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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus moschatusMusk Mallow,Musk Okra23
Abobra tenuifoliaCranberry Gourd10
Abronia latifoliaSand Verbena, Coastal sand verbena20
Abronia turbinataTransmontane Sand Verbena01
Abutilon megapotamicumTrailing Abutilon40
Abutilon pictumAbutilon, Parlour Maple, Flowering Maple, Spotted30
Abutilon purpurascens 20
Abutilon vitifolium 30
Abutilon x hybridumChinese Lantern, Flowering Maple30
Abutilon x milleriTrailing Abutilon30
Acacia aneuraMulga Acacia30
Acacia coriaceaWiry Wattle, Acacia, Leather Leaf30
Acacia cultriformisKnife-Leaf Wattle, Knife acacia20
Acacia dealbataMimosa, Silver wattle20
Acacia farnesianaSweet Acacia, Perfume Acacia, Huisache22
Acacia longifoliaSydney Golden Wattle, Acacia30
Acacia melanoxylonBlackwood, Australia Acacia, Black Acacia, Blackwood Acacia21
Acacia mucronataNarrow-Leaf Wattle20
Acacia paradoxaKangaroo Thorn, Paradox acacia10
Acacia podalyriifoliaQueensland Silver Wattle, Pearl wattle10
Acacia pycnanthaGolden Wattle20
Acacia retinodesSwamp Wattle, Water wattle20
Acacia salignaBlue-Leaved Wattle, Orange wattle10
Acacia sophoraeCoastal Wattle, Acacia20
Acacia verticillataPrickly Moses10
Acca sellowianaFeijoa, Pineapple Guava40
Actinidia argutaTara Vine50
Actinidia arguta cordifolia 40
Actinidia arguta rufa 40
Actinidia callosa 30
Actinidia deliciosaKiwi Fruit51
Actinidia kolomiktaKiwi40
Actinidia melanandraRed Kiwi40
Actinidia polygamaSilver Vine42
Actinidia purpureaPurple hardy kiwi40
Actinidia x fairchildii 40
Agave americanaAgave, American century plant33
Agave parryiCentury Plant, Parry's agave, Mescal31
Agave utahensis discretaCentury Plant31
Agave utahensis eborispinaCentury Plant31
Albizia julibrissinMimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree,22
Aleurites fordiiTung Tree, Tung Oil Tree, Wood Oil Tree China13
Allium neapolitanumDaffodil Garlic, White garlic52
Allium subhirsutum 42
Aloe veraAloe Vera, Barbados aloe, First Aid Plant, Medicinal Aloe15
Alstroemeria pelegrinaPeruvian Lily20
Angophora cordifoliaSmooth-Barked Apple01
Angophora floribundaRough-Barked Apple00
Araujia sericiferaCruel Plant, White bladderflower10
Arracacia xanthorrhizaPeruvian Parsnip, Arracacha40
Asimina trilobaPapaw42
Aspalathus linearisRooibos33
Asparagus racemosusShatavari35
Astroloma humifusumCranberry Heath30
Astroloma pinifoliumPine Heath30
Atherosperma moschatumBlack Sassafras22
Azorina vidalii 30
Babiana plicataBaboon Root10
Backhousia myrtifoliaGrey Myrtle00
Baeckea gunniana 10
Banksia integrifoliaCoast Banksia20
Banksia marginataSilver Banksia20
Berchemia racemosa 20
Billardiera cymosaSweet Appleberry20
Billardiera longifloraAppleberry20
Billardiera scandensCommon Appleberry20
Boerhavia diffusaTar Vine, Red spiderling24
Bomarea acutifoliaYatzi20
Bomarea salsilla 20
Boronia pinnataPinnate Boronia00
Brachyglottis repandaBushman's Toilet Paper11
Brahea armataBlue Hesper Palm, Blue Fan Palm, Mexican Blue Palm10
Brahea dulcisApak Palm10
Brahea edulisGuadalupe Palm,10
Brodiaea coronariaCalifornian Hyacinth, Crown brodiaea, Indian Valley brodiaea30
Bulbinopsis bulbosaGolden Lily30
Bupleurum fruticosumShrubby Hare's Ear00
Burchardia umbellataMilkmaids20
Bursaria spinosaChristmas Bush, Sweet Bursaria02
Butia capitataJelly Palm, South american jelly palm20
Callicarpa mollis 10
Callistemon citrinusCrimson Bottlebrush, Red Bottlebrush, Lemon Bottlebrush20
Calochortus aureusMariposa Lily, Golden mariposa lily20
Calochortus barbatus 10
Calochortus clavatusClubhair mariposa lily, Arroyo de la Cruz mariposa lily10
Calochortus elegansStar Tulip, Elegant mariposa lily10
Calochortus gunnisoniiMariposa Lily, Gunnison's mariposa lily21
Calochortus luteusYellow Mariposa, Yellow mariposa lily20
Calochortus macrocarpusSagebrush Mariposa Lily, Nez Perce mariposa lily21
Calochortus nuttalliiSego Lily20
Calochortus pulchellusMount Diablo Globelily, Mt. diablo fairy-lantern20
Calochortus tolmieiTolmie Startulip20
Calochortus uniflorusLarge-Flowered Star Tulip, Monterey mariposa lily10
Calochortus venustusButterfly Mariposa Lily20
Campanula versicolor 50
Campsis radicansTrumpet Vine, Trumpet creeper01
Canna edulisAchira, Indian shot30
Canna glaucaLouisiana Canna, Maraca amarilla20
Canna indicaIndian Shot42
Capparis spinosaCaper,Common Caper, Caper Bush23
Capsicum annuumSweet Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Chili Pepper, Christmas Pepper, Red Pepper, Ornamental Chili Pepper43
Capsicum baccatumLocoto, Aji33
Capsicum frutescensTabasco Pepper, Cayenne pepper34
Capsicum pubescensTree Pepper, Rocoto33
Cardiospermum halicacabumHeart Seed, Balloon vine12
Carpobrotus acinaciformisHottentot Fig20
Carpobrotus aequilaterusSea Fig20
Carpobrotus deliciosusSweet Hottentot Fig20
Carpobrotus edulisHottentot Fig,22
Cassinia fulvida 00
Castanospermum australeMoreton Bay Chestnut41
Casuarina cristataBelah00
Casuarina cunninghamianaRiver She-Oak00
Casuarina glaucaSwamp Oak, Gray sheoak10
Casuarina littoralisShe Oak, Black she-oak00
Casuarina torulosaForest Oak00
Casuarina verticillataDrooping she-oak00
Cedronella canariensisBalm Of Gilead, Herb of gilead20
Ceratonia siliquaCarob, St. john's bread32
Ceroxylon alpinumWax Palm10
Ceroxylon quindiuenseWax Palm10
Ceroxylon utileWax Palm10
Chaenomeles cathayensisChinese Quince42
Chaenomeles speciosaJapanese Quince, Flowering quince32
Chlorogalum parviflorumSmallflower Soapplant20
Chlorogalum pomeridianumSoap Lily, Wavyleaf soap plant32
Cichorium intybusChicory, Radicchio, Succory, Witloof43
Cinnamomum camphoraCamphor, Camphortree23
Citrofortunella floridanaLimequat20
Citrofortunella microcarpaCalamondin Orange30
Citrofortunella swingleiLimequat20
CitroncirusCitrumelo, Citroncirus, Citrange20
Citroncirus webberiCitrange20
Citrus aurantiumBitter Orange, Sour orange, Bergamot orange33
Citrus ichangensisIchang Papeda22
Citrus limonLemon45
Citrus reticulataMandarin, Tangerine, Unshu orange, Satsuma Orange,Temple Orange, Tangerine33
Citrus sinensisSweet Orange43
Citrus x meyeriLemon35
Coccinia grandisIvy Gourd22
Coleus edulisGala Dinich10
Commelina coelestisBlue Spider Wort, Commelina20
Conanthera bifolia 20
Conanthera campanulata 20
Conyza canadensisCanada Fleabane, Canadian horseweed13
Coprosma atropurpurea 10
Coprosma billardieriNative Currant10
Coprosma foetidissima 10
Coprosma grandifolia 11
Coprosma hirtellaRough Coprosma10
Coprosma lucida 20
Coprosma moorei 10
Coprosma nitida 20
Coprosma petriei 10
Coprosma pumila 10
Coprosma repensMirror Plant, Creeping mirrorplant10
Coprosma rhamnoides 10
Coprosma robusta 11
Coprosma rotundifolia 10
Coprosma serrulata 10
Coprosma virescens 10
Correa albaCape Barren Tea10
Cowania mexicanaCliffrose02
Crinum flaccidumMurray Lily20
Cyanella amboensisLady's Hand10
Cyanella capensisLady's Hand10
Cyanella hyacinthoidesLady's Hand10
Cyanella luteaLady's Hand10
Cyanella orchidiformisLady's Hand10
Cycas circinalisSago Palm, Queen sago, Fern Palm, Queen Sago Palm21
Cycas revolutaJapanese Sago Palm, Sago palm, King Sago Palm22
Cyphomandra betaceaTree Tomato30
Cyphomandra casanaCasana30
Cyphomandra fragrans 30
Cyphomandra hartwegiiHartweg's cyphomandra,Calylophus30
Dacrydium cupressinumRimu, New zealand red pine20
Dasylirion wheeleriSotol, Common sotol, Bear Grass, Common Sotol, Desert Spoon20
Dianella caeruleaBlue Flax Lily, Cerulean flaxlily20
Dianella congestaBeach Flax Lily20
Dianella laevisFlax Lily00
Dianella revolutaFlax Lily20
Dianella tasmanicaFlax Lily00
Dichelachne crinitaPlume Grass, Clovenfoot plumegrass00
Dichelostemma pulchellumWild Hyacinth40
Dichelostemma volubileSnake Lily, Twining snakelily20
Dichopogon fimbriatusChocolate Lily30
Dichopogon strictusChocolate Lily30
Dichroa febrifugaChinese Quinine, Dichroa03
Disphyma australePig's Face10
Enchylaena tomentosaRuby Saltbush21
Ensete ventricosumEthiopian Banana, Abyssinian banana20
Entelea arborescensCorkwood Tree00
Erica cerinthoidesFire Heath10
Eriobotrya japonicaLoquat, Japanese Loquat43
Eriodictyon californicumYerba Santa, California yerba santa23
Euonymus fortuneiWinter Creeper, Wintercreeper Euonymus01
Ferula moschataMusk Root02
Ferula narthexFerula22
Ferula persica 01
Ferula schair 00
Ferula szowitziana 00
Ficus caricaFig, Edible fig, Fig Common42
Ficus palmataWild Fig, Punjab fig21
Fortunella japonicaRound Kumquat31
Fortunella margaritaOval Kumquat30
Fremontodendron californicumFlannel Flower, California flannelbush, Common Flannel Bush02
Geitonoplesium cymosumScrambling Lily20
Gelsemium sempervirensFalse Jasmine, Yellow Jessamine, Evening Trumpetflower, Carolina Jasmine04
Gevuina avellanaChilean Hazel30
Hardenbergia violaceaCoral Pea, Purple Coral Pea, False Sarsaparilla, Vine Lilac10
Hedychium coronariumButterfly Ginger, White garland-lily, Garland Flower, Butterfly Lily22
Hedychium gracile 10
Hedychium spicatum 12
Heimia salicifoliaErva De Vida, Shrubby yellowcrest11
Heliotropium arborescensHeliotrope, Garden heliotrope, Cherry Pie, Heliotrope01
Hesperantha baurii 10
Hesperocallis undulataDesert Lily10
Hibiscus diversifoliusSwamp Hibiscus21
Hibiscus heterophyllusNative Rosella20
Holboellia latifolia 30
Illicium verumBa Jiao Hui Xian, Staranise tree33
Indigofera cassioides 11
Ipomoea batatasSweet Potato, Black Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Vine50
Ipomoea tricolorMorning Glory, Grannyvine01
Lardizabala biternataZabala Fruit30
Laurus nobilisBay Tree, Sweet bay, Grecian Laurel, True Laurel,33
Lophomyrtus bullata 20
Lophomyrtus x ralphii 20
Lycoris aureaGolden Spider Lily01
Lycoris radiataSpider Lily, Red spider lily, Nerine Lily, Short tube Lycoris22
Lycoris sanguineaSpider Lily20
Lycoris squamigeraResurrection Lily, Hardy Amaryllis, Magic Lily, Autumn Lycoris, Naked Lady20
Macadamia integrifoliaMacadamia, Macadamia nut40
Macadamia tetraphyllaQueensland Nut, Macadamia nut40
Malus domesticaApple52
Medicago arboreaMoon Trefoil20
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Melianthus majorHoney Flower31
Melianthus minorHoney Flower30
Melicope ternata 11
Melicytus ramiflorusWhitey Wood10
Michelia figoBanana Shrub, Michelia10
Moraea fugax 30
Musa acuminataDwarf Banana, Edible banana52
Musa basjooJapanese Banana22
Myoporum debileWinter Apple11
Myoporum desertiTurkey Bush10
Myoporum insulareBoobyalla10
Myoporum laetumNgaio, Ngaio tree, Mousehole Tree11
Myoporum montanumWater Bush10
Myoporum platycarpumSugarwood11
Myoporum tetrandrumBoobialla10
Myrica rubraChinese Bayberry22
Nannorrhops ritchianaMazari Palm11
Olea europaeaOlive, African olive, European olive43
Opuntia compressaEastern Prickly Pear, Prickly Pear Cactus31
Opuntia erinaceaMojave Prickly Pear20
Opuntia ficus-indicaPrickly Pear, Barbary fig32
Opuntia fragilisPrickly Pear, Brittle pricklypear21
Opuntia howeyi 20
Opuntia imbricataTree Chola20
Opuntia littoralisWestern Prickly Pear20
Opuntia macrorhizaTwist-Spine Prickly Pear20
Opuntia microdasysBunny Ears, Angel's-wings20
Opuntia phaeacanthaBastard Fig, Tulip pricklypear21
Opuntia polyacanthaPlains Prickly Pear, El Paso pricklypear, Grizzlybear pricklypear, Navajo Bridge pricklypear, Hairsp31
Opuntia ramosissimaBranched Pencil Cholla30
Pancratium maritimumSea Daffodil10
Parajubaea cocoidesQuito Palm10
Parthenium argentatumGuayule00
Passiflora actiniaPassion Flower30
Passiflora caeruleaPassion Flower, Bluecrown passionflower, Blue Passion Flower30
Passiflora edulisPassion Flower, Purple granadilla41
Passiflora herbertiana 20
Passiflora incarnataMaypops - Passion Flower, Purple passionflower, Apricot Vine, Maypop, Wild Passion Flower, Purple Pa33
Passiflora membranaceaPassion Flower30
Passiflora mollisimaBanana Passion Fruit30
Passiflora tetrandra 10
Passiflora umbilicataPassion Flower20
Passiflora x colvilliiPassion Flower20
Passiflora x exoniensisPassion Flower30
Peganum harmalaSyrian Rue, Harmal peganum13
Pelargonium acetosum 11
Pelargonium australeIvy Geranium11
Pelargonium bowkeri 11
Pelargonium capitatumRose-Scented Geranium03
Pelargonium crispumLemon Geranium22
Pelargonium exstipulatumPennyroyal Geranium12
Pelargonium fragransNutmeg Geranium12
Pelargonium fulgidum 01
Pelargonium glutinosumPheasant's Foot Geranium01
Pelargonium graveolensRose Geranium, Sweet scented geranium23
Pelargonium incrassatum 01
Pelargonium odoratissimumApple Geranium23
Pelargonium peltatumIvy-Leaved Geranium, Hanging Geranium, Ivy Geranium11
Pelargonium quercifoliumOak-Leaved Geranium02
Pelargonium radensRasp-leaf pelargonium02
Pelargonium tomentosumPeppermint Geranium12
Pelargonium triste 11
Pelargonium vitifoliumGrapeleaf geranium01
Pelargonium zonaleHorseshoe geranium11
Phoenix reclinataSenegal Date Palm10
Photinia arbutifoliaChristmas Berry21
Phyla nodifloraFrogfruit, Turkey tangle fogfruit12
Physalis peruvianaGoldenberry, Peruvian groundcherry51
Pistacia lentiscusMastic Tree - Pistachier Lentisque22
Polianthes tuberosaTuberose10
Protea cynaroidesKing Protea10
Protea melliferaSugar Bush11
Protea repensSugar Bush10
Prunus armeniacaApricot43
Prunus aviumWild Cherry, Sweet cherry42
Prunus domesticaPlum, European plum52
Prunus dulcisAlmond, Sweet almond43
Prunus maritimaBeach Plum, Graves' plum41
Prunus persicaPeach, Flowering Peach, Ornamental Peach, Common Peach53
Prunus persica nucipersicaNectarine43
Prunus pumilaDwarf American Cherry, Sandcherry, Western sandcherry, Eastern sandcherry, Great Lakes sandcherry41
Prunus pumila susquehanaeDwarf American Cherry41
Psidium cattleianumStrawberry Guava33
Psidium cattleianum littoraleYellow Strawberry Guava30
Punica granatumPomegranate, Dwarf Pomegranate44
Puya chilensis 10
Pyrus communis sativaPear50
Quillaja saponariaSoap-Bark Tree, Soapbark03
Rhagodia nutansClimbing Saltbush20
Rhagodia parabolicaMealy Saltbush10
Rhagodia spinescensSpiny Saltbush20
Rhus microphyllaDesert Sumach, Littleleaf sumac20
Rhus ovataSugar Bush, Sugar sumac21
Ricinus communisCastor-Oil Plant, Castorbean, Palma Christi, Wonder Tree, Castor Oil Plant14
Ripogonum scandensSupple Jack21
Romulea bulbocodium 10
Sabal etoniaScrub Palmetto20
Sabal mexicanaMexican Palmetto, Rio Grande palmetto, Texas Palmetto20
Sabal minorBush Palmetto, Dwarf palmetto21
Sabal palmettoCabbage Palmetto, Blue Palmetto, Common Palmetto21
Salvia apianaWhite Sage, Compact white sage31
Salvia clevelandiiBlue Sage, Fragrant sage, Chaparral Sage10
Salvia fruticosaGreek Sage, Greek oregano23
Salvia microphyllaBlackcurrant Sage22
Sanseviera aethiopicaBowstring Hemp10
Sapium japonicum 10
Sapium sebiferumVegetable Tallow, Chinese tallow, Popcorn Tree, Chinese Tallow Tree22
Schinus molleCalifornia Peppertree, Peruvian peppertree21
Solanum aviculareKangaroo Apple, New Zealand nightshade22
Solanum laciniatumKangaroo Apple22
Solanum linearifoliumMountain Kangaroo Apple20
Solanum vescumGreen Kangaroo Apple22
Stevia rebaudianaStevia, Candyleaf40
Styrax officinalisStorax Tree11
Tetrapanax papyriferRice Paper Plant, Chinese Rice Paper Plant11
Triphasia trifoliaLime Berry21
Triteleia grandifloraWild Hyacinth, Largeflower triteleia, Howell's triteleia40
Triteleia hyacinthinaHyacinth Brodiaea, White brodiaea30
Triteleia ixioidesPretty Face, Cook's triteleia, Golden brodiaea30
Triteleia laxaGrassnut, Ithuriel's spear40
Triteleia peduncularisLongray Tripletlily, Long-ray brodiaea30
Tulbaghia alliaceaSociety Garlic20
Tulbaghia violaceaSociety Garlic42
Tulipa clusiana stellata 10
Tulipa edulis 22
Tulipa montana 10
Turnera diffusa aphrodisiacaDamiana13
Valerianella locustaCorn Salad, Lewiston cornsalad40
Vitis belaiiGrape40
Vitis labruscaNorthern Fox Grape, Fox grape31
Vitis ripariaRiverbank Grape30
Vitis viniferaGrape, Wine grape, Purpleleaf Grape, Common Grape52
Washingtonia filiferaDesert Fan Palm, California fan palm, California Washingtonia Palm, Petticoat Palm, Desert Fan Pal20
Withania somniferaAshwagandha - Indian Ginseng, Withania14
Wittsteinia vacciniaceaBaw-Baw Berry10
Xanthorrhoea australisGrasstree21
Yucca baccataSpanish Bayonet, Banana yucca, Blue Yucca, Spanish Yucca41
Yucca constrictaBuckley's Yucca20
Yucca elataSoap Tree, Soaptree yucca, Soapweed, Soapweed Yucca20
Yucca schidigeraMojave Yucca, Yucca30
Yucca smallianaAdam's Needle, Weak-leaf yucca20
Yucca whippleiOur Lord's Candle30
Zephyranthes atamascaAtamasco Lily10
Abelmoschus manihotAibika41
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