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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Aconitum feroxIndian aconite01
Aconitum fischeriFischer monkshood01
Aconitum kusnezoffiiBei Wu Tou01
Aconitum lycoctonumWolfsbane11
Aconitum uncinatumWild Monkshood, Southern blue monkshood01
Aesculus hippocastanumHorse Chestnut, European Horsechestnut, Common Horsechestnut34
Alchemilla alpinaAlpine Lady's Mantle, Mountain Lady's Mantle23
Alchemilla xanthochloraLady's Mantle23
Allium cepa ascalonicumShallot53
Alnus glutinosaAlder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder03
Alnus rugosaSpeckled Alder02
Angelica sinensisDang Gui - Dong Quai - Chinese Angelica05
Aralia hispidaBristly Sarsaparilla21
Aralia nudicaulisWild Sarsaparilla43
Aralia racemosaAmerican Spikenard33
Aralia spinosaHercule's Club, Aralia spinosa, American Angelica Tree, Hercules' Club, Devil's Walking Stick22
Arctium lappaGreat Burdock, Gobo45
Arctium minusLesser Burdock35
Argemone mexicanaPrickly Poppy, Mexican pricklypoppy13
Arisaema ringens 01
Arisaema serratum 21
Arisaema thunbergii 01
Aristolochia debilisMa Dou Ling13
Asparagus racemosusShatavari35
Baptisia bracteataPlains Wild Indigo, Longbract wild indigo, False Indigo, Cream Wild Indigo02
Baptisia tinctoriaWild Indigo, Horseflyweed13
Bauhinia variegataMountain Ebony12
Berberis aristataChitra, Indian Barberry or Tree Turmeric43
Bidens pilosaBeggar's Ticks, Blackjack, Hairy beggarticks22
Bupleurum chinenseBei Chai Hu23
Bupleurum falcatumThorow-Wax22
Buxus sempervirensBox, Common box, American Boxwood12
Carduus crispusWelted Thistle, Curly plumeless thistle11
Carpesium abrotanoides 22
Chelidonium majusGreater Celandine, Swallow Wort, Greater Celandine13
Chimaphila umbellataPipsissewa23
Chionanthus virginicusFringe Tree, White fringetree, Old Man's Beard, Fringe Tree13
Colchicum luteum 02
Collinsonia canadensisStone Root - Horse Balm, Richweed03
Coptis teetaYun Lian12
Corydalis ambigua 13
Corydalis govaniana 02
Crataegus pinnatifidaChinese Haw33
Cuscuta reflexaDodder, Giant dodder02
Delphinium denudatum 01
Dicentra canadensisSquirrel Corn12
Dicentra cucullariaDutchman's Breeches02
Drosera peltataSundew02
Echinacea angustifoliaEchinacea, Blacksamson echinacea, Strigose blacksamson05
Echinacea pallidaCone Flower, Pale purple coneflower05
Echinacea purpureaEchinacea, Eastern purple coneflower, Hedge Coneflower, Black Sampson , Purple Coneflower15
Euonymus atropurpureusWahoo- Indian Arrow Wood - Burning Bush, Eastern wahoo12
Euonymus europaeusSpindle Tree, European spindletree12
Eupatorium cannabinumHemp Agrimony03
Ferula assa-foetidaAsafoetida - Devil's Dung. Hing (Indian), Asafetida33
Filipendula ulmariaMeadowsweet, Queen of the meadow, Double Lady of the Meadow, European Meadowsweet33
Galium aparineGoosegrass, Coachweed, Catchweed, Stickywilly23
Glycyrrhiza echinataWild Liquorice, Chinese licorice43
Glycyrrhiza glabraLiquorice, Cultivated licorice44
Gynostemma pentaphyllumSweet Tea Vine25
Gypsophila struthium 02
Helenium autumnaleSneezeweed, Common sneezeweed, Fall sneezeweed, Mountain sneezeweed, False Sunflower02
Helianthemum canadenseFrostweed, Longbranch frostweed02
Hypericum monogynum 02
Inula britannica chinensisXuan Fu Hua13
Inula heleniumElecampane, Elecampane inula33
Iris ensataJapanese Water Iris11
Iris versicolorBlue Flag, Harlequin blueflag03
Juglans nigraBlack Walnut33
Juglans regiaWalnut, English walnut, Persian Walnut,43
Juglans regia kamaoniaWalnut33
Larix laricinaTamarack, Hackmatack, American Larch22
Lemna minorDuckweed, Common duckweed12
Leonurus japonicus 03
Mahonia aquifoliumOregon Grape, Hollyleaved barberry, Oregon Holly Grape, Oregon Holly33
Mahonia repensCreeping Oregon Grape, Creeping barberry, Grape Oregon33
Melaleuca alternifoliaTea Tree05
Mentha satureioidesNative Pennyroyal22
Nymphaea tuberosaTuberous Water Lily, American white waterlily33
Oldenlandia diffusaSnake-Needle Grass03
Onosma bracteatum 02
Onosma echioidesOnosma01
Paeonia lactifloraChinese Peony, Peony13
Parthenocissus quinquefoliaVirginia Creeper, Woodbine22
Peganum harmalaSyrian Rue, Harmal peganum13
Phytolacca americanaPokeweed, American pokeweed, Garnet, Pigeon Berry, Poke33
Polemonium reptansAbcess Root, Greek valerian02
Polypodium glycyrrhizaLicorice Fern12
Polypodium vulgarePolypody, Adders Fern, Golden Maidenhair Fern, Wall Fern, Common Polypod Fern23
Populus albaWhite Poplar12
Populus nigraBlack Poplar, Lombardy poplar13
Populus tremuloidesAmerican Aspen - Poplar, Quaking aspen13
Prunella vulgarisSelf-Heal, Common selfheal, Aleutian selfheal, Lance selfheal23
Prunus persicaPeach, Flowering Peach, Ornamental Peach, Common Peach53
Prunus persica nucipersicaNectarine43
Pulsatilla vulgarisPasque Flower, European pasqueflower03
Pycnanthemum virginianumVirginia Mountain Mint22
Rhus glabraSmooth Sumach43
Rubia cordifoliaIndian Madder23
Rubia manjithIndian Madder12
Rumex aquaticusRed Dock, Western dock13
Rumex crispusCurled Dock, Curly dock23
Rumex longifoliusdooryard dock11
Salvia lavandulifoliaSpanish Sage23
Salvia multiorrhizaDan Shen03
Sanicula europaeaWood Sanicle12
Saponaria officinalisSoapwort, Bouncingbet03
Sassafras albidumSassafras, Common Sassafras53
Scrophularia marilandicaCarpenter's Square02
Scrophularia nodosaKnotted Figwort, Woodland figwort13
Silphium perfoliatumCup Plant, Rosinweed02
Smilax asperaSarsaparilla, Rough bindweed33
Smilax chinaChina Root43
Solanum dulcamaraBittersweet. Bittersweet Nightshade, Climbing nightshade, Bittersweet, Deadly Nightshade, Poisonous03
Teucrium scorodoniaWood Sage12
Thladiantha dubiaRed Hailstone, Manchu tubergourd12
Thuja occidentalisAmerican Arbor-Vitae, Arborvitae, Eastern Arborvitae, Siberian Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, Wh23
Tribulus terrestrisCaltrop, Puncturevine13
Trifolium pratenseRed Clover33
Urtica gracilisStinging Nettle33
Urtica holosericeaStinging Nettle32
Urtica lyalliiStinging Nettle33
Veronica anagallis-aquaticaWater Speedwell22
Veronica arvensisCorn Speedwell01
Veronica beccabungaBrooklime, European speedwell11
Veronica hederifoliaIvy-Leaf Speedwell01
Veronica officinalisCommon Speedwell12
Ceiba pentandraKapok Tree, Cotton Tree, Suma'ma33
Embelia ribesFalse black pepper, White-flowered Embelia34
Mimosa pudicaMorivivir, Sensitive Plant22
Andrographis paniculataGreen Chireta, Creat, Nilavembu, Kirayat, Chuan Xin Lian, King of Bitters14
Commiphora wightiiGuggul, Indian bdellium-tree23
Gloriosa superbaGloriosa Lily, Climbing Lily, Flame Lily04
Guaiacum officinaleLignum Vitae, Guaiacum, Guayacan23
Guaiacum sanctumLignum Vitae, Guaiacum, Holy Wood02
Lawsonia inermisHenna, Mignonette Tree03
Smilax aristolochiifoliaMexican Sarsaparilla24
Smilax febrifugaEcuadorian Sarsaparilla34
Terminalia chebulaBlack Myrobalan, Chebulic Myroblan,35
Tinospora cordifoliaKanda Amrta24
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