Latin Name | Common Name | Edibility Rating | Medicinal Rating |
Abies amabilis | Red Fir,Pacific silver fir | 1 | 2 |
Abies balsamea | Balsam Fir | 3 | 5 |
Abies fraseri | She Balsam, Fraser fir, Southern Balsam Fir | 1 | 3 |
Abies grandis | Grand Fir, Giant Fir, Lowland White Fir | 2 | 2 |
Abies lasiocarpa | Subalpine Fir, Alpine Fir | 2 | 2 |
Acacia aneura | Mulga Acacia | 3 | 0 |
Acacia dealbata | Mimosa, Silver wattle | 2 | 0 |
Acacia decurrens | Green Wattle | 2 | 1 |
Acacia farnesiana | Sweet Acacia, Perfume Acacia, Huisache | 2 | 2 |
Acacia pycnantha | Golden Wattle | 2 | 0 |
Acacia saligna | Blue-Leaved Wattle, Orange wattle | 1 | 0 |
Aciphylla colensoi | Wild Spaniard | 2 | 0 |
Aciphylla squarrosa | Speargrass | 2 | 0 |
Agoseris aurantiaca | Mountain Dandelion, Orange agoseris | 2 | 1 |
Agoseris glauca | Mountain Dandelion, Pale agoseris, False agoseris | 1 | 1 |
Apocynum cannabinum | Indian Hemp | 2 | 2 |
Asclepias asperula | Antelope Horns, Spider milkweed, Trailing Milkweed | 2 | 1 |
Asclepias californica | California Milkweed, Greene's milkweed | 2 | 1 |
Asclepias decumbens | | 2 | 0 |
Asclepias eriocarpa | Woollypod Milkweed | 2 | 2 |
Asclepias erosa | Desert Milkweed | 2 | 0 |
Asclepias hallii | Purple Silkweed, Hall's milkweed | 3 | 1 |
Asclepias involucrata | Dwarf Milkweed | 2 | 1 |
Asclepias lanceolata | Purple Silkweed, Fewflower milkweed | 2 | 1 |
Asclepias ovalifolia | Oval-leaf milkweed | 2 | 0 |
Asclepias pumila | Low Milkweed, Plains milkweed | 2 | 1 |
Asclepias purpurascens | Purple Milkweed | 2 | 1 |
Asclepias quadrifolia | Fourleaf Milkweed | 2 | 2 |
Asclepias rubra | Red Silkweed | 3 | 1 |
Asclepias speciosa | Showy Milkweed | 3 | 2 |
Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed, Silkweed, Milkweed | 3 | 2 |
Asclepias viridiflora | Green Milkweed, Green comet milkweed | 3 | 2 |
Astragalus adscendens | Persian Manna | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus brachycalyx | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus carduchorum | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus creticus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus densissimus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus florulentus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus globiflorus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus gummifer | Tragacanth, Gum tragacanth milkvetch | 2 | 3 |
Astragalus kurdicus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus leioclados | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus massiliensis | | 3 | 0 |
Astragalus microcephalus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus parnassi cylleneus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus piletocladus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus pycnocladus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus sirinicus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus stenonychioides | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus strobiliferus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus stromatodes | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus turkmenorum | | 2 | 0 |
Atractylis gummifera | | 1 | 0 |
Brachyglottis repanda | Bushman's Toilet Paper | 1 | 1 |
Bumelia lanuginosa | Chittamwood | 2 | 0 |
Calligonum aphyllum | | 2 | 0 |
Ceratonia siliqua | Carob, St. john's bread | 3 | 2 |
Chenopodium californicum | California Goosefoot | 2 | 1 |
Chrysothamnus nauseosus | Rubber Rabbitbrush | 1 | 2 |
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus | Green Rabbitbrush, Yellow rabbitbrush | 2 | 1 |
Cistus ladanifer | Labdanum, Common gum cistus | 2 | 2 |
Cycas circinalis | Sago Palm, Queen sago, Fern Palm, Queen Sago Palm | 2 | 1 |
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides | Kahikatea | 2 | 0 |
Echinops spinosissimus | | 1 | 0 |
Encelia farinosa | Brittle Bush, Brittlebush, Incienso | 2 | 1 |
Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Candelilla | 2 | 0 |
Euphorbia marginata | Mountain Snow, Ghost Spurge, Ghost Weed | 1 | 1 |
Goodyera oblongifolia | Western Rattlesnake Plantain | 1 | 1 |
Grindelia lanceolata | Rosin Weed, Narrowleaf gumweed, Texan gumweed | 1 | 3 |
Grindelia squarrosa | Rosin Weed, Curlycup gumweed | 2 | 3 |
Helenium hoopesii | Owls Claws, Orange Sneezeweed | 1 | 1 |
Hymenoxys richardsonii | Pingue Hymenoxys, Pingue rubberweed, Colorado rubberweed | 2 | 1 |
Juniperus monosperma | One-Seed Juniper | 3 | 2 |
Lactuca pulchella | Blue Lettuce | 2 | 2 |
Larix occidentalis | Western Larch | 2 | 2 |
Liquidambar orientalis | Oriental Sweet Gum | 2 | 3 |
Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweet Gum, Red Gum, American Sweet Gum, Red Sweet Gum, | 2 | 3 |
Lygodesmia juncea | Skeleton Weed, Rush skeletonplant | 1 | 2 |
Melia azederach | Bead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry | 3 | 3 |
Melicope ternata | | 1 | 1 |
Microseris procera | Yam Daisy | 2 | 0 |
Opuntia ficus-indica | Prickly Pear, Barbary fig | 3 | 2 |
Passiflora tetrandra | | 1 | 0 |
Phormium cookianum | Wharariki | 2 | 0 |
Phormium tenax | New Zealand Flax, Coastal Flax, New Zealand Hemp | 2 | 0 |
Picea glauca | White Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, Canadian Spruce | 2 | 2 |
Picea mariana | Black Spruce, Swamp Spruce | 2 | 2 |
Picea rubens | Red Spruce | 2 | 1 |
Picea sitchensis | Sitka Spruce | 2 | 2 |
Picea smithiana | Morinda Spruce | 2 | 0 |
Pinus contorta | Beach Pine, Lodgepole pine, Bolander beach pine, Beach pine, Sierra lodgepole pine, Yukon pine, Shor | 3 | 2 |
Pinus edulis | Rocky Mountain Piñon, Twoneedle pinyon, Nut Pine, Pinyon Pine, Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Singlelea | 4 | 2 |
Pinus halepensis | Aleppo Pine | 2 | 2 |
Pinus lambertiana | Sugar Pine | 3 | 2 |
Pinus monticola | Western White Pine | 2 | 2 |
Pinus ponderosa | Ponderosa Pine, Washoe pine | 3 | 2 |
Pinus sabiniana | Digger Pine, California foothill pine, Bull Pine, Gray Pine, Digger Pine | 4 | 2 |
Pinus strobus | White Pine, Eastern white pine | 2 | 3 |
Pistacia lentiscus | Mastic Tree - Pistachier Lentisque | 2 | 2 |
Pistacia terebinthus | Terebinth, Cyprus turpentine | 2 | 2 |
Pittosporum eugenioides | Tarata | 1 | 1 |
Pittosporum phillyreoides | Weeping Pittosporum, Narrow-leaf Pittosporum | 2 | 1 |
Pittosporum tenuifolium | Tawhiwhi | 2 | 0 |
Populus angustifolia | Narrowleaf Cottonwood | 1 | 2 |
Populus deltoides monilifera | Plains Cottonwood | 1 | 2 |
Populus deltoides wislizenii | Rio Grande Cottonwood | 2 | 1 |
Populus fremontii | Cottonwood, Fremont cottonwood, Fremont Poplar, Western Cottonwood | 1 | 2 |
Prunus armeniaca | Apricot | 4 | 3 |
Prunus avium | Wild Cherry, Sweet cherry | 4 | 2 |
Prunus cerasoides | Wild Himalayan Cherry | 2 | 2 |
Prunus cerasus | Sour Cherry | 1 | 2 |
Prunus cerasus austera | Morello Cherry | 3 | 1 |
Prunus cerasus caproniana | Kentish Red Cherry | 3 | 1 |
Prunus cerasus frutescens | Bush Sour Cherry | 3 | 1 |
Prunus cerasus marasca | Maraschino Cherry | 3 | 1 |
Prunus domestica | Plum, European plum | 5 | 2 |
Prunus dulcis | Almond, Sweet almond | 4 | 3 |
Prunus pensylvanica | Pin Cherry | 2 | 2 |
Prunus persica | Peach, Flowering Peach, Ornamental Peach, Common Peach | 5 | 3 |
Prunus persica nucipersica | Nectarine | 4 | 3 |
Pseudotsuga menziesii | Douglas Fir, Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir | 2 | 2 |
Quercus engelmannii | Evergreen Oak, Engelmann oak, Mesa Oak | 2 | 2 |
Quercus petraea | Sessile Oak, Durmast oak | 2 | 3 |
Quercus pungens | Sandpaper Oak, Pungent oak | 2 | 2 |
Quercus robur | Pedunculate Oak, English oak | 4 | 3 |
Schinus molle | California Peppertree, Peruvian peppertree | 2 | 1 |
Silphium laciniatum | Compass Plant, Robinson's compassplant | 2 | 2 |
Sonchus oleraceus | Sow Thistle, Common sowthistle | 2 | 2 |
Thuja plicata | Western Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar | 1 | 2 |
Tragopogon porrifolius | Salsify | 3 | 2 |
Tsuga heterophylla | Western Hemlock | 1 | 2 |
Abies lasiocarpa | Subalpine Fir, Alpine Fir | 2 | 2 |
Acacia farnesiana | Sweet Acacia, Perfume Acacia, Huisache | 2 | 2 |
Aciphylla squarrosa | Speargrass | 2 | 0 |
Albizia julibrissin | Mimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree, | 2 | 2 |
Angophora cordifolia | Smooth-Barked Apple | 0 | 1 |
Angophora floribunda | Rough-Barked Apple | 0 | 0 |
Astragalus adscendens | Persian Manna | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus brachycalyx | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus carduchorum | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus creticus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus densissimus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus florulentus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus globiflorus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus gummifer | Tragacanth, Gum tragacanth milkvetch | 2 | 3 |
Astragalus kurdicus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus leioclados | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus massiliensis | | 3 | 0 |
Astragalus microcephalus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus parnassi cylleneus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus piletocladus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus pycnocladus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus sirinicus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus stenonychioides | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus strobiliferus | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus stromatodes | | 2 | 0 |
Astragalus turkmenorum | | 2 | 0 |
Atractylis gummifera | | 1 | 0 |
Bletilla striata | Hyacinth Orchid, Urn orchid, Hyacinth Bletilla, Hardy Orchid, Chinese Ground Orchid | 0 | 3 |
Bumelia lanuginosa | Chittamwood | 2 | 0 |
Cydonia oblonga | Quince | 4 | 2 |
Elaeagnus angustifolia | Oleaster, Russian olive | 4 | 2 |
Eremurus spectabilis | Foxtail Lily | 2 | 0 |
Eucalyptus camaldulensis | Red River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus | 1 | 3 |
Ferula assa-foetida | Asafoetida - Devil's Dung. Hing (Indian), Asafetida | 3 | 3 |
Ferula communis | Giant Fennel | 1 | 1 |
Ferula foetida | Asafoetida | 2 | 3 |
Ferula marmarica | | 0 | 0 |
Ferula moschata | Musk Root | 0 | 2 |
Ferula narthex | Ferula | 2 | 2 |
Ferula persica | | 0 | 1 |
Ferula schair | | 0 | 0 |
Ferula szowitziana | | 0 | 0 |
Ferula tingitana | | 0 | 0 |
Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey Locust | 3 | 2 |
Grevillea robusta | Silky Oak | 2 | 0 |
Hakea sericea | Silky Hakea | 0 | 0 |
Linum usitatissimum | Flax, Common flax | 4 | 3 |
Opopanax chironium | Opopanax | 0 | 1 |
Opuntia compressa | Eastern Prickly Pear, Prickly Pear Cactus | 3 | 1 |
Opuntia erinacea | Mojave Prickly Pear | 2 | 0 |
Opuntia ficus-indica | Prickly Pear, Barbary fig | 3 | 2 |
Opuntia fragilis | Prickly Pear, Brittle pricklypear | 2 | 1 |
Opuntia howeyi | | 2 | 0 |
Opuntia imbricata | Tree Chola | 2 | 0 |
Opuntia littoralis | Western Prickly Pear | 2 | 0 |
Opuntia macrorhiza | Twist-Spine Prickly Pear | 2 | 0 |
Opuntia microdasys | Bunny Ears, Angel's-wings | 2 | 0 |
Opuntia phaeacantha | Bastard Fig, Tulip pricklypear | 2 | 1 |
Opuntia polyacantha | Plains Prickly Pear, El Paso pricklypear, Grizzlybear pricklypear, Navajo Bridge pricklypear, Hairsp | 3 | 1 |
Opuntia ramosissima | Branched Pencil Cholla | 3 | 0 |
Oxalis corniculata | Yellow Sorrel, Creeping woodsorrel | 2 | 2 |
Peucedanum officinale | Hog's Fennel | 0 | 2 |
Phormium cookianum | Wharariki | 2 | 0 |
Phormium tenax | New Zealand Flax, Coastal Flax, New Zealand Hemp | 2 | 0 |
Pistacia atlantica | Betoum, Mt. Atlas mastic tree, Mount Atlas Mastic | 2 | 1 |
Pittosporum eugenioides | Tarata | 1 | 1 |
Polyscias sambucifolia | Elderberry Panax | 0 | 0 |
Prunus arabica | | 2 | 1 |
Prunus cerasus | Sour Cherry | 1 | 2 |
Prunus cerasus austera | Morello Cherry | 3 | 1 |
Prunus cerasus caproniana | Kentish Red Cherry | 3 | 1 |
Prunus cerasus frutescens | Bush Sour Cherry | 3 | 1 |
Prunus cerasus marasca | Maraschino Cherry | 3 | 1 |
Prunus dulcis | Almond, Sweet almond | 4 | 3 |
Puya chilensis | | 1 | 0 |
Salvia glutinosa | Jupiter's Distaff, Sticky Sage | 1 | 0 |
Schisandra chinensis | Magnolia Vine, Wu Wei Zi | 4 | 5 |
Seseli gummiferum | | 0 | 0 |
Silphium terebinthinaceum | Prairie Dockm, Prairie rosinweed, Lucy Braun's rosinweed | 0 | 2 |
Styrax serrulatus | | 0 | 0 |
Symphytum asperum | Prickly Comfrey | 3 | 2 |
Symphytum officinale | Comfrey, Common comfrey | 3 | 5 |
Symphytum uplandicum | Comfrey | 3 | 5 |
Combretum imberbe | Leadwood Tree, Ivory tree | 2 | 2 |
Acacia victoriae | Bramble wattle. Gundabluey, Bardi bush | 4 | 2 |
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius | Pink Cedar, Shingle Tree | 0 | 0 |
Aegle marmelos | Bael Tree, Golden Apple, Bengal Quince | 3 | 3 |
Albizia lebbeck | Siris Tree, Woman's Tongue, East Indian Walnut | 1 | 2 |
Albizia procera | White Siris, Tall Albizia, Forest Siris | 1 | 2 |
Anacardium occidentale | Cashew, Caju | 5 | 3 |
Anogeissus leiocarpa | African Birch | 2 | 4 |
Artocarpus altilis | Breadfruit | 5 | 4 |
Artocarpus heterophyllus | Jackfruit | 5 | 2 |
Artocarpus mariannensis | Seeded breadfruit, Marianas bread | 4 | 3 |
Bauhinia purpurea | Orchid Tree, Purple Butterfly Tree, Mountain Ebony, Geranium Tree, Purple Bauhinia | 2 | 2 |
Bauhinia thonningii | Camel's foot tree, monkey bread | 3 | 2 |
Bauhinia vahlii | Malu Creeper, Adda Leaf, Pahur Camel's Foot Creeper | 2 | 3 |
Bixa orellana | Annatto (Lipstick Plant, Urucum, Colorau, Achiote ) | 3 | 3 |
Bombax ceiba | Red Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree | 2 | 2 |
Brosimum alicastrum | Breadnut. Maya nut | 3 | 2 |
Brosimum parinarioides | Leite de amapa, Brosimum | 3 | 2 |
Buchanania lanzan | Almondette, Charoli Nut | 4 | 2 |
Canarium schweinfurtii | African elemi | 3 | 3 |
Chukrasia tabularis | Chickrassy, Chittagong Wood, Indian Redwood. | 1 | 2 |
Copernicia prunifera | Brazilian Wax Palm, Carnauba Palm, Carnauba Wax | 3 | 3 |
Couma macrocarpa | Barca, Milk Tree, Couba, Sorva, Sorva grande | 4 | 2 |
Couma utilis | Sorva, Milk Tree | 4 | 2 |
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba | Guar, Cluster Bean | 4 | 3 |
Dichrostachys cinerea | Marabou Thorn, Sickle Bush | 2 | 2 |
Diospyros mespiliformis | West African Ebony, Monkey guava, jackalberry | 4 | 3 |
Enterolobium cyclocarpum | Devil's Ear. Earpod tree | 2 | 2 |
Faidherbia albida | White Acacia. White-thorn. Apple ring acacia | 1 | 2 |
Garcinia kola | Bitter Kola | 3 | 4 |
Hymenaea courbaril | West Indian Locust | 3 | 3 |
Leucaena leucocephala | Leucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind | 3 | 2 |
Mammea americana | Mammee Apple, Mammey | 4 | 2 |
Manilkara zapota | Sapodilla, Nispero | 5 | 2 |
Moringa oleifera | Horseradish Tree, Moringa, | 4 | 4 |
Pinus caribaea | Caribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine | 2 | 2 |
Pithecellobium dulce | Manila Tamarind, Madras Thorn | 4 | 2 |
Prosopis alba | White carob tree, Algarrobo blanco | 3 | 2 |
Prosopis cineraria | Jandi, Ghaf | 3 | 2 |
Prosopis juliflora | Mesquite, Honey Mesquite | 3 | 2 |
Prunus armeniaca mandschurica | Manchurian apricot | 4 | 3 |
Samanea saman | Rain Tree, False Powder Puff, Monkey Pod | 3 | 2 |
Senegalia senegal | Gum Arabic | 3 | 2 |
Sesbania bispinosa | Prickly Sesban | 2 | 2 |
Sesbania grandiflora | Vegetable Hummingbird, Agati, | 3 | 2 |
Spondias purpurea | Purple Mombin Red Mombin, Spanish Plum, Ciruela | 4 | 2 |
Terminalia catappa | Indian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree | 4 | 2 |
Thespesia populnea | Portia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree | 3 | 3 |
Vachellia karroo | Cape Thorn Tree | 2 | 1 |
Vachellia nilotica | Gum Arabic Tree | 2 | 2 |
Vachellia tortilis | Umbrella Thorn | 2 | 2 |
Vitellaria paradoxa | Shea Butter Tree | 4 | 5 |
Woodfordia fruticosa | Fire-flame bush | 2 | 2 |
Bursera simaruba | Gum Tree, Gumbo Limbo | 2 | 2 |
Caesalpinia spinosa | Spiny Holdback, Tara | 2 | 2 |
Cassia fistula | Golden Shower, Purging Cassia, Golden Chain Tree, Indian Laburnum | 1 | 4 |
Commiphora myrrha | Myrrh, Myrrh Gum | 2 | 4 |
Commiphora wightii | Guggul, Indian bdellium-tree | 2 | 3 |
Diospyros malabarica | Indian Persimmon, Gaub, Timbiri, Mountain ebony | 1 | 3 |
Eucalyptus camaldulensis | Red River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus | 1 | 3 |
Eucalyptus robusta | Swamp Mahogany, Eucalyptus Gum | 0 | 3 |
Geodorum densiflorum | Nodding Swamp Orchid | 0 | 2 |
Guiera senegalensis | Moshi medicine, guier du Senegal | 1 | 4 |
Manilkara bidentata | Balata, bulletwood, bully tree | 2 | 2 |
Senegalia catechu | Black Catechu | 2 | 3 |
Swietenia macrophylla | Big Leaf Mahogany, Honduras Mahogany | 0 | 2 |
Terminalia arjuna | Arjuna, Terminalia | 2 | 4 |
Thespesia populneoides | Tulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood | 3 | 3 |
Triphasia trifolia | Lime Berry | 2 | 1 |
Vachellia seyal | Shittim Wood | 2 | 2 |