettle55
Urtica gracilisStinging Nettle33
Urtica holosericeaStinging Nettle32
Urtica hyperborea 30
Urtica incisaScrub Nettle30
Urtica lyalliiStinging Nettle33
Urtica parviflora 31
Urtica piluliferaRoman Nettle33
Urtica platyphylla 30
Urtica proceraStinging Nettle, California nettle32
Urtica serraCalifornia nettle32
Urtica thunbergiana 30
Urtica urensAnnual Nettle33
Veratrum virideIndian Poke, American Hellebore12
Viburnum dilatatumLinden Viburnum, Linden arrowwood31
Vicia faba equinaHorsebean30
Vicia faba majorBroad Bean, Fava Bean41
Vicia faba minutaTick Bean30
Washingtonia filiferaDesert Fan Palm, California fan palm, California Washingtonia Palm, Petticoat Palm, Desert Fan Pal20
Wisteria floribundaJapanese Wisteria20
Wisteria venustaSilky Wisteria12
Xerophyllum tenaxIndian Basket Grass, Common beargrass11
Yucca aloifoliaSpanish Bayonet, Aloe yucca, Dagger Plant, Yucca, Spanish Bayonet31
Yucca angustissimaNarrowleaf yucca, Kanab yucca, Toft's yucca, Yucca30
Yucca baccataSpanish Bayonet, Banana yucca, Blue Yucca, Spanish Yucca41
Yucca brevifoliaJoshua Tree, Jaeger's Joshua tree, Yucca, Joshua Tree30
Yucca constrictaBuckley's Yucca20
Yucca elataSoap Tree, Soaptree yucca, Soapweed, Soapweed Yucca20
Yucca filamentosaSpoonleaf Yucca, Adam's needle, Desert Candle, Needle Palm, St. Peter's Palm, Spanish Bayonet, Comm31
Yucca filifera 20
Yucca glaucaSoapweed, Soapweed yucca, Gurney's yucca, American Vetch, Yucca, Narrowleaf Yucca, Soapweed22
Yucca gloriosaSpanish Dagger, moundlily yucca, Palm Lily, Roman Candle, Mound Lily Yucca, Spanish Dagger21
Yucca harrimaniaeSpanish Bayonet, New Mexico Spanish bayonet20
Yucca recurvifoliaCurve-leaf yucca30
Yucca rupicolaTwisted-Leaf Yucca, Texas yucca20
Yucca schidigeraMojave Yucca, Yucca30
Yucca smallianaAdam's Needle, Weak-leaf yucca20
Yucca whippleiOur Lord's Candle30
Zelkova schneiderianaChinese Zelkova00
Adansonia digitataBaobab, Judas Fruit, Monkey Bread Tree33
Adenanthera pavoninaRed Sandalwood, Coral Tree32
Agave sisalanaSisal22
Alocasia macrorrhizosGiant Taro, Giant Elephant Ear32
Ananas comosusPineapple52
Antidesma buniusBignay, Bignai42
Arenga pinnataSolitary Sugar Palm41
Artocarpus altilisBreadfruit54
Artocarpus integerChampedak40
Artocarpus mariannensisSeeded breadfruit, Marianas bread43
Attalea butyraceaWine Palm40
Attalea colendaPalma real, Chivila40
Bactris gasipaesPeach Palm, Pupunha52
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Bambusa bambosGiant Thorny Bamboo33
Bambusa nutansNodding Bamboo, Mai bong20
Bauhinia petersianaWhite bauhinia, Zambezi coffee32
Bauhinia purpureaOrchid Tree, Purple Butterfly Tree, Mountain Ebony, Geranium Tree, Purple Bauhinia22
Bauhinia thonningiiCamel's foot tree, monkey bread32
Bauhinia vahliiMalu Creeper, Adda Leaf, Pahur Camel's Foot Creeper23
Bertholletia excelsaBrazil Nut52
Bombax ceibaRed Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree22
Borassus aethiopumAfrican Fan Palm, Palmyra Palm42
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Bromelia karatasAnanas pingouin, Karatas, Camburito32
Bromelia pinguinPinuela. Pinguin30
Bromelia serraBayonet bromeliad10
Brosimum utileCow Tree, Palo De Vaca32
Byrsonima crassifoliaGolden Spoon, Nance, Nancy Tree42
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Carica papayaPapaya, Mamo, Melon Tree53
Caryota urensJaggary Palm, Toddy Palm, Fishtail Wine Palm42
Cecropia peltataTrumpet Tree, Snakewood, Congo pump, Wild pawpaw, Pop-a-gun33
Ceiba pentandraKapok Tree, Cotton Tree, Suma'ma33
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Copernicia pruniferaBrazilian Wax Palm, Carnauba Palm, Carnauba Wax33
Corypha utanGebang Palm. Corypha palm, Sugar palm32
Crotalaria junceaSun Hemp11
Dendrocalamus giganteusGiant Bamboo, Bhalu bans, Dhungre bans21
Dendrocalamus hamiltoniiTama Bamboo. Tufted bamboo30
Dendrocalamus latiflorusSweet Bamboo, Sweet bamboo shoot, Taiwan giant bamboo40
Dendrocalamus latiflorusSweet Bamboo, Sweet bamboo shoot, Taiwan giant bamboo40
Dendrocalamus membranaceusWhite bamboo30
Dichrostachys cinereaMarabou Thorn, Sickle Bush22
Elaeis guineensisAfrican Oil Palm52
Eleocharis dulcisChinese Water Chestnut41
Entada phaseoloidesSt. Thomas Bean32
Euterpe oleraceaAcai, Assai Palm, Acai Palm52
Gnetum africanumEru, African Jointfir42
Gnetum buchholzianumJointfir42
Gnetum gnemonJointfir, Melinjo, Meninjau31
Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind32
Linum hybridsPerennial Flax44
Mauritia flexuosaBuriti Palm, Aguaje Palm42
Melocanna bacciferaBerry Bamboo. Mali bamboo32
Metroxylon saguSago Palm40
Mondia whiteiMondia, White's Ginger34
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Morus mesozygiaAfrican mulberry23
Muntingia calaburaCalabura, Panama berry, Capulin32
Musa acuminataDwarf Banana, Edible banana52
Musa balbisianaPlantain, Plantain Banana41
Musa x paradisiacaBanana52
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Nypa fruticansNipa Palm, Mangrove Palm32
Oenocarpus batauaPataua Palm. Bataua32
Pandanus julianettiiKaruka40
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Phoenix canariensisCanary Island Date Palm30
Phoenix dactyliferaDate Palm52
Platonia insignisBakuri, Bacuri42
Pongamia pinnataPongam, Karum Tree, Poonga-Oil Tree, Indian Beech03
Prosopis julifloraMesquite, Honey Mesquite32
Pueraria montanaKudzu Vine45
Pueraria phaseoloidesTropical Kudzu21
Raphia fariniferaRaffia Palm30
Raphia hookeriIvory Coast Raffia Palm32
Saccharum officinarumSugarcane, Purple Sugar Cane42
Sapindus saponariaSoapberry, Wild Chinaberry, Florida Soap Berry, Soap Nut, Soap Tree02
Schinziophyton rautaneniiMongongo Nut. Manketti Tree32
Sechium eduleChayote, Mirliton, Cho Ko, Cho-Cho, Vegetable Pear42
Senegalia senegalGum Arabic32
Senna singueanaWinter cassia, Sticky pod23
Sesbania bispinosaPrickly Sesban22
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Tacca leontopetaloidesPolynesian Arrowroot, Pia42
Talipariti tiliaceumBeach Hibiscus, Sea Hibiscus, Cottontree, Mahoe32
Telfairia occidentalisFluted Gourd42
Theobroma cacaoCacao, Cocoa Tree53
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Typha elephantinaBora. Elephant grass, Indian reed-mace.33
Vachellia karrooCape Thorn Tree21
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
Aquilaria crassnaAgar Wood, Agarwood03
Aquilaria malaccensisAgar Wood, Eaglewood, Indian Aloewood, Aloeswood13
Aquilaria sinensisAgar Wood, Pak Muk Heung, White Wood Incense03
Attalea funiferaBahia Piassava, Conquilla Nut, Piassaba Palm10
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Carludovica palmataPanama Hat Plant, Carludovica Palm30
Ceiba aesculifoliaPochote21
Cissus quadrangularisVeldt Grape24
Costus aferSpiral Ginger, Ginger lily, White spiral costus.24
Cyperus articulatusJointed flatsedge, Priprioca, Piripiri14
Gossypium barbadenseSea Island Cotton32
Gossypium herbaceumLevant cotton33
Griffonia simplicifoliaGriffonia24
Leopoldinia piassabaPiassaba24
Leptadenia hastataAkamongot, Anvara43
Manicaria sacciferaUbussu, Troolie Palm22
Musa textilisAbaca00
Ochroma pyramidaleBalsa Wood02
Oreocnide integrifoliaWild Rhea00
Oryza sativaRice, Common Rice52
Paederia foetidaSkunk Vine24
Panicum miliaceumEuropean Millet32
Raphia palma-pinusThatch palm02
Securidaca longipedunculataViolet Tree14
Talipariti elatumBlue Mahoe02
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
Toona sureniSuren22
Touchardia latifoliaOlona00
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
Urera bacciferaNettle Tree, Chichaste, Ortiga02
Vachellia seyalShittim Wood22
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