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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus esculentusOkra43
Abies balsameaBalsam Fir35
Abies fraseriShe Balsam, Fraser fir, Southern Balsam Fir13
Abies sibiricaSiberian Fir01
Achillea millefoliumYarrow, Boreal yarrow, California yarrow, Giant yarrow, Coast yarrow, Western yarrow, Pacific yarrow34
Acinos rotundifolius 11
Aconitum feroxIndian aconite01
Aconitum fischeriFischer monkshood01
Aconitum kusnezoffiiBei Wu Tou01
Aconitum lycoctonumWolfsbane11
Aconitum uncinatumWild Monkshood, Southern blue monkshood01
Acorus calamusSweet Flag - Calamus34
Acorus gramineusGrass-leaved Sweet Rush, Japanese Sweet Flag, Dwarf Sweet Flag33
Actaea pachypodaWhite Baneberry02
Ageratina altissimaWhite Snakeroot, Richweed02
Ajuga chamaepitysGround Pine, Yellow bugle02
Akebia quinataAkebia, Chocolate vine, Fiveleaf Akebia, Chocolate Vine42
Albizia julibrissinMimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree,22
Allium ampeloprasumWild Leek, Broadleaf wild leek53
Allium canadenseCanadian Garlic, Meadow garlic, Fraser meadow garlic, Hyacinth meadow garlic42
Allium canadense mobilenseCanadian Garlic52
Allium porrumLeek, Garden leek42
Allium sativumGarlic, Cultivated garlic55
Allium sativum ophioscorodonSerpent Garlic55
Allium ursinumWild Garlic53
Allium vinealeCrow Garlic, Wild garlic, Compact onion, False Garlic, Wild, Onion32
Aloe veraAloe Vera, Barbados aloe, First Aid Plant, Medicinal Aloe15
Anagallis arvensisScarlet Pimpernel22
Anemone altaica 01
Anethum graveolensDill43
Angelica archangelicaAngelica, Norwegian angelica33
Angelica dahuricaBai Zhi23
Angelica decursiva 22
Angelica sylvestrisWild Angelica,Woodland angelica32
Anthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal Grass22
Anthriscus cerefoliumChervil, Garden chervil32
Antirrhinum majusSnapdragon, Garden snapdragon11
Apium graveolensWild Celery. Ajmod, Ajwain-ka-patta (Indian)33
Apium graveolens dulceCelery42
Apium graveolens rapaceumCeleriac42
Apium graveolens secalinumLeaf Celery42
Aralia cordataUdo42
Aralia nudicaulisWild Sarsaparilla43
Aralia racemosaAmerican Spikenard33
Aralia spinosaHercule's Club, Aralia spinosa, American Angelica Tree, Hercules' Club, Devil's Walking Stick22
Arisaema triphyllumJack In The Pulpit, Dragonroot, Indian Turnip32
Aristolochia clematitisBirthwort02
Aristolochia reticulataTexas Dutchman's Pipe02
Aristolochia serpentariaVirginia Snakeroot03
Aristolochia tomentosaDutchman's Pipe, Woolly dutchman's pipe02
Armoracia rusticanaHorseradish, Red Cole33
Artemisia frigidaFringed Wormwood, Prairie sagewort22
Artemisia maritimaSea Wormwood12
Artemisia mexicanaMexican White Sagebrush01
Artemisia vulgarisMugwort, Common wormwood, Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood23
Asarum canadenseSnake Root, Canadian wildginger, Canada Wild Ginger, Wild Ginger33
Asarum europaeumAsarabacca, European Wild Ginger02
Asparagus adscendens 21
Astragalus crassicarpusGround Plum, Groundplum milkvetch41
Avena sativaOats, Common oat33
Ballota nigraBlack Horehound03
Baptisia tinctoriaWild Indigo, Horseflyweed13
Betula lentaCherry Birch, Sweet birch, Black Birch, Cherry Birch33
Brassica junceaBrown Mustard42
Brassica juncea crispifoliaCurled Mustard42
Brassica juncea foliosaLeaf Mustard42
Brassica juncea multicepsGreen In The Snow42
Brassica juncea napiformisRoot Mustard42
Brassica juncea rugosaHead Mustard42
Brassica juncea strumataLarge Petiole Mustard42
Brassica juncea tumidaSwollen-Stem Mustard42
Brassica nigraBlack Mustard33
Broussonetia papyriferaPaper Mulberry42
Calendula arvensisField Marigold23
Calendula officinaliscalendula, Pot Marigold35
Camellia sinensisTea Plant, Assam tea, Tea Tree Camellia44
Camphorosma monspeliaca 01
Capsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's Purse32
Capsicum frutescensTabasco Pepper, Cayenne pepper34
Cardamine amaraLarge Bittercress31
Cardamine impatiensNarrowleaf bittercress21
Cardamine pratensisCuckoo Flower32
Carum carviCaraway43
Celastrus dependens 12
Chimaphila maculataSpotted Wintergreen, Striped prince's pine, Pipsissewa13
Chimaphila umbellataPipsissewa23
Cinnamomum camphoraCamphor, Camphortree23
Cistus creticusRock Rose, Cretan rockrose22
Cistus ladaniferLabdanum, Common gum cistus22
Citrus aurantiumBitter Orange, Sour orange, Bergamot orange33
Citrus limonLemon45
Cleome viscosaTickweed, Asian spiderflower22
Cnicus benedictusBlessed Thistle23
Cochlearia officinalisScurvy Grass, Spoonwort12
Corchorus capsularisJute32
Coriandrum sativumCoriander - Dhania - Cilantro, Coriander44
Cornus alternifoliaGreen Osier, Alternateleaf dogwood, Alternate Leaf Dogwood, Golden Shadows Pagoda Dogwood, Green Osi02
Cornus amomumSilky Dogwood12
Cornus floridaFlowering Dogwood22
Cornus sericeaRed Osier Dogwood, Western dogwood22
Crataegus calpodendronPear Hawthorn32
Crataegus pinnatifidaChinese Haw33
Crocus sativusSaffron33
Cuminum cyminumCumin - Jeera43
Cunila origanoidesStone Mint, Common dittany22
Cydonia oblongaQuince42
Cyperus esculentusTiger Nut, Yellow nutsedge, Nut Grass42
Cyperus rotundusNut Grass33
Daphne mezereumMezereon, Paradise plant, February Daphne02
Daucus carotaWild Carrot, Queen anne's lace, Carrot, Wild Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace23
Daucus carota sativusCarrot53
Delphinium denudatum 01
Dianthus caryophyllusCarnation, Clove Pink, Border Carnation22
Dictamnus albusBurning Bush, Gasplant, White Dittany,23
Digitalis ferrugineaRusty Foxglove02
Digitalis grandifloraLarge Yellow Foxglove02
Digitalis laevigata 02
Digitalis lanataGrecian Foxglove04
Digitalis luteaYellow Foxglove, Straw foxglove04
Digitalis purpureaFoxglove, Purple foxglove, Common Foxglove04
Dorema ammoniacumAmmoniacum03
Drimys winteriWinter's Bark32
Drymaria cordataWest Indin Chickweed, Whitesnow22
Elaeagnus umbellataAutumn Olive42
Eruca vesicaria sativaRocket41
Eryngium campestreField Eryngo22
Eryngium maritimumSea Holly, Seaside eryngo33
Eucalyptus globulusTasmanian Blue Gum, Eurabbie, Blue Gum, Blue Eucalyptus14
Euodia ruticarpaWu Zhu Yu03
Euonymus europaeusSpindle Tree, European spindletree12
Eupatorium perfoliatumThoroughwort, Boneset, Common boneset03
Ferula assa-foetidaAsafoetida - Devil's Dung. Hing (Indian), Asafetida33
Ferula gummosaGalbanum22
Ferula moschataMusk Root02
Foeniculum vulgareFennel, Sweet fennel53
Foeniculum vulgare azoricumFlorence Fennel33
Foeniculum vulgare dulceSweet Fennel43
Fortunella japonicaRound Kumquat31
Frasera caroliniensisAmerican Columbo02
Gaultheria fragrantissimaFragrant Wintergreen22
Gaultheria procumbensCheckerberry, Eastern teaberry, Teaberry, Creeping Wintergreen43
Genista tinctoriaDyer's Greenweed, Common Woadwaxen, Broom12
Glechoma hederaceaGround Ivy, Field Balm, Gill Over The Ground, Runaway Robin23
Gleditsia sinensisLocust33
Globularia vulgaris 01
Hedeoma pulegioidesAmerican Pennyroyal, American false pennyroyal33
Hedera helixIvy, English ivy, Algerian ivy, Baltic Ivy, Common Ivy03
Hedera nepalensisNepal Ivy02
Hedychium spicatum 12
Heracleum sphondylium montanumCow Parsnip32
Hypericum patulumGoldencup St. Johnswort01
Hypericum perforatumSt. John's Wort, Common St. Johnswort24
Hyssopus officinalisHyssop23
Illicium anisatumStar Anise, Chinese Anise,Japanese Anise12
Illicium verumBa Jiao Hui Xian, Staranise tree33
Inula heleniumElecampane, Elecampane inula33
Iris versicolorBlue Flag, Harlequin blueflag03
Juglans regiaWalnut, English walnut, Persian Walnut,43
Juniperus virginianaPencil Cedar, Eastern redcedar, Southern redcedar, Silver Cedar, Burk Eastern Red Cedar, Silver East22
Lagerstroemia indicaCrepe Myrtle, Crepeflower02
Lamium amplexicauleHenbit, Henbit deadnettle21
Larix deciduaLarch, European Larch, Common Larch23
Laurus nobilisBay Tree, Sweet bay, Grecian Laurel, True Laurel,33
Lavandula angustifoliaEnglish Lavender, True Lavender23
Lavandula x intermediaLavender, Lavandin22
Leonurus sibiricusChinese Motherwort, Honeyweed23
Lepidium sativumCress, Gardencress pepperweed31
Levisticum officinaleLovage, Garden lovage33
Liatris spicataGayfeather, Dense blazing star, Spiked Blazing Star, Button Snakewot, Gayfeather, Spiked Gayfeather,03
Ligusticum scoticumScottish Lovage, Scottish licorice-root, Hulten's licorice-root32
Lindera benzoinSpice Bush, Northern spicebush, Bush Northern Spice33
Liquidambar orientalisOriental Sweet Gum23
Liquidambar styracifluaSweet Gum, Red Gum, American Sweet Gum, Red Sweet Gum,23
Liriope graminifoliaLilyturf21
Liriope minor 21
Liriope muscariLilyturf, Big blue lilyturf, Border Grass, Blue Lilyturf, Liriope21
Liriope spicataLily Turf, Creeping liriope, Creeping Lilyturf21
Magnolia acuminataCucumber Tree, Cucumber Magnolia03
Magnolia grandifloraSouthern Magnolia, Bull Bay, Large-flowered Magnolia, Southern Magnolia22
Magnolia virginianaLaurel Magnolia, Sweetbay13
Marrubium vulgareWhite Horehound, Horehound13
Matthiola incanaStock, Tenweeks stock, Gillyflower, Brompton Stock21
Medicago sativaAlfalfa, Yellow alfalfa43
Melaleuca hypericifoliaTea Tree02
Mentha aquaticaWater Mint33
Mentha arvensisCorn Mint, Wild mint32
Mentha arvensis piperascensJapanese Mint32
Mentha longifoliaHorsemint22
Mentha pulegiumPennyroyal33
Mentha spicataSpearmint43
Monarda didymaBergamot, Scarlet beebalm, Horsemint, Oswego Tea, Bee Balm32
Monarda fistulosaWild Bergamot, Mintleaf bergamot, Wild Bee-Balm, Lupine32
Monarda punctataHorse Mint, Spotted beebalm13
Myrica ceriferaWax Myrtle - Bayberry Wild Cinnamon, Southern Bayberry, Wax Myrtle, Southern Wax Myrtle33
Myrica heterophyllaBayberry32
Myrica nagiBox Myrtle23
Nardostachys grandifloraSpikenard13
Nasturtium microphyllumWatercress, Onerow yellowcress31
Nasturtium officinaleWatercress43
Nasturtium x sterileBrown Watercress43
Nepeta catariaCatmint, Catnip32
Nigella sativaBlack Cumin33
Onosma echioidesOnosma01
Origanum majoranaSweet Marjoram33
Origanum onitesPot Marjoram31
Origanum vulgareOregano, Pot Marjoram43
Origanum vulgare hirtumGreek Oregano43
Origanum x majoricumHardy Marjoram22
Packera aureaGolden Groundsel - Life Root, Golden ragwort02
Panax pseudoginsengGinseng, Japanese ginseng13
Panax quinquefoliusAmerican Ginseng13
Passiflora edulisPassion Flower, Purple granadilla41
Pelargonium quercifoliumOak-Leaved Geranium02
Periploca graecaSilk Vine01
Peucedanum ostruthiumMasterwort22
Peucedanum palustreMarsh Hog's Fennel, Hogfennel11
Peumus boldusBoldu, Boldo23
Photinia serratifoliaTaiwanese photinia , Chinese Photinia01
Pimpinella anisumAniseed (Saunf - Hindi), Anise burnet saxifrage43
Pinus gerardianaChilghoza Pine32
Pinus roxburghiiChir Pine22
Pinus wallichianaHimalayan Blue Pine, Bhutan pine, Himalayan Pine22
Pistacia lentiscusMastic Tree - Pistachier Lentisque22
Podocarpium podocarpum japonicum 21
Polygala senegaSenega Snake Root03
Polygala vulgarisMilkwort, Common milkwort12
Polygonatum cirrhifolium 22
Polygonum hydropiperSmartweed, Marshpepper knotweed22
Polymnia uvedaliaBearsfoot02
Poncirus trifoliataBitter Orange, Hardy orange, Trifoliat Orange, Japanese Hardy Orange32
Populus 'Balsam Spire'Tacatricho 3203
Populus balsamiferaBalsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Populus nigraBlack Poplar, Lombardy poplar13
Populus tremulaAspen Poplar, European aspen, Aspen12
Populus tremuloidesAmerican Aspen - Poplar, Quaking aspen13
Populus trichocarpaWestern Balsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Populus x jackiiBalm Of Gilead03
Potentilla glandulosaGland Cinquefoil, Sticky cinquefoil, Arizona cinquefoil, Ashland cinquefoil, Ewan's cinquefoil, Hans11
Prangos pabularia 12
Pseudosasa japonicaMetake - Bamboo21
Psoralea corylifoliaBu Gu Zhi14
Pulsatilla patensPasque Flower, Eastern pasqueflower, Cutleaf anemone02
Quillaja saponariaSoap-Bark Tree, Soapbark03
Rhus toxicodendronEastern Poison Oak02
Rosa arkansanaLow Prairie Rose21
Rosmarinus officinalisRosemary33
Rubus allegheniensisAlleghany Blackberry, Graves' blackberry32
Rubus argutusHighbush Blackberry, Sawtooth blackberry21
Rubus flagellarisNorthern Dewberry31
Rubus strigosusAmerican Red Raspberry, Grayleaf red raspberry33
Ruta graveolensRue, Common rue, Herb of Grace, Garden Rue13
Salix capreaGoat Willow, Kilmarnock Willow, Pink Pussy Willow, Pussy Willow12
Salsola kaliSaltwort, Russian thistle32
Salvia fruticosaGreek Sage, Greek oregano23
Salvia officinalisSage, Kitchen sage, Small Leaf Sage, Garden Sage45
Sambucus nigraElderberry - European Elder, Black elderberry, American black elderberry, Blue elderberry, Europea43
Sanguinaria canadensisBlood Root, Red Puccoon, Bloodroot03
Sargentodoxa cuneata 02
Sassafras albidumSassafras, Common Sassafras53
Saussurea costusCostus23
Schisandra chinensisMagnolia Vine, Wu Wei Zi45
Schisandra sphenanthera 25
Scrophularia nodosaKnotted Figwort, Woodland figwort13
Sequoia sempervirensCoastal Redwood, Redwood, California Redwood, Coast Redwood01
Silphium perfoliatumCup Plant, Rosinweed02
Silybum marianumMilk Thistle, Blessed milkthistle35
Sinapis albaWhite Mustard33
Sisymbrium irioLondon Rocket12
Smilax asperaSarsaparilla, Rough bindweed33
Solidago odoraSweet Goldenrod, Anisescented goldenrod, Chapman's goldenrod22
Solidago virgaureaGoldenrod13
Swertia chirayitaChiretta03
Tanacetum partheniumFeverfew, Matricaria25
Tanacetum vulgareTansy, Common tansy, Golden Buttons, Curly Leaf Tansy22
Teucrium chamaedrysWall Germander, Germander12
Teucrium marumCat Thyme02
Tropaeolum majusNasturtium, Indian Cress43
Tussilago farfaraColtsfoot33
Umbellularia californicaCalifornia Laurel, California Bay42
Valeriana capitataValerian, Captiate valerian11
Valeriana dioicaMarsh Valerian, Woods valerian11
Valeriana fauriei 01
Valeriana hardwickii 03
Valeriana obovataTobacco Root21
Valeriana occidentaliswestern valerian11
Valeriana officinalisValerian, Garden valerian23
Valeriana phu 21
Valeriana sambucifolia 23
Valeriana sitchensisAmerican Valerian, Sitka valerian13
Valeriana toluccana 22
Verbena officinalisVervain, Herb of the cross, Prostrate verbena13
Viburnum mullaha 21
Viscum albumMistletoe, European mistletoe13
Zanthoxylum ailanthoides 21
Zanthoxylum alatumWinged Prickly Ash32
Zanthoxylum americanumPrickly Ash - Northern, Common pricklyash, Northern Prickly Ash23
Zanthoxylum beecheyanum 21
Zanthoxylum bungeanum 23
Zanthoxylum clava-herculisHercules Club. Prickly Ash - Southern, Hercules' club, Southern Prickly Ash23
Zanthoxylum coreanum 11
Zanthoxylum nitidum 02
Zanthoxylum piperitumJapanese Pepper Tree32
Zanthoxylum planispinumWinged Prickly Ash32
Zanthoxylum schinifoliumPeppertree22
Zanthoxylum simulansSzechuan Pepper, Chinese-pepper, Prickly Ash32
Zea maysSweet Corn, Corn53
Artemisia absinthiumWormwood, Absinthium.13
Murraya koenigiiCurry tree, Curry leaf tree33
Aleurites moluccanusCandle Nut, Country Walnut33
Aniba rosaeodoraBrazilian Rosewood, Rosewood-oil tree23
Anogeissus leiocarpaAfrican Birch24
Areca catechuBetel Palm, Betel Nut Palm33
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Camellia sinensis assamicaTea Plant, Assam Tea44
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Chrysophyllum cainitoStar Apple, Caimito42
Chrysopogon zizanioidesVetiver, Vetiver Root, Khus Khus22
Cinnamomum loureiroiSaigon Cinnamon43
Cola nitidaCola Nut, Kola, Bissy Nuts34
Cordia alliodoraEcuador laurel, Cypre, Onion Cordia, Laurel Blanco22
Corypha utanGebang Palm. Corypha palm, Sugar palm32
Diospyros mespiliformisWest African Ebony, Monkey guava, jackalberry43
Dipterocarpus alatusApitong, baume de gurjun, gurjun balsam02
Embelia ribesFalse black pepper, White-flowered Embelia34
Mangifera indicaMango, Bowen Mango53
Paullinia cupanaGuarana42
Paullinia yocoYoco42
Piper nigrumBlack Pepper43
Populus hybridsHybrid poplar33
Sambucus nigra spp canadensisAmerican Elder43
Syzygium aromaticumClove, Zanzibar Redhead44
Theobroma cacaoCacao, Cocoa Tree53
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vanilla planifoliaVanilla42
Zingiber officinaleGinger: Common,Cooking Stem, Canton45
Coffea arabicaCoffee Arabica33
Piper betleBetel23
Aquilaria malaccensisAgar Wood, Eaglewood, Indian Aloewood, Aloeswood13
Aquilaria sinensisAgar Wood, Pak Muk Heung, White Wood Incense03
Banisteriopsis caapiYage, Ayahuasca, Caapi04
Brassica juncea integrifolia crispifoliaCurled Mustard42
Brassica juncea integrifolia rugosaHead Mustard42
Brassica juncea integrifolia strumataLarge Petiole Mustard42
Brassica juncea integrifolia subintegrifoliaLeaf Mustard42
Brassica juncea tsatsai multicepsGreen In The Snow42
Brassica juncea tsatsai tumidaSwollen-Stem Mustard42
Cola acuminataCola Nut, Kola, Bissy Nut34
Commiphora myrrhaMyrrh, Myrrh Gum24
Copaifera coriaceaSapucaia tree24
Copaifera guyanensisHoepel, Guyanense Copaiba24
Copaifera langsdorffiiCopaiba, Langsdorf's copaifera14
Copaifera multijugaHayne oil, Copaiba,14
Copaifera officinalisCopaiba Balsam, Medicinal Copaiba24
Copaifera reticulataCopaiba, Reticulated Copaiba, Copaiba Balsam04
Cullen corylifoliumBu Gu Zhi14
Curculigo orchioidesStar grass, Golden-eyed grass14
Entandrophragma utileSipo Mahogany02
Erythroxylum cocaCoca, Little Coca14
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Guaiacum officinaleLignum Vitae, Guaiacum, Guayacan23
Guaiacum sanctumLignum Vitae, Guaiacum, Holy Wood02
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Melaleuca leucadendraPaperbark, Weeping Paperbark24
Pausinystalia johimbeYohimbe05
Pausinystalia macrocerasFalse johimbe05
Pericopsis angolensisEast African afrormosia02
Phytolacca dodecandraEndod, Pokeberry23
Ptychopetalum olacoidesMuira Puama, marapuama04
Ptychopetalum uncinatumMuira Puama04
Tectona grandisTeak22
Theobroma grandiflorumCupuassu, Cupuacu43
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