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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Lactuca sativaLettuce, Garden lettuce33
Mahonia repensCreeping Oregon Grape, Creeping barberry, Grape Oregon33
Nuphar luteaYellow Water Lily, Yellow pond-lily, Rocky Mountain pond-lily, Varigated yellow pond-lily32
Nymphaea albaWhite Water Lily, European white waterlily32
Nymphaea candida 22
Pseudognaphalium obtusifoliumWhite Balsam, Rabbit-tobacco02
Tropaeolum tuberosumMashua, Anu42
Vitex agnus-castusAgnus Castus, Lilac chastetree, Vitex, Chastetree25
Persicaria odorataVietnamese coriander, Asian mint32
Afzelia africanaAfrican Mahogany22
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