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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acer glabrumRock Maple, Rocky Mountain maple, Douglas maple, Greene's maple, New Mexico maple, Torrey maple21
Acer pensylvanicumMoosewood, Striped maple, Moosewood, Pennsylvania Maple01
Achillea ptarmicaSneeze-Wort, Sneezeweed21
Anemone rivularisCao Yu Mei12
Anthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal Grass22
Anthyllis vulnerariaKidney Vetch12
Artemisia vulgarisMugwort, Common wormwood, Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood23
Asimina trilobaPapaw42
Atractylodes japonicaJapanese Atractylodes23
Atractylodes lanceaCang Zhu13
Ballota nigraBlack Horehound03
Baptisia australisWild Indigo, Blue wild indigo, Blue False Indigo02
Camellia sinensisTea Plant, Assam tea, Tea Tree Camellia44
Cannabis sativaHemp, Marijuana44
Capsicum annuumSweet Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Chili Pepper, Christmas Pepper, Red Pepper, Ornamental Chili Pepper43
Ceratonia siliquaCarob, St. john's bread32
Cetraria islandicaIceland Moss, Island cetraria lichen, Oriental cetraria lichen33
Chaenomeles cathayensisChinese Quince42
Chaenomeles speciosaJapanese Quince, Flowering quince32
Citrus aurantiumBitter Orange, Sour orange, Bergamot orange33
Citrus reticulataMandarin, Tangerine, Unshu orange, Satsuma Orange,Temple Orange, Tangerine33
Coffea arabicaCoffee Arabica33
Cyperus articulatusJointed flatsedge, Priprioca, Piripiri14
Dacryodes edulisBush Butter Tree, Butterfruit, African Plum, bush pear, bush plum, safou52
Elaeis guineensisAfrican Oil Palm52
Eriobotrya japonicaLoquat, Japanese Loquat43
Erythrina herbaceaCardinal Spear, Redcardinal11
Helleborus nigerBlack Hellebore02
Helleborus viridisGreen Hellebore02
Hemerocallis fulvaCommon Day Lily, Orange daylily, Tawny Daylily, Double Daylily52
Inula britannicaXuan Fu Hua, British yellowhead03
Iris tenaxTough-Leaf Iris, Klamath iris01
Lupinus perennisSundial Lupine31
Magnolia hypoleucaWhitebark Magnolia22
Melissa officinalisLemon Balm, Common balm, Bee Balm, Sweet Balm, Lemon Balm35
Mentha spicataSpearmint43
Mondia whiteiMondia, White's Ginger34
Murraya koenigiiCurry tree, Curry leaf tree33
Oxalis violaceaViolet Wood Sorrel31
Penstemon acuminatusSand-Dune Penstemon, Sharpleaf penstemon01
Persicaria odorataVietnamese coriander, Asian mint32
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Phyllostachys edulisMoso-Chiku, Tortoise shell bamboo41
Phyllostachys nigraBlack Bamboo, Kuro-Chiku43
Phyllostachys nigra henonisHa-Chiku43
Phyllostachys nigra punctataKurodake43
Pinellia pedatisectaHu Zhang02
Pinellia ternataBan Xia, Crowdipper13
Pinellia tripartita 01
Poncirus trifoliataBitter Orange, Hardy orange, Trifoliat Orange, Japanese Hardy Orange32
Prunus dulcisAlmond, Sweet almond43
Pteridium aquilinumBracken, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern22
Pteridium aquilinum esculentumBracken22
Pueraria montanaKudzu Vine45
Pueraria montana lobataKudzu Vine45
Quercus muehlenbergiiYellow Chestnut Oak, Chinkapin oak32
Rheum nobileSikkim Rhubarb32
Rubus parviflorusThimbleberry33
Rubus strigosusAmerican Red Raspberry, Grayleaf red raspberry33
Schinus molleCalifornia Peppertree, Peruvian peppertree21
Solanum torvumPea Eggplant, Turkey berry33
Terminalia superbaShinglewood02
Uncaria rhynchophylla 02
Vaccinium myrtillusBilberry, Whortleberry43
Vaccinium oxycoccosSmall Cranberry41
Vaccinium scopariumGrouseberry, Grouse whortleberry21
Veratrum albumWhite Hellebore, White false hellebore02
Yucca baccataSpanish Bayonet, Banana yucca, Blue Yucca, Spanish Yucca41
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