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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Actaea rubraRed Baneberry02
Alnus serrulataSmooth Alder, Hazel alder02
Aloe veraAloe Vera, Barbados aloe, First Aid Plant, Medicinal Aloe15
Anagallis arvensisScarlet Pimpernel22
Argemone albifloraWhite Prickly Poppy, Bluestem pricklypoppy01
Argemone mexicanaPrickly Poppy, Mexican pricklypoppy13
Artemisia vulgarisMugwort, Common wormwood, Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood23
Arum maculatumCuckoo Pint21
Asarum sieboldiiWild Ginger02
Asclepias subulataRush Milkweed01
Asclepias syriacaCommon Milkweed, Silkweed, Milkweed32
Astrantia majorGreat Masterwort01
Atriplex hortensisOrach, Garden orache42
Baptisia australisWild Indigo, Blue wild indigo, Blue False Indigo02
Baptisia tinctoriaWild Indigo, Horseflyweed13
Belamcanda chinensisLeopard Lily, Blackberry lily, Leopard Flower13
Bellis perennisDaisy, Lawndaisy, English Daisy23
Berberis vulgarisEuropean Barberry, Common barberry33
Bryonia dioicaRed Bryony, Cretan bryony12
Buxus wallichiana 01
Caesalpinia decapetalaMysore Thorn, Shoofly02
Calystegia sepiumHedge Bindweed, Hedge false bindweed, Appalachia false bindweed, Bingham's false bindweed21
Calystegia soldanellaSea Bindweed, Seashore false bindweed11
Carlina acaulisStemless Carline Thistle22
Carlina vulgarisCarline Thistle11
Centaurea cyanusCornflower, Garden cornflower, Blue Bottle, Cornflower22
Centaurea montanaMountain Cornflower, Perennial cornflower, Mountain Bluet02
Ceratonia siliquaCarob, St. john's bread32
Chelidonium majusGreater Celandine, Swallow Wort, Greater Celandine13
Chrysanthemum coronariumChop-Suey Greens32
Chrysanthemum coronarium spatiosumChop-Suey Greens32
Citrullus lanatusWater Melon43
Cneorum tricocconSpurge Olive01
Colutea arborescensBladder Senna02
Consolida regalisLarkspur, Royal knight's-spur03
Convolvulus arvensisField Bindweed12
Cornus sericeaRed Osier Dogwood, Western dogwood22
Cuscuta reflexaDodder, Giant dodder02
Cyclamen hederifoliumCyclamen, Alpine Violet, Persian Violet01
Daphne genkwaLilac Daphne03
Daphne laureolaSpurge Laurel01
Daphne oleoides 11
Daphne papyracea 01
Datisca cannabinaAcalbir, Akalbir01
Dichroa febrifugaChinese Quinine, Dichroa03
Ecballium elateriumSquirting Cucumber02
Eclipta prostrataHan Lian Cao, False daisy13
Erysimum cheiriWallflower, Aegean wallflower02
Erythrina acanthocarpa 01
Erythrina crista-galliCoral Tree, Crybabytree01
Erythrina herbaceaCardinal Spear, Redcardinal11
Erythrina humeanaDwarf Kaffirboom, Dwarf erythrina01
Erythrina x bidwillii 01
Erythrina zeyheriPrickly Cardinal01
Euonymus crenulatus 01
Euonymus europaeusSpindle Tree, European spindletree12
Euonymus lucidus 01
Euonymus tingens 01
Eupatorium cannabinumHemp Agrimony03
Eupatorium perfoliatumThoroughwort, Boneset, Common boneset03
Euphorbia corollataWild Spurge, Flowering spurge02
Euphorbia hirtaAsthma Weed, Pill-Bearing Spurge13
Euphorbia lathyrisCaper Spurge, Moleplant12
Euphorbia pekinensisDa Ji03
Euphorbia thomsoniana 01
Fraxinus excelsiorAsh, European ash, Common Ash22
Geocaulon lividumFalse Toadflax11
Gratiola officinalisHedge Hyssop02
Gypsophila paniculataBaby's Breath01
Gypsophila struthium 02
Helleborus nigerBlack Hellebore02
Helleborus viridisGreen Hellebore02
Hibiscus cannabinusKenaf, Brown Indianhemp42
Ilex aquifoliumHolly, English holl, Christmas Holly, Common Holly, English Holly22
Iris decora 01
Iris germanicaPurple Flag, German iris, Orris-root, Tall Bearded German Iris, Bearded Iris13
Iris germanica florentinaOrris, Orris-root13
Laburnum alpinumScotch Laburnum, Alpine Bea Tree, Alpine Golden Chain Tree01
Lagenaria sicerariaBottle Gourd32
Lagerstroemia indicaCrepe Myrtle, Crepeflower02
Lamium purpureumRed Dead Nettle, Purple deadnettle21
Lavatera cachemirianaLavatera21
Lepidium apetalum 22
Linaria vulgarisYellow Toadflax, Butter and eggs12
Linum catharticumPurging Flax, Fairy flax02
Lycium barbarumGoji, Box Thorn, Matrimony vine43
Lycopodium selagoFir Clubmoss12
Malva neglectaDwarf Mallow, Common mallow42
Marah macrocarpusChilicothe, Cucamonga manroot02
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Menispermum canadenseCanada Moonseed, Common moonseed02
Mercurialis annuaAnnual Mercury11
Mercurialis perennisDog's Mercury01
Mirabilis jalapaMarvel Of Peru, Miracle Flower of Peru, Four O'Clock22
Morus albaWhite Mulberry, Common Mulberry,43
Morus australisKorean Mulberry, Aino Mulberry22
Morus nigraBlack Mulberry53
Nannorrhops ritchianaMazari Palm11
Nasturtium microphyllumWatercress, Onerow yellowcress31
Nasturtium officinaleWatercress43
Nasturtium x sterileBrown Watercress43
Oenanthe sarmentosaWater Dropwort,Water parsely31
Penstemon confertusYellow Penstemon11
Phytolacca americanaPokeweed, American pokeweed, Garnet, Pigeon Berry, Poke33
Phytolacca esculenta 22
Plantago arenariaFrench Psyllium13
Podophyllum aurantiocaule 22
Podophyllum hexandrumHimalayan May Apple24
Podophyllum peltatumAmerican Mandrake, Mayapple, Ground Lemon, Mandrake, Mayapple24
Podophyllum pleianthum 23
Podophyllum versipelle 23
Polygonum aviculareKnotweed, Prostrate knotweed23
Polygonum dumetorumClimbing false buckwheat11
Polypodium vulgarePolypody, Adders Fern, Golden Maidenhair Fern, Wall Fern, Common Polypod Fern23
Prunus insititiaDamson51
Rhamnus catharticaCommon Buckthorn03
Rhamnus frangulaAlder Buckthorn03
Rhamnus purpureus 01
Rhamnus virgatus 11
Rheum australeHimalayan Rhubarb33
Rheum palmatumTurkey Rhubarb, Chinese Rhubarb - Da Huang, Chinese rhubarb35
Rheum palmatum tanguticumDa Huang35
Rheum rhaponticumRhubarb, Garden rhubarb23
Rheum spiciforme 21
Rheum x cultorumRhubarb43
Ribes orientale 21
Ricinus communisCastor-Oil Plant, Castorbean, Palma Christi, Wonder Tree, Castor Oil Plant14
Robinia pseudoacaciaBlack Locust, Yellow Locust32
Rosa cymosa 22
Rosa wichuraianaMemorial Rosa21
Rumex nepalensis 12
Sambucus ebulusDwarf Elder, Dwarf elderberry12
Sambucus javanicaChinese Elder12
Sambucus nigraElderberry - European Elder, Black elderberry, American black elderberry, Blue elderberry, Europea43
Sambucus pubensAmerican Red Elder31
Sambucus racemosaRed Elder, Red elderberry, Rocky Mountain elder, European Red Elderberry32
Sambucus racemosa kamtschaticaRed Elder32
Sambucus wightianaElder02
Santalum lanceolatum 11
Sapium sebiferumVegetable Tallow, Chinese tallow, Popcorn Tree, Chinese Tallow Tree22
Saponaria officinalisSoapwort, Bouncingbet03
Schinus molleCalifornia Peppertree, Peruvian peppertree21
Scrophularia nodosaKnotted Figwort, Woodland figwort13
Senecio erucifoliusHoary Groundsel, Hoary ragwort02
Senecio vulgarisGroundsel12
Senna toraStinking Cassia, Sickle senna13
Solanum dulcamaraBittersweet. Bittersweet Nightshade, Climbing nightshade, Bittersweet, Deadly Nightshade, Poisonous03
Solanum nigrumBlack Nightshade, Common Nightshade, Poisonberry, Black Nightshade22
Solanum scabrumGarden Huckleberry32
Sophora japonicaJapanese Pagoda Tree, Scholar Tree23
Spartium junceumSpanish Broom, Weaver's Broom, Spanish Broom02
Staphylea colchicaBladdernut11
Tagetes minutaMuster-John-Henry22
Taxus baccataYew, English yew, Common Yew34
Thalictrum foliolosum 02
Thapsia garganicaDrias Plant02
Trichosanthes cucumerina anguinaSnake Gourd21
Trollius europaeusGlobeflower, Common Globeflower, European Globeflower02
Ulmus japonicaJapanese Elm21
Vinca majorGreater Periwinkle, Bigleaf periwinkle, Myrtle, Large Periwinkle, Big Periwinkle03
Viola odorataSweet Violet, English Violet, Garden Violet, Sweet Violet, Florist's Violet53
Yucca aloifoliaSpanish Bayonet, Aloe yucca, Dagger Plant, Yucca, Spanish Bayonet31
Yucca gloriosaSpanish Dagger, moundlily yucca, Palm Lily, Roman Candle, Mound Lily Yucca, Spanish Dagger21
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Prunus domestica italicaGages, Greengage52
Alchornea cordifoliaChristmas Bush24
Aleurites moluccanusCandle Nut, Country Walnut33
Aloe arborescensCandelabra Aloe, Tree Aloe, Mountain Bush Aloe25
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Ananas comosusPineapple52
Annona squamosaSugar Apple, Sweetsop, Custard Apple52
Areca catechuBetel Palm, Betel Nut Palm33
Artocarpus altilisBreadfruit54
Artocarpus mariannensisSeeded breadfruit, Marianas bread43
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Bixa orellanaAnnatto (Lipstick Plant, Urucum, Colorau, Achiote )33
Byrsonima crassifoliaGolden Spoon, Nance, Nancy Tree42
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Canarium ovatumPili Nut43
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Carica papayaPapaya, Mamo, Melon Tree53
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Crescentia cujeteCalabash Tree32
Dichrostachys cinereaMarabou Thorn, Sickle Bush22
Embelia ribesFalse black pepper, White-flowered Embelia34
Erythrina fuscaCoral Bean, Swamp Immortelle22
Garcinia kolaBitter Kola34
Gymnema sylvestreGurmar, Gymnema34
Hibiscus sabdariffaRoselle33
Indigofera arrectaBengal Indigo, Java indigo, Natal indigo22
Irvingia gabonensisDika Nut43
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Maclura tinctoriaFustic Tree22
Mondia whiteiMondia, White's Ginger34
Oenocarpus batauaPataua Palm. Bataua32
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Phyllanthus emblicaEmblica, Indian Gooseberry35
Sambucus nigra spp canadensisAmerican Elder43
Senna singueanaWinter cassia, Sticky pod23
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Vangueria infaustaAfrican medlar42
Vernicia montanaAbrasin oil tree03
Aloe feroxCape Aloe, Bitter Aloe, Red Aloe, Cape Aloe, Alligator Jaw Aloe25
Aloe macrosiphonTanzanian Aloe04
Aloe perryiPerry's Aloe04
Baccharoides hymenolepisBaccharoides42
Banisteriopsis caapiYage, Ayahuasca, Caapi04
Bursera simarubaGum Tree, Gumbo Limbo22
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Cassia sieberianaWest African Laburnum14
Catharanthus roseusMadagascar Periwinkle, Jasmine, Cayenne Old Maid Periwinkle14
Ceiba aesculifoliaPochote21
Chamaecrista nigricansDiola, Diala12
Dactyladenia barteriMonkey Fruit02
Erythrophleum suaveolensErun, ordealtree, Sasswood Tree03
Euclea divinorumMagic Guarri22
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Gloriosa superbaGloriosa Lily, Climbing Lily, Flame Lily04
Griffonia simplicifoliaGriffonia24
Guarea guidoniaMuskwood , Carrapeta, Cedro Macho02
Himatanthus sucuubaPlumeria sucuuba04
Leplaea thompsoniiBlack Guarea02
Milicia excelsaAfrican Teak23
Milicia regiaOroko, Iroko22
Pentadiplandra brazzeanaJoy perfume tree, j'oubli44
Phytolacca dodecandraEndod, Pokeberry23
Prunus africanaPygeum05
Pterocarpus erinaceusAfrican Kino03
Pycnanthus angolensisAfrican Nutmeg23
Senna alataRingworm Bush, Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant24
Tectona grandisTeak22
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
Toona sureniSuren22
Trichilia dregeanaCape Mahogany43
Vachellia seyalShittim Wood22
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