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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Aconitum balfourii 01
Acorus calamusSweet Flag - Calamus34
Acorus gramineusGrass-leaved Sweet Rush, Japanese Sweet Flag, Dwarf Sweet Flag33
Adiantum capillus-venerisMaidenhair Fern, Common maidenhair, Southern Maidenhair Fern, Venus Maidenhair Fern, Venus's Hair Fe22
Agrimonia pilosaHairy Agrimony23
Agrostemma githagoCorncockle, Common corncockle11
Aletris spicata 11
Aleurites fordiiTung Tree, Tung Oil Tree, Wood Oil Tree China13
Alliaria petiolataGarlic Mustard32
Allium victorialisAlpine Leek, Victory onion42
Alnus glutinosaAlder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder03
Aloe veraAloe Vera, Barbados aloe, First Aid Plant, Medicinal Aloe15
Amaranthus viridisCalalu, Slender amaranth32
Anemone rivularisCao Yu Mei12
Anemone vitifolia 02
Apocynum cannabinumIndian Hemp22
Arisaema amurenseTian Nan Xing23
Arisaema tortuosumArisaema22
Aristolochia rotundaSnakeroot02
Artemisia caruifolia 13
Artemisia cinaCina, Santonica03
Artemisia dracunculusTarragon, French Tarragon42
Artemisia frigidaFringed Wormwood, Prairie sagewort22
Artemisia maritimaSea Wormwood12
Artemisia mexicanaMexican White Sagebrush01
Artemisia persica 01
Arum maculatumCuckoo Pint21
Ballota nigraBlack Horehound03
Bidens bipinnataSpanish Needles22
Bryonia dioicaRed Bryony, Cretan bryony12
Buxus sempervirensBox, Common box, American Boxwood12
Calystegia soldanellaSea Bindweed, Seashore false bindweed11
Carpesium abrotanoides 22
Carpesium divaricatum 12
Catalpa bignonioidesIndian Bean Tree, Southern catalpa02
Chamaelirium luteumBlazing Star - Unicorn Root - Devil's Bit, Fairywand03
Chelone glabraBalmony, White turtlehead03
Chenopodium ambrosioidesMexican Tea23
Chenopodium ambrosioides anthelminticumWormseed23
Chenopodium bonus-henricusGood King Henry42
Citrullus lanatusWater Melon43
Cnidium monnieriShe Chuang Zi, Monnier's snowparsley13
Cocculus orbiculatusQueen coralbead12
Conyza canadensisCanada Fleabane, Canadian horseweed13
Coriaria sinica 21
Corydalis govaniana 02
Cucumis anguriaGherkin, West Indian gherkin31
Cucumis meloMelon, Cantaloupe42
Cucumis metuliferusHorned Cucumber, African horned cucumber22
Cucumis sativusCucumber, Garden cucumber42
Cucurbita argyrospermaCushaw Pumpkin42
Cucurbita ficifoliaMalabar Gourd, Figleaf gourd32
Cucurbita foetidissimaBuffalo Gourd, Missouri gourd32
Cucurbita maximaWinter Squash53
Cyperus rotundusNut Grass33
Delphinium staphisagriaStavesacre02
Descurainia sophiaFlixweed, Herb sophia22
Dryopteris barbigera 04
Dryopteris blandfordii 04
Dryopteris carthusianaNarrow Buckler Fern, Spinulose woodfern24
Dryopteris crassirhizomaCrown Wood-Fern14
Dryopteris cristataCrested Wood Fern04
Dryopteris dilatataShield Fern24
Dryopteris filix-masMale Fern24
Dryopteris marginalisMarginal Woodfern, Leather Wood Fern04
Dryopteris odontoloma 04
Dryopteris schimperiana 04
Erysimum cheiranthoidesWormseed Mustard01
Eupatorium chinense 12
Eupatorium japonicumPei Lan13
Euphorbia hirtaAsthma Weed, Pill-Bearing Spurge13
Fagus grandifoliaAmerican Beech22
Forsythia suspensaLian Qiao, Weeping forsythia13
Gaultheria fragrantissimaFragrant Wintergreen22
Ginkgo bilobaMaidenhair Tree, Ginkgo55
Glechoma hederaceaGround Ivy, Field Balm, Gill Over The Ground, Runaway Robin23
Gratiola officinalisHedge Hyssop02
Hedera helixIvy, English ivy, Algerian ivy, Baltic Ivy, Common Ivy03
Hippophae rhamnoidesSea Buckthorn, Seaberry55
Hippophae rhamnoides turkestanicaSea Buckthorn55
Hypericum bellum 01
Hypericum perforatumSt. John's Wort, Common St. Johnswort24
Hypericum sampsonii 12
Iris ensataJapanese Water Iris11
Iris kemaonensis 02
Juglans nigraBlack Walnut33
Juglans regiaWalnut, English walnut, Persian Walnut,43
Lagenaria sicerariaBottle Gourd32
Larix deciduaLarch, European Larch, Common Larch23
Lotus corniculatusBird's Foot Trefoil11
Lupinus albusWhite Lupin41
Matricaria matricarioidesPineapple Weed12
Nyssa sylvaticaBlack Tupelo, Blackgum, Sour Gum, Black Tupelo21
Osmunda claytonianaInterrupted Fern21
Paederia scandens 12
Paulownia tomentosaFoxglove Tree, Princesstree, Empress Tree, Royal Paulownia,12
Peganum harmalaSyrian Rue, Harmal peganum13
Physalis peruvianaGoldenberry, Peruvian groundcherry51
Physalis pubescensGround Cherry, Husk tomato41
Phytolacca acinosaIndian Poke23
Pinus banksianaJack Pine22
Pinus echinataShort-Leaf Pine22
Pinus edulisRocky Mountain Piñon, Twoneedle pinyon, Nut Pine, Pinyon Pine, Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Singlelea42
Pinus flexilisLimber Pine, Rocky Mountain White Pine32
Pinus gerardianaChilghoza Pine32
Pinus monophyllaSingle Leaf Piñon, Single Leaf PinyonPine, Stone Pine, Pine Pinyon42
Pinus muricataBishop's Pine22
Pinus ponderosaPonderosa Pine, Washoe pine32
Pinus quadrifoliaParry Piñon, Parry's Pinyon Pine, Four-leaved Pinyon42
Pinus resinosaRed Pine12
Pinus rigidaNorthern Pitch Pine, Pitch pine12
Pinus roxburghiiChir Pine22
Pinus sabinianaDigger Pine, California foothill pine, Bull Pine, Gray Pine, Digger Pine42
Pinus wallichianaHimalayan Blue Pine, Bhutan pine, Himalayan Pine22
Plantago majorCommon Plantain, Cart Track Plant,White Man's Foot ,Plantain23
Polygonum persicariaRed Leg, Spotted ladysthumb12
Populus euphratica 01
Portulaca oleraceaGreen Purslane, Little hogweed43
Portulaca oleracea sativaGolden Purslane43
Primula vulgarisPrimrose, Common Primrose, English Primrose33
Prunella vulgarisSelf-Heal, Common selfheal, Aleutian selfheal, Lance selfheal23
Prunus mumeJapanese Apricot, Japanese Flowering, Apricot33
Pseudognaphalium obtusifoliumWhite Balsam, Rabbit-tobacco02
Psoralea glandulosaCulen31
Punica granatumPomegranate, Dwarf Pomegranate44
Ranunculus japonicusMao Gen11
Rhamnus frangulaAlder Buckthorn03
Ribes americanumAmerican Blackcurrant21
Rosa caninaDog Rose33
Rubus hispidusSwamp Dewberry, Bristly dewberry22
Salsola kaliSaltwort, Russian thistle32
Salvia plebeia 11
Santolina chamaecyparissusCotton Lavender22
Saussurea costusCostus23
Scrophularia marilandicaCarpenter's Square02
Sedum acreCommon Stonecrop, Goldmoss stonecrop, Gold Moss Sedum12
Senna marilandicaWild Senna, Maryland senna03
Silphium laciniatumCompass Plant, Robinson's compassplant22
Silphium terebinthinaceumPrairie Dockm, Prairie rosinweed, Lucy Braun's rosinweed02
Syringa vulgarisLilac, Common lilac11
Tanacetum cinerariifoliumDalmation Pellitory, Pyrethrum01
Tanacetum partheniumFeverfew, Matricaria25
Tetrapanax papyriferRice Paper Plant, Chinese Rice Paper Plant11
Tilia americanaAmerican Basswood, Carolina basswood, Basswood, AmericanBasswood, American Linden33
Trichosanthes ovigeraJapanese Snake Gourd22
Veratrum maackii parviflorum 11
Veratrum nigrumBlack Hellebore01
Verbascum phlomoidesWooly Mullein, Orange mullein03
Verbascum pulverulentumHoary Mullein, Broad-leaf mullein01
Verbena hastataAmerican Blue Vervain, Swamp verbena12
Vitex negundoHuang Ping, Chinese chastetree, Cut Leaf Vitex, Cut-leaf Chastetree23
Zanthoxylum bungeanum 23
Zanthoxylum planispinumWinged Prickly Ash32
Artemisia absinthiumWormwood, Absinthium.13
Annona muricataSour Sop43
Annona squamosaSugar Apple, Sweetsop, Custard Apple52
Artocarpus heterophyllusJackfruit52
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Bixa orellanaAnnatto (Lipstick Plant, Urucum, Colorau, Achiote )33
Boscia senegalensisAizen, Boscia42
Calophyllum brasilienseBrazil Beauty-Leaf02
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Carica papayaPapaya, Mamo, Melon Tree53
Casimiroa edulisWhite Sapote, Mexican Apple53
Cedrela odorataCedar Wood, West Indian Cedar, SpanishCedar, Cigar-box Cedar, Cedro Hembra12
Chrysophyllum cainitoStar Apple, Caimito42
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Crescentia cujeteCalabash Tree32
Croton megalocarpusCroton tree02
Dichrostachys cinereaMarabou Thorn, Sickle Bush22
Dimocarpus longanLongan, Lungan, Dragon's Eye, Cat's Eye43
Diospyros mespiliformisWest African Ebony, Monkey guava, jackalberry43
Garcinia kolaBitter Kola34
Hymenaea courbarilWest Indian Locust33
Indigofera arrectaBengal Indigo, Java indigo, Natal indigo22
Lansium domesticumLangsat, Lansa, Lanzon42
Maclura tinctoriaFustic Tree22
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Passiflora laurifoliaYellow Granadilla42
Passiflora quadrangularisGiant Granadilla, Badea42
Pinus caribaeaCaribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine22
Terminalia catappaIndian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree42
Aloe macrosiphonTanzanian Aloe04
Aloe perryiPerry's Aloe04
Andrographis paniculataGreen Chireta, Creat, Nilavembu, Kirayat, Chuan Xin Lian, King of Bitters14
Calamus rotangRattan, Rotang, Rattan Cane22
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Catharanthus roseusMadagascar Periwinkle, Jasmine, Cayenne Old Maid Periwinkle14
Chamaecrista nigricansDiola, Diala12
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
Coutarea hexandraCoutarea04
Dalbergia latifoliaBlack Rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Kala sheeshan, Satisal02
Dysphania anthelminticaWormseed24
Himatanthus sucuubaPlumeria sucuuba04
Indigofera suffruticosaAnil Indigo, Anil de pasto02
Khaya senegalensisDryzone Mahogany23
Paederia foetidaSkunk Vine24
Quassia amaraBitterwood, Amargo Bark24
Senna alataRingworm Bush, Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant24
Tectona grandisTeak22
Tinospora crispaPatawali, Akar Patawali04
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
Vernicia fordiiTung Tree, Tung Nut13
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