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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
Angelica genuflexaKneeling Angelica21
Betula alleghaniensisYellow Birch, Swamp Birch32
Betula occidentalisWater Birch32
Calocedrus decurrensIncense Cedar, California Incense Cedar11
Cucurbita ficifoliaMalabar Gourd, Figleaf gourd32
Lagenaria sicerariaBottle Gourd32
Lysichiton americanusYellow Skunk Cabbage, American skunkcabbage32
Nothofagus betuloides 00
Petasites frigidusSweet Coltsfoot, Arctic sweet coltsfoot, Arrowleaf sweet coltsfoot, Golden Palms Coltsfoot, Butterb21
Petasites hyperboreusArctic Sweet Coltsfoot21
Phyllostachys edulisMoso-Chiku, Tortoise shell bamboo41
Pinus gerardianaChilghoza Pine32
Populus trichocarpaWestern Balsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Ulmus americanaAmerican Elm, Gray Elm, Water Elm22
Gaillardia x grandifloraBlanket flower10
Carex hachijoensisJapanese sedge00
Acmella oleraceaToothache plant, Paracress33
Murraya koenigiiCurry tree, Curry leaf tree33
Annona mucosaWild Sweetsop51
Annona vepretorumAraticum, Pinha da Caatinga, Araticum-da-bahia40
Areca catechuBetel Palm, Betel Nut Palm33
Arenga pinnataSolitary Sugar Palm41
Artocarpus altilisBreadfruit54
Artocarpus mariannensisSeeded breadfruit, Marianas bread43
Attalea maripaInaja, Maripa Palm32
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Bambusa bambosGiant Thorny Bamboo33
Bambusa tuldaBengal Bamboo. Spineless Indian bamboo20
Bauhinia forficataBrazilian Orchid Tree04
Bauhinia vahliiMalu Creeper, Adda Leaf, Pahur Camel's Foot Creeper23
Bertholletia excelsaBrazil Nut52
Blighia sapidaAkee, ackee apple or ayee32
Bombax ceibaRed Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree22
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Cananga odorataYlang Ylang, Perfume Tree23
Canarium indicumCanarium Nut, Ngali, Galip nut, kenari nut42
Canarium ovatumPili Nut43
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Canarium vulgareJava Almond, Kenari Nut41
Cecropia peltataTrumpet Tree, Snakewood, Congo pump, Wild pawpaw, Pop-a-gun33
Cedrela odorataCedar Wood, West Indian Cedar, SpanishCedar, Cigar-box Cedar, Cedro Hembra12
Ceiba pentandraKapok Tree, Cotton Tree, Suma'ma33
Cephalostachyum pergracileTinwa Bamboo30
Cereus hildmannianusHildmania cactus, Hedge cactus30
Chukrasia tabularisChickrassy, Chittagong Wood, Indian Redwood.12
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Couma macrocarpaBarca, Milk Tree, Couba, Sorva, Sorva grande42
Crescentia cujeteCalabash Tree32
Dendrocalamus asperGiant Bamboo, Dragon bamboo, Sweet bamboo40
Dendrocalamus hamiltoniiTama Bamboo. Tufted bamboo30
Diospyros mespiliformisWest African Ebony, Monkey guava, jackalberry43
Dipterocarpus alatusApitong, baume de gurjun, gurjun balsam02
Durio dulcisDurian Marangang, Merangang, Red Durian, Tutong, Lahong40
Durio zibethinusDurian51
Entada phaseoloidesSt. Thomas Bean32
Eugenia brasiliensisGrumichama, Brazilian Plum42
Faidherbia albidaWhite Acacia. White-thorn. Apple ring acacia12
Falcataria moluccanaBatai00
Ficus racemosaCluster Fig32
Gnetum gnemonJointfir, Melinjo, Meninjau31
Inga cinnamomeaInga Assu, Inga Acu40
Inga edulisIce Cream Bean, Monkey Tamarind42
Juglans neotropicaAndean Walnut32
Mammea americanaMammee Apple, Mammey42
Mangifera indicaMango, Bowen Mango53
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Metroxylon amicarumCaroline Ivory Nut Palm31
Mimosa scabrellaabaracaatinga, bracaatinga, bracatinga00
Morus mesozygiaAfrican mulberry23
Muntingia calaburaCalabura, Panama berry, Capulin32
Musa acuminataDwarf Banana, Edible banana52
Musa balbisianaPlantain, Plantain Banana41
Musa x paradisiacaBanana52
Myrcianthes pungensGuabiyu41
Neolamarckia cadambaAmboina, Kadam12
Pachira glabraSaba Nut, American Chestnut30
Pachira insignisMalabar Chestnut40
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Peltophorum pterocarpumCopperpod, Yellow Poinciana02
Piptadenia gonoacanthaPau jacaré - alligator stick00
Piptadenia stipulaceaPiptadenia bearing stipules00
Pourouma cecropiifoliaAmazon Grape42
Quararibea cordataSouth American Sapote, Chupa Chupa, Matisia43
Raphia fariniferaRaffia Palm30
Samanea samanRain Tree, False Powder Puff, Monkey Pod32
Sapindus saponariaSoapberry, Wild Chinaberry, Florida Soap Berry, Soap Nut, Soap Tree02
Schizolobium parahybaGuapiruvu00
Simarouba amaraParadise tree, bitterwood34
Simarouba glaucaParadise Tree, Bitterwood, Dysentery-bark34
Spondias mombinYellow Mombin, Hog Plum, Caja Fruit, Taperebá42
Spondias tuberosaImbu, Umbú, Brazil Plum40
Syzygium cuminiJambolan, Java Plum, Malabar Plum, Jambu33
Talisia esculentaPitomba42
Terminalia catappaIndian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree42
Uapaca kirkianaWild Loquat42
Pandanus amaryllifoliusFragrant Pandan32
Agathis mooreiPacific Kauri, Moore Kauri10
Allanblackia stuhlmanniiMkani, Msambo32
Aquilaria crassnaAgar Wood, Agarwood03
Aquilaria malaccensisAgar Wood, Eaglewood, Indian Aloewood, Aloeswood13
Aquilaria sinensisAgar Wood, Pak Muk Heung, White Wood Incense03
Carapa guianensisAndiroba04
Chloroxylon swieteniaEast Indian Satinwood03
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
Dyera costulataHill Jelutong01
Entandrophragma angolenseTiama Mahogany12
Manicaria sacciferaUbussu, Troolie Palm22
Shorea robustaSal Tree43
Thaumatococcus danielliiSweet Prayer Plant, Katemfe40
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