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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Afzelia africanaAfrican Mahogany22
Agathis mooreiPacific Kauri, Moore Kauri10
Aquilaria crassnaAgar Wood, Agarwood03
Archidendron jiringaJengkol, Jiringa42
Aspidosperma albumGuatambu02
Aspidosperma eburneumEburneum00
Aspidosperma polyneuronPeroba Rosa02
Astronium balansaeAstronium00
Astronium urundeuvaUrunday04
Baikiaea plurijugaRhodesian Teak, Zambesi Redwood12
Bambusa bambosGiant Thorny Bamboo33
Bambusa blumeanaSpiny Bamboo. Spiny bamboo, Thorny bamboo20
Bambusa vulgarisCommon Bamboo32
Baphia nitidaCamwood, Baphia22
Bertholletia excelsaBrazil Nut52
Blighia sapidaAkee, ackee apple or ayee32
Borassus aethiopumAfrican Fan Palm, Palmyra Palm42
Brosimum alicastrumBreadnut. Maya nut32
Brosimum guianenseBastard Breadnut12
Brosimum parinarioidesLeite de amapa, Brosimum32
Brosimum rubescensBloodwood Cacique02
Brosimum utileCow Tree, Palo De Vaca32
Bursera simarubaGum Tree, Gumbo Limbo22
Byrsonima crassifoliaGolden Spoon, Nance, Nancy Tree42
Calamus caesiusRotan Sega20
Calamus mananRotan Manau00
Calamus ovoideusEgg-shaped Rattan. Rotan Ovoid20
Calamus radiatusRotan Rays. Radial Leaf Rotan00
Calamus rotangRattan, Rotang, Rattan Cane22
Calophyllum brasilienseBrazil Beauty-Leaf02
Canarium luzonicumManila Elemi43
Canarium ovatumPili Nut43
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Canarium vulgareJava Almond, Kenari Nut41
Cantleya corniculataDaru10
Carapa guianensisAndiroba04
Caryocar brasiliensePequi, Souari nut42
Casimiroa edulisWhite Sapote, Mexican Apple53
Cedrela odorataCedar Wood, West Indian Cedar, SpanishCedar, Cigar-box Cedar, Cedro Hembra12
Cedrelopsis greveiKatrafay, Kathrafay24
Ceiba pentandraKapok Tree, Cotton Tree, Suma'ma33
Centrolobium microchaeteYellow tarara00
Centrolobium sclerophyllumHard leaved tarara00
Chloroxylon swieteniaEast Indian Satinwood03
Chrysophyllum cainitoStar Apple, Caimito42
Chukrasia tabularisChickrassy, Chittagong Wood, Indian Redwood.12
Clarisia racemosaTulpay, Murur10
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Coffea arabicaCoffee Arabica33
Cola acuminataCola Nut, Kola, Bissy Nut34
Cola nitidaCola Nut, Kola, Bissy Nuts34
Combretum imberbeLeadwood Tree, Ivory tree22
Copaifera guyanensisHoepel, Guyanense Copaiba24
Copaifera langsdorffiiCopaiba, Langsdorf's copaifera14
Copaifera multijugaHayne oil, Copaiba,14
Copaifera officinalisCopaiba Balsam, Medicinal Copaiba24
Copaifera reticulataCopaiba, Reticulated Copaiba, Copaiba Balsam04
Cordia alliodoraEcuador laurel, Cypre, Onion Cordia, Laurel Blanco22
Coula edulisAfrican Walnut30
Couma macrocarpaBarca, Milk Tree, Couba, Sorva, Sorva grande42
Couma utilisSorva, Milk Tree42
Croton megalocarpusCroton tree02
Cupressus lusitanicaMexican Cypress02
Dalbergia baroniiPalissandre rouge des marais, hitsika, sovodrano00
Dalbergia cochinchinensisSiam Rosewood, Thailand Rosewood00
Dalbergia greveanaMadagascar Rosewood02
Dalbergia latifoliaBlack Rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Kala sheeshan, Satisal02
Dalbergia louveliiAndramena, Volombodipona, Violet rosewood02
Dalbergia melanoxylonAfrican Blackwood, Grenadilla, Mpingo02
Dalbergia monticolaHazovola, tsiandalana, voamboana00
Dalbergia nigraBrazilian Rosewood00
Dalbergia oliveriRedwood00
Dalbergia retusaCocobolo00
Dalbergia stevensoniiHonduras Rosewood00
Dendrocalamus asperGiant Bamboo, Dragon bamboo, Sweet bamboo40
Dendrocalamus brandesiiVelvet Leaf Bamboo, Clumping Bamboo30
Dendrocalamus strictusMale Bamboo. Calcutta Stricta or Bamboo31
Dicorynia guianensisAngelique00
Dimocarpus longanLongan, Lungan, Dragon's Eye, Cat's Eye43
Diospyros celebicaIndonesian Ebony, black ebony, makassar-ebenholts20
Diospyros crassifloraBenin Ebony02
Diospyros digynaBlack Sapote, Chocolate Pudding Tree41
Diospyros ebenumEbony, Ceylon Ebony, Mauritius Ebony, Ebony Persimmon12
Diospyros malabaricaIndian Persimmon, Gaub, Timbiri, Mountain ebony13
Diospyros mespiliformisWest African Ebony, Monkey guava, jackalberry43
Diospyros quaesitaCalamander, kalu mediriya02
Diospyros tessellariaBlack ebony, Mauritian ebony20
Diplotropis purpureaSucupira, Tatabu00
Dipterocarpus alatusApitong, baume de gurjun, gurjun balsam02
Durio dulcisDurian Marangang, Merangang, Red Durian, Tutong, Lahong40
Durio zibethinusDurian51
Dyera costulataHill Jelutong01
Dysoxylum acutangulumMembalo00
Dysoxylum fraserianumAustralian rosewood, rose-mahogany, rosewood, turnipwood.00
Entandrophragma candolleiWest African Cedar02
Entandrophragma cylindricumSapele Mahogany02
Entandrophragma utileSipo Mahogany02
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus obliquaMessmate00
Eucalyptus robustaSwamp Mahogany, Eucalyptus Gum03
Eugenia brasiliensisGrumichama, Brazilian Plum42
Euplassa cantareiraeLouro Faja00
Faidherbia albidaWhite Acacia. White-thorn. Apple ring acacia12
Falcataria moluccanaBatai00
Ferula communisGiant Fennel11
Ficus racemosaCluster Fig32
Garcinia brasiliensisBacupari42
Garcinia gardnerianaBacupari, achacha40
Garcinia madrunoMadruno, Charichuela, Madrono42
Garcinia mangostanaMangosteen, Manggis52
Gigantochloa albociliataClumping bamboo30
Gigantochloa levisBulo semilang, Buloh seremai, Bolo32
Gigantochloa verticillataWhorled bamboo, Giant stripy bamboo30
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Gluta lacciferaLacquer tree00
Gluta usitataBurmese Varnish Tree02
Gmelina arboreaGmelina, Snapdragon, White Teak22
Grazielodendron riodocensisGrazielodendron00
Guadua angustifoliaClumping Bamboo. Guadua00
Guarea guidoniaMuskwood , Carrapeta, Cedro Macho02
Guibourtia demeuseiAfrican Rosewood00
Guibourtia pellegrianaAkume, Bubinga, Waka00
Guibourtia tessmanniiBubinga, Kevazingo00
Helicostylis tomentosaLetterhout, Letter Wood42
Hymenaea courbarilWest Indian Locust33
Hymenaea martianaCopal20
Intsia bijugaMoluccan Ironwood, Ipil12
Intsia palembanicaBorneo Teak, Merbau11
Juglans neotropicaAndean Walnut32
Khaya anthothecaWhite Mahogany, East African Mahogany02
Leplaea cedrataScented Guarea02
Leplaea thompsoniiBlack Guarea02
Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind32
Litsea cubebaMountain Pepper, Litsea22
Maclura tinctoriaFustic Tree22
Magnolia dodecapetalaBwapen mawon00
Mammea americanaMammee Apple, Mammey42
Mangifera indicaMango, Bowen Mango53
Manilkara bidentataBalata, bulletwood, bully tree22
Manilkara zapotaSapodilla, Nispero52
Mansonia altissimaMansonia02
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Melicoccus bijugatusMamoncillo, Spanish Lime, Guayo42
Mezilaurus itaubaItauba22
Microberlinia bisulcataZingana00
Microberlinia brazzavillensisZingana00
Milicia excelsaAfrican Teak23
Milicia regiaOroko, Iroko22
Millettia laurentiiWenge04
Millettia stuhlmanniiPanga-panga, Partridge wood02
Mimusops elengiSpanish Cherry, Bakul32
Monstera deliciosaCeriman, Windowleaf40
Morus mesozygiaAfrican mulberry23
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Myrcianthes pungensGuabiyu41
Myrocarpus frondosusBalsamo, incienso03
Neolamarckia cadambaAmboina, Kadam12
Ocotea cymosaVarongy20
Ocotea kenyensisTransvaal stinkwood, stinkhout02
Ocotea porosaBrazilian-walnut, imbuia00
Ongokea goreBoleko Nut22
Oxytenanthera abyssynicaSavanah Bamboo22
Palaquium guttaGutta-Percha20
Parinari curatellifoliaMbola, Grys Appel42
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Peltogyne floribundaPurpleheart, pau-roxo, zapatero01
Peltogyne paniculataPurpleheart, pau-roxo, amaranttrad01
Peltogyne venosaPurpleheart01
Peltophorum dasyrhachisPeltophorum, Soga02
Peltophorum pterocarpumCopperpod, Yellow Poinciana02
Pericopsis angolensisEast African afrormosia02
Pericopsis elataAfrican-teak, golden afrormosia, kokrodua02
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Phyllanthus emblicaEmblica, Indian Gooseberry35
Piptadenia gonoacanthaPau jacaré - alligator stick00
Planchonella australisBlack Apple30
Platonia insignisBakuri, Bacuri42
Platymiscium trinitatisMacacauba, Macawood, Hormigo, Orange Agate02
Platymiscium uleiMacacauba, Macawood, Hormigo, Orange Agate00
Podocarpus neriifoliusOleander Podocarp, Brown Pine22
Pongamia pinnataPongam, Karum Tree, Poonga-Oil Tree, Indian Beech03
Pouteria altissimaAbam, Apotro, Gomu00
Pouteria pierreiAningeria20
Pouteria sapotaSapote, Mamey Sapote42
Prosopis albaWhite carob tree, Algarrobo blanco32
Prosopis julifloraMesquite, Honey Mesquite32
Prunus africanaPygeum05
Pterocarpus angolensisAmbila03
Pterocarpus dalbergioidesAndaman padauk, East Indian-mahogany,22
Pterocarpus erinaceusAfrican Kino03
Pterocarpus indicusAmboyna, Indian Padauk, Burmese Rosewood, Narra, Bloodwood22
Pterocarpus soyauxiiAfrican Coralwood22
Pycnanthus angolensisAfrican Nutmeg23
Quercus brantiiBarro, Brant's oak32
Raphia fariniferaRaffia Palm30
Raphia hookeriIvory Coast Raffia Palm32
Raphia palma-pinusThatch palm02
Sapindus mukorossiChinese Soapberry, Soap Berry, Chinese Soapberry, Soapnut Tree12
Schizolobium parahybaGuapiruvu00
Senna siameaSiamese Senna, Kassod Tree11
Senna singueanaWinter cassia, Sticky pod23
Shorea obtusaTaengwood Balau, teng02
Shorea siamensisDark red meranti, Light red meranti, Red lauan02
Simarouba amaraParadise tree, bitterwood34
Simarouba glaucaParadise Tree, Bitterwood, Dysentery-bark34
Sonneratia caseolarisFirefly mangrove, mangrove apple22
Spondias mombinYellow Mombin, Hog Plum, Caja Fruit, Taperebá42
Swartzia benthamianaWamara02
Swartzia grandifoliaBig leafed Swartzia, Coracao-de-Negro00
Swartzia ingifoliaSwartzia00
Swartzia leiocalycinaWamara00
Swartzia panacocoCoracao-de-Negro, panococo, Brazilian ebony02
Swietenia macrophyllaBig Leaf Mahogany, Honduras Mahogany02
Swietenia mahagoniMahogany, West Indies Mahogany02
Syzygium cuminiJambolan, Java Plum, Malabar Plum, Jambu33
Syzygium jambosJambos, Rose Apple, Plum Rose32
Tabebuia roseaApamate, Pink Poui, Pink Tecoma, Rosy Trumpet Tree02
Tachigali rubiginosaTachigali00
Talipariti elatumBlue Mahoe02
Tamarindus indicaTamarind43
Tectona grandisTeak22
Terminalia catappaIndian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree42
Terminalia chebulaBlack Myrobalan, Chebulic Myroblan,35
Terminalia ivorensisBlack Afara02
Terminalia kaernbachiiOkari Nut50
Terminalia sambesiaca 04
Terminalia superbaShinglewood02
Theobroma grandiflorumCupuassu, Cupuacu43
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
Thyrsostachys siamensisMonastery Bamboo40
Tieghemella africanaDouka32
Tieghemella heckeliiBaku42
Toona ciliataMountain Cedar, Australian Red Cedar, Toona22
Toona sureniSuren22
Treculia africanaAfrican Breadfruit or Breadnut42
Trichilia dregeanaCape Mahogany43
Turraeanthus africanusAvodire02
Uapaca kirkianaWild Loquat42
Uncaria guianensisCat's Claw24
Uncaria tomentosaCat's Claw24
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
Vitellaria paradoxaShea Butter Tree45
Vitex donianaBlack Plum43
Vitex keniensisFulu, Mkombachiko, Mufuu20
Vouacapoua americanawacapou, acapu02
Warburgia salutarisPepperbark Tree24
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