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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Alchornea cordifoliaChristmas Bush24
Bombax ceibaRed Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree22
Carex brizoides 10
Dendrocalamus latiflorusSweet Bamboo, Sweet bamboo shoot, Taiwan giant bamboo40
Dryopteris dilatataShield Fern24
Heracleum sphondylium montanumCow Parsnip32
Musa acuminataDwarf Banana, Edible banana52
Najas flexilisNodding waternymph20
Pinus sylvestrisScot's Pine, Scotch Pine23
Potentilla fruticosaShrubby Cinquefoil, Potentilla11
Pteridium aquilinumBracken, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern22
Pteridium aquilinum esculentumBracken22
Sphagnum cymbilifoliumSphagnum Moss03
Tectona grandisTeak22
Thaumatococcus danielliiSweet Prayer Plant, Katemfe40
Zea maysSweet Corn, Corn53
Zostera marinaEel Grass, Seawrack21
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