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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acer saccharumSugar Maple, Florida Maple, Hard Maple, Rock Maple42
Agrimonia eupatoriaAgrimony, Churchsteeples23
Angelica sinensisDang Gui - Dong Quai - Chinese Angelica05
Anredera cordifoliaMadeira Vine, Heartleaf madeiravine20
Artemisia capillarisYin Chen Hao13
Artemisia gmeliniiRussian Wormwood, Gmelin's wormwood11
Astragalus chinensisHua Huang Qi, Chinese milkvetch02
Astragalus complanatusBei Bian Huang Qi02
Atractylodes japonicaJapanese Atractylodes23
Azorella caespitosa 21
Belamcanda chinensisLeopard Lily, Blackberry lily, Leopard Flower13
Berberis vulgarisEuropean Barberry, Common barberry33
Bupleurum falcatumThorow-Wax22
Ceanothus cuneatusBuckbrush, Sedgeleaf buckbrush, Monterey ceanothus21
Centaurium erythraeaCentaury - Feverwort, European centaury13
Cibotium barometzScythian Lamb11
Cirsium arvenseCreeping Thistle, Canada thistle22
Cornus chinensis 23
Cornus oblongaOblong-Petal Dogwood03
Cornus officinalisShan Zhu Yu, Asiatic dogwood, Japanese Cornel Dogwood43
Cuscuta chinensisChinese Dodder03
Cuscuta japonicaJapanese Dodder12
Cynanchum wilfordii 02
Dipsacus japonicusXu Duan12
Eucommia ulmoidesGutta-Percha13
Euonymus atropurpureusWahoo- Indian Arrow Wood - Burning Bush, Eastern wahoo12
Euonymus europaeusSpindle Tree, European spindletree12
Gratiola pedunculata 01
Gynostemma pentaphyllumSweet Tea Vine25
Hepatica acutilobaAmerican Liverleaf, Sharp-lobed Hepatica, Hepatica02
Hepatica americanaAmerican Liverleaf, Alumroot, Round Lobed Hepatica02
Iris cristataCrested Iris, Dwarf crested iris11
Iris ensataJapanese Water Iris11
Juniperus chinensisChinese Juniper, Sargent juniper02
Kalopanax septemlobusTree Aralia, Castor aralia21
Lepidium latifoliumDittander, Broadleaved pepperweed31
Linaria vulgarisYellow Toadflax, Butter and eggs12
Lycium chinenseChinese Boxthorn, Chinese desert-thorn43
Lycopus lucidusBugleweed, Rough bugleweed12
Mahonia fremontiiMahonia, Fremont's mahonia32
Marrubium vulgareWhite Horehound, Horehound13
Patrinia scabiosifoliaEastern Valerian, Scabious Patrinia13
Patrinia villosa 11
Phlomis umbrosa 02
Potamogeton pectinatusFennel-Leaved Pondweed31
Pyrola asarifoliaBog Wintergreen, Liverleaf wintergreen, Pink wintergreen01
Rhamnus carolinianusIndian Cherry, Oak, Carolina Buckthorn21
Rhus radicansPoison Ivy01
Rosa rugosaRamanas Rose, Rugosa rose52
Rumex mexicanusMexican Dock12
Salvia multiorrhizaDan Shen03
Sarracenia flavaYellow Trumpet, Yellow pitcherplant, Huntsman's Horn, Yellow Trumpet, Trumpets, Yellow Pitcher Plan01
Sarracenia purpureaPitcher Plant, Purple Pitcherplant, Huntsman's Cup, Purple Pitcher Plant, Sweet Pitcher Plant, Com02
Schisandra chinensisMagnolia Vine, Wu Wei Zi45
Schisandra sphenanthera 25
Senna toraStinking Cassia, Sickle senna13
Silene firmaCatchfly12
Silphium perfoliatumCup Plant, Rosinweed02
Silybum marianumMilk Thistle, Blessed milkthistle35
Solanum dulcamaraBittersweet. Bittersweet Nightshade, Climbing nightshade, Bittersweet, Deadly Nightshade, Poisonous03
Sonchus oleraceusSow Thistle, Common sowthistle22
Swertia chirayitaChiretta03
Swertia petiolata 02
Taraxacum heterolepis 12
Taraxacum mongolicum 13
Taraxacum officinaleDandelion - Kukraundha, Kanphool, Common dandelion, Dandelion43
Taraxacum sinicum 13
Taraxacum variegatum 10
Thlaspi arvensePennycress, Field pennycress22
Tiarella cordifoliaFoamflower, Heartleaf foamflower, Clumping Foamflower02
Uncaria rhynchophylla 02
Veronicastrum virginicumBeaumont's Root, Culver's root, Bowman's Root, Culver's Root, Black Root03
Vitis aestivalisSummer Grape, Long grape31
Vitis viniferaGrape, Wine grape, Purpleleaf Grape, Common Grape52
Vitis vulpinaFrost Grape31
Alocasia macrorrhizosGiant Taro, Giant Elephant Ear32
Dipterocarpus alatusApitong, baume de gurjun, gurjun balsam02
Eleocharis dulcisChinese Water Chestnut41
Baccharis genistelloidesCarqueja04
Lawsonia inermisHenna, Mignonette Tree03
Scoparia dulcisSweet Broom, Licorice Weed, Vassourinha24
Smilax officinalisHonduran sarsaparilla24
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