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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acacia catechuCutch tree, Catechu acacia12
Acacia leucophloeaKuteera-Gum, White-barked acacia.21
Acacia salignaBlue-Leaved Wattle, Orange wattle10
Acer saccharinumSilver Maple, River Maple, Soft Maple31
Acer saccharumSugar Maple, Florida Maple, Hard Maple, Rock Maple42
Adansonia digitataBaobab, Judas Fruit, Monkey Bread Tree33
Adenanthera pavoninaRed Sandalwood, Coral Tree32
Agrostis capillarisBrowntop Bent Grass00
Albizia julibrissinMimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree,22
Albizia lebbeckSiris Tree, Woman's Tongue, East Indian Walnut12
Alnus acuminataAlder02
Alnus nepalensisNepalese Alder01
Alnus rubraRed Alder, Oregon Alder22
Alocasia macrorrhizosGiant Taro, Giant Elephant Ear32
Amaranthus retroflexusPigweed, Redroot amaranth, Wild Beet32
Amorpha fruticosaFalse Indigo, False indigo bush12
Amphicarpaea edgeworthii 40
Arachis pintoiPinto peanut00
Artocarpus altilisBreadfruit54
Artocarpus heterophyllusJackfruit52
Arundinaria giganteaCanebrake bamboo, Cane Reed, Giant cane31
Arundinaria sppRunning Bamboo31
Arundo donaxGiant Reed, Giant Reed Grass32
Astragalus glycyphyllosMilk Vetch, Licorice milkvetch10
Atriplex canescensGrey Sage Brush, Fourwing saltbush41
Atriplex nummulariaGiant Saltbush, Bluegreen saltbush32
Atriplex semibaccataAustralian Saltbush. Australian saltbush, Creeping saltbush20
Atriplex truncataWedgescale Saltbush20
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Bambusa oldhamiiRyoku-Chiku, Giant Timber Bamboo, Oldham's Bamboo20
Bambusa textilisClumping Bamboo. Weaver's bamboo30
Bassia scopariaSummer Cypress, Burningbush22
Bauhinia thonningiiCamel's foot tree, monkey bread32
Bauhinia variegataMountain Ebony12
Boehmeria niveaRamie, Chinese Grass, Chinese Silk Plant22
Boerhavia diffusaTar Vine, Red spiderling24
Brassica napus arvensisColeseed32
Brassica rapaTurnip, Field mustard, Toria, Yellow sarson32
Brosimum alicastrumBreadnut. Maya nut32
Broussonetia papyriferaPaper Mulberry42
Caesalpinia digynaTeri pods, Udakiryaka22
Cajanus cajanPigeon Pea, Puerto Rico Bean, Gandul, Dhal, Congo Pea42
Calliandra calothyrsusRed Calliandra, Powderpuff, Kaliandra00
Calopogonium caeruleumWild jicama00
Calopogonium mucunoidesCalopo, Wild ground nut00
Canna edulisAchira, Indian shot30
Cannabis sativaHemp, Marijuana44
Caragana microphyllaLittleleaf Peashrub00
Cassia fistulaGolden Shower, Purging Cassia, Golden Chain Tree, Indian Laburnum14
Cassia grandisCoral shower, Horse Cassia12
Centrosema pubescensCentro, Butterfly pea00
Ceratonia siliquaCarob, St. john's bread32
Cercocarpus ledifoliusMountain Mahogany, Curl-leaf mountain mahogany12
Chamaecrista rotundifoliaRound-leaf cassia00
Chamaecytisus proliferusTagasaste. Tree lucerne.00
Clitoria ternateaButterfly pea30
Coix lacryma-jobiJob's Tears33
Colocasia esculentaTaro, Elephant Ears Taro, Dasheen, Eddo42
Colophospermum mopaneRhodesian ironwood, Rhodesian mahogany12
Cordeauxia edulisYeheb. Yeheb nut32
Cornus sericeaRed Osier Dogwood, Western dogwood22
Crassocephalum crepidioidesOkinawa Spinach, Redflower Ragleaf, Fireweed42
Dactylis glomerataCock's Foot, Orchardgrass, Ascherson's orchardgrass01
Dendrocalamus asperGiant Bamboo, Dragon bamboo, Sweet bamboo40
Dendrocalamus giganteusGiant Bamboo, Bhalu bans, Dhungre bans21
Desmodium cinereumRensoni. Tickclover00
Desmodium intortumPega-pega. Beggarlice00
Desmodium paniculatumPanicled tick trefoil00
Desmodium triflorumThree-flower beggarweed, Three-flower tick-trefoil02
Desmodium uncinatumSilverleaf desmodium. Spanish tick-clover00
Digitaria ciliarisSouthern Crab Grass, Southern crabgrass10
Digitaria sanguinalisCrab Grass, Hairy crabgrass21
Dioscorea alataWater Yam, Purple yam, Greater yam, White yam41
Distichlis palmeriNipa. Palmer saltgrass, NyPa Wild Wheat40
Elaeagnus angustifoliaOleaster, Russian olive42
Elaeagnus umbellataAutumn Olive42
Enterolobium cyclocarpumDevil's Ear. Earpod tree22
Erythrina edulisBalu. Andean tree bean32
Erythrina poeppigianaMountain Immortelle. Madre de Cacao10
Erythrina subumbransDadap. December tree22
Escontria chiotillaChiotilla, Jiotilla40
Faidherbia albidaWhite Acacia. White-thorn. Apple ring acacia12
Festuca pratensisMeadow fescue10
Ficus elasticaRubber Plant. India Rubber Tree22
Ficus racemosaCluster Fig32
Flemingia macrophyllaEnoki-mame12
Gigantochloa albociliataClumping bamboo30
Gigantochloa verticillataWhorled bamboo, Giant stripy bamboo30
Gleditsia triacanthosHoney Locust32
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Guadua angustifoliaClumping Bamboo. Guadua00
Guazuma ulmifoliaBastard Cedar. West Indian elm, Guasimo23
Gynerium sagittatumUva Grass02
Haloxylon sppSaxaul32
Hippophae rhamnoidesSea Buckthorn, Seaberry55
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Lablab purpureusHyacinth Bean, Bonavist-bean42
Lespedeza bicolorLespedeza, Shrub lespedeza30
Leucaena diversifioliaIpil-ipil00
Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind32
Litsea glutinosaIndian Laurel. Brown bollygum, Maida lakri22
Maclura pomiferaOsage Orange, Bois D'Arc12
Melilotus indicusAnnual Yellow Sweetclover12
Metroxylon saguSago Palm40
Mimosa pudicaMorivivir, Sensitive Plant22
Miscanthus x giganteusGiant Miscanthus00
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Morus albaWhite Mulberry, Common Mulberry,43
Newtonia buchananiiEast African Newtonia, Forest Newtonia02
Nopalea cochenilliferaCochineal plant.22
Ochlandra spp.Elephant grass, Clumping Bamboo00
Opuntia dilleniiDillen prickly pear, 30
Opuntia ficus-indicaPrickly Pear, Barbary fig32
Opuntia tomentosaVelvet prickly pear, Woollyjoint Pricklypear30
Oxytenanthera abyssynicaSavanah Bamboo22
Panicum maximumGuinea grass. Green panic grass12
Panicum turgidumDesert Grass. Turgid panic grass, Afezu20
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Parkinsonia aculeataJerusalem Thorn32
Pennisetum purpureumNapier grass. Elephant grass22
Persea americanaAvocado, Alligator Pear53
Phalaris arundinaceaCanary Grass, Reed canarygrass, Gardener's Garter Grass, Ribbon Grass00
Phaseolus lunatusLima Bean, Sieva bean41
Phleum pratenseTimothy01
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Phyllostachys edulisMoso-Chiku, Tortoise shell bamboo41
Pithecellobium dulceManila Tamarind, Madras Thorn42
Plukenetia volubilisInca peanut30
Pongamia pinnataPongam, Karum Tree, Poonga-Oil Tree, Indian Beech03
Populus hybridsHybrid poplar33
Populus nigraBlack Poplar, Lombardy poplar13
Prosopis africanaPau Carvão. Mesquite. Iron tree22
Prosopis albaWhite carob tree, Algarrobo blanco32
Prosopis chilensisChilean algarrobo, Chilean mesquite20
Prosopis cinerariaJandi, Ghaf32
Prosopis glandulosaHoneypod mesquite. Glandular mesquite32
Prosopis pallidaAlgaroba22
Prosopis tamarugoTamarugo10
Pterocarpus erinaceusAfrican Kino03
Pueraria montana lobataKudzu Vine45
Pueraria phaseoloidesTropical Kudzu21
Quercus acutissimaSawthorn Oak22
Quercus brantiiBarro, Brant's oak32
Quercus emoryiBlack Oak, Emory oak32
Quercus ilexHolly Oak, Evergreen Oak52
Quercus insignisChicalaba12
Quercus kelloggiiCalifornian Black Oak, Black Oak32
Quercus suberCork Oak22
Quercus x hybridBurgambel oak32
Raphanus sativusRadish, Cultivated radish43
Raphanus sativus caudatusRat-Tail Radish33
Raphanus sativus nigerOriental Radish43
Raphanus sativus oleiformisFodder Radish33
Ricinus communisCastor-Oil Plant, Castorbean, Palma Christi, Wonder Tree, Castor Oil Plant14
Robinia neomexicanaNew Mexico Locust, Rusby's locust, Locust11
Robinia pseudoacaciaBlack Locust, Yellow Locust32
Saccharum hybridsEnergy Cane42
Saccharum officinarumSugarcane, Purple Sugar Cane42
Salix eriocephalaMissouri Willow, Missouri River willow02
Salix hybridsHybrid willows33
Salix miyabeana 02
Salix purpureaPurple Osier. purpleosier willow13
Salix viminalisOsier. Basket Willow12
Samanea samanRain Tree, False Powder Puff, Monkey Pod32
Saraca asocaAsoka Tree. Sorrow-less Tree03
Schleichera oleosaMalay Lac Tree. Lac tree, Ceylon oak32
Senegalia senegalGum Arabic32
Senna siameaSiamese Senna, Kassod Tree11
Senna singueanaWinter cassia, Sticky pod23
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Sesbania sesbanSesban22
Stenocereus stellatusJoconostle cactus, Baja organ pipe cactus30
Stylosanthes guianensisEstilo00
Tamarindus indicaTamarind43
Terminalia catappaIndian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree42
Tithonia diversifoliaMexican Sunflower03
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
Trichanthera giganteaGiant trichanthera, Nacadero22
Trifolium hybridumAlsike Clover21
Trifolium repensWhite Clover, Dutch Clover, Purple Dutch Clover, Shamrock, White Clover32
Ulmus pumilaSiberian Elm, Hybrid elm22
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vachellia seyalShittim Wood22
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
Catharanthus roseusMadagascar Periwinkle, Jasmine, Cayenne Old Maid Periwinkle14
Cyperus articulatusJointed flatsedge, Priprioca, Piripiri14
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Psidium cattleianumStrawberry Guava33
Tamarindus indicaTamarind43
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
Vachellia seyalShittim Wood22
Ipomoea aquaticaKangkong, Swamp Morning Glory42
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