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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Allanblackia stuhlmanniiMkani, Msambo32
Argania spinosaArgan Tree, Spiny Argania, Morocco Ironwood42
Attalea funiferaBahia Piassava, Conquilla Nut, Piassaba Palm10
Attalea maripaInaja, Maripa Palm32
Attalea speciosaBabassu, American Oil Palm, Motacu, Motacuchi42
Bactris gasipaesPeach Palm, Pupunha52
Borassus aethiopumAfrican Fan Palm, Palmyra Palm42
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Brassica carinataAbyssinian Cabbage42
Canarium indicumCanarium Nut, Ngali, Galip nut, kenari nut42
Canarium luzonicumManila Elemi43
Canarium ovatumPili Nut43
Carya cathayensisChinese Hickory30
Carya illinoinensisPecan41
Carya laciniosaShellbark Hickory31
Carya ovataShagbark Hickory31
Caryocar brasiliensePequi, Souari nut42
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Cynara cardunculusCardoon35
Gevuina avellanaChilean Hazel30
Jubaea chilensisChilean Wine Palm, Chile cocopalm30
Macadamia integrifoliaMacadamia, Macadamia nut40
Olea europaeaOlive, African olive, European olive43
Parajubaea cocoidesQuito Palm10
Prinsepia utilisCherry prinsepia42
Elaeis guineensisAfrican Oil Palm52
Elaeis oleiferaAmerican Oil Palm30
Irvingia gabonensisDika Nut43
Leopoldinia piassabaPiassaba24
Mauritia flexuosaBuriti Palm, Aguaje Palm42
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Moringa stenopetalaAfrican horseradish tree, cabbagetree43
Pandanus julianettiiKaruka40
Parinari curatellifoliaMbola, Grys Appel42
Persea americanaAvocado, Alligator Pear53
Raphia fariniferaRaffia Palm30
Raphia hookeriIvory Coast Raffia Palm32
Vitellaria paradoxaShea Butter Tree45
Gossypium barbadenseSea Island Cotton32
Hippophae rhamnoidesSea Buckthorn, Seaberry55
Prunus sibiricaSiberian Apricot32
Acrocomia aculeataCoyoli Palm. Gru-Gru Palm, Macaw palm31
Afraegle paniculataNigerian Powder-Flask Fruit. African afraegle23
Allanblackia floribundaVegetable Tallow. Tallow tree32
Allanblackia parvifloraVegetable tallow tree, Ouotera32
Astrocaryum vulgareTucuma. Awarra palm, Tucum palm.42
Caryocar nuciferumSouari Nut. Butter Nut42
Caryocar villosumPiquia30
Gustavia superbaMembrillo30
Madhuca longifoliaButter Tree. Mahua, Illipe32
Mesua ferreaSurli nut, Poached Egg Tree32
Moringa peregrinaMoringa22
Oenocarpus batauaPataua Palm. Bataua32
Oenocarpus distichusPataua, Bacaba, White bacaba32
Schleichera oleosaMalay Lac Tree. Lac tree, Ceylon oak32
Syagrus coronataLicuri Palm, Ouricury palm32
Gossypium herbaceumLevant cotton33
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Gossypium arboreumTree Cotton21
Gossypium hirsutumUpland Cotton21
Prunus armeniaca mandschuricaManchurian apricot43
Carya hybridsHybrid and neohybrid hickories43
Iryanthera laevisCumala30
Lepidium spp.Perennial Lepidium53
Lesquerella hybridsPerennial Lesquerella20
Macadamia hildebrandiiCelebes nut40
Macadamia ternifoliaMacadamia Nut, Gympie nut40
Pandanus conoideusMarita, Red fruit, Pandan41
Linum hybridsPerennial Flax44
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