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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus manihotAibika41
Achillea millefoliumYarrow, Boreal yarrow, California yarrow, Giant yarrow, Coast yarrow, Western yarrow, Pacific yarrow34
Achillea ptarmicaSneeze-Wort, Sneezeweed21
Achillea sibiricaSiberian Yarrow11
Achyranthes bidentataNiu Xi23
Achyranthes faureri 11
Acorus calamusSweet Flag - Calamus34
Acorus gramineusGrass-leaved Sweet Rush, Japanese Sweet Flag, Dwarf Sweet Flag33
Actaea pachypodaWhite Baneberry02
Adiantum capillus-venerisMaidenhair Fern, Common maidenhair, Southern Maidenhair Fern, Venus Maidenhair Fern, Venus's Hair Fe22
Adiantum pedatumNorthern Maidenhair,American Maidenhair Fern02
Adiantum venustumEvergreen Maidenhair Fern01
Ailanthus altissimaTree Of Heaven13
Ajuga chamaepitysGround Pine, Yellow bugle02
Akebia quinataAkebia, Chocolate vine, Fiveleaf Akebia, Chocolate Vine42
Akebia trifoliataAkebia, Threeleaf Akebia42
Alchemilla alpinaAlpine Lady's Mantle, Mountain Lady's Mantle23
Alchemilla xanthochloraLady's Mantle23
Allium macrostemonNo-Binu32
Alnus viridis crispaAmerican Green Alder12
Aloe veraAloe Vera, Barbados aloe, First Aid Plant, Medicinal Aloe15
Amaranthus bidentata 21
Amaranthus spinosusSpiny Amaranth23
Angelica acutilobaDong Dang Gui21
Angelica atropurpureaPurplestem Angelica22
Angelica pubescensDu Huo23
Angelica uchiyamanae 01
Anthemis cotulaMayweed, Stinking chamomile12
Anthemis tinctoriaYellow Camomile, Golden chamomile, Dyers' Chamomile, Golden Marguerite01
Apium graveolensWild Celery. Ajmod, Ajwain-ka-patta (Indian)33
Apium graveolens dulceCelery42
Apium graveolens rapaceumCeleriac42
Apium graveolens secalinumLeaf Celery42
Aristolochia clematitisBirthwort02
Aristolochia rotundaSnakeroot02
Artemisia abrotanumSouthernwood13
Artemisia campestrisField Southernwood02
Artemisia dracunculoidesRussian Tarragon, Tarragon, French Tarragon21
Artemisia dracunculusTarragon, French Tarragon42
Artemisia indica 13
Artemisia lactifloraWhite Mugwort02
Artemisia maritimaSea Wormwood12
Artemisia mexicanaMexican White Sagebrush01
Artemisia sieversiana 12
Artemisia vulgarisMugwort, Common wormwood, Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood23
Asphodelus aestivus 31
Asplenium adiantum-nigrumBlack Spleenwort02
Asplenium ruta-murariaWall Rue, Lance asplenium02
Asplenium trichomanesMaidenhair Spleenwort, Dense spleenwort, Toothed spleenwort, Brightgreen spleenwort11
Astragalus floridusDuo Hua Huang Qi02
Beta vulgaris altissimaSugar Beet42
Beta vulgaris cracaBeetroot42
Beta vulgaris flavescensSwiss Chard42
Beta vulgaris maritimaSea Beet22
Bidens bipinnataSpanish Needles22
Bidens tripartitaBurr Marigold, Threelobe beggarticks22
Bupleurum chinenseBei Chai Hu23
Bupleurum falcatumThorow-Wax22
Bupleurum longiradiatum 12
Caesalpinia decapetalaMysore Thorn, Shoofly02
Calendula arvensisField Marigold23
Calendula officinaliscalendula, Pot Marigold35
Calycanthus floridus glaucusEastern Sweetshrub21
Camphorosma monspeliaca 01
Cannabis sativaHemp, Marijuana44
Capparis spinosaCaper,Common Caper, Caper Bush23
Capsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's Purse32
Caragana arborescensSiberian Pea Tree, Siberian peashrub51
Cardiospermum halicacabumHeart Seed, Balloon vine12
Carum carviCaraway43
Caulophyllum robustumPapoose Root22
Caulophyllum thalictroidesPapoose Root, Blue cohosh13
Celastrus dependens 12
Centaurea cyanusCornflower, Garden cornflower, Blue Bottle, Cornflower22
Centaurea montanaMountain Cornflower, Perennial cornflower, Mountain Bluet02
Chenopodium vulvariaStinking Goosefoot. Arrach - Wormseed21
Cirsium arvenseCreeping Thistle, Canada thistle22
Cirsium spicatum 31
Cistus creticusRock Rose, Cretan rockrose22
Cistus ladaniferLabdanum, Common gum cistus22
Clematis mandschurica 02
Cnicus benedictusBlessed Thistle23
Codonopsis lanceolataTodok22
Conyza canadensisCanada Fleabane, Canadian horseweed13
Corydalis ambigua 13
Corydalis intermedia 01
Crocus nudiflorus 23
Crocus sativusSaffron33
Cunila origanoidesStone Mint, Common dittany22
Cycas revolutaJapanese Sago Palm, Sago palm, King Sago Palm22
Cyperus esculentusTiger Nut, Yellow nutsedge, Nut Grass42
Cyperus rotundusNut Grass33
Daphne laureolaSpurge Laurel01
Daucus carotaWild Carrot, Queen anne's lace, Carrot, Wild Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace23
Dianthus chinensisChinese Pink, Rainbow pink, Annual Pink, China Pink03
Dianthus superbusFringed Pink23
Dictamnus albusBurning Bush, Gasplant, White Dittany,23
Dipsacus japonicusXu Duan12
Echinops setiferGlobe Thistle12
Erigeron philadelphicusPhiladelphia Fleabane02
Erysimum cheiriWallflower, Aegean wallflower02
Euonymus alatusWinged Spindle Tree, Burningbush, Corky spindletree12
Euonymus alatus apterusWinged Spindle Tree12
Euonymus americanusStrawberry Bush, Bursting-heart02
Foeniculum vulgareFennel, Sweet fennel53
Foeniculum vulgare azoricumFlorence Fennel33
Foeniculum vulgare dulceSweet Fennel43
Forsythia suspensaLian Qiao, Weeping forsythia13
Forsythia viridissimaGolden Bells, Greenstem forsythia, Forsythia02
Fragaria chiloensisBeach Strawberry, Pacific beach strawberry, Sandwich beach strawberry31
Fragaria virginianaScarlet Strawberry, Virginia strawberry32
Galanthus nivalisSnowdrop, Common Snowdrop01
Gaultheria procumbensCheckerberry, Eastern teaberry, Teaberry, Creeping Wintergreen43
Gentiana acaulisGentian03
Gentiana kurroo 03
Gentiana luteaYellow Gentian15
Gentiana pannonica 13
Gentiana punctataSpotted Gentian13
Gentiana purpurea 13
Gentiana scabraLong Dan Cao13
Gentiana scabra buergeri 13
Hedera helixIvy, English ivy, Algerian ivy, Baltic Ivy, Common Ivy03
Hedychium spicatum 12
Helleborus nigerBlack Hellebore02
Helleborus viridisGreen Hellebore02
Hibiscus rosa-sinensisChinese Hibiscus, Shoeblackplant, Hawaiian Hibiscus, Tropical Hibiscus, China Rose, Rose-of-China, S33
Houttuynia cordataTsi, Chameleon, Rainbow Plant, Chameleon Plant43
Hypericum ascyronGreat Saint John's Wort12
Hypericum sampsonii 12
Hyssopus officinalisHyssop23
Inula conyzaPloughman's Spikenard01
Iris pseudacorusYellow Flag, Paleyellow iris12
Juniperus sabinaSavine, Tam Juniper02
Juniperus silicicolaSouthern Redcedar, Juniper, Southern Red Cedar22
Juniperus virginianaPencil Cedar, Eastern redcedar, Southern redcedar, Silver Cedar, Burk Eastern Red Cedar, Silver East22
Laurus nobilisBay Tree, Sweet bay, Grecian Laurel, True Laurel,33
Lavandula latifoliaSpike Lavender, Broadleaved lavender22
Leonurus cardiacaMotherwort, Common motherwort23
Leonurus japonicus 03
Leonurus sibiricusChinese Motherwort, Honeyweed23
Leucanthemum vulgareOx-Eye Daisy, Marguerite22
Levisticum officinaleLovage, Garden lovage33
Liatris spicataGayfeather, Dense blazing star, Spiked Blazing Star, Button Snakewot, Gayfeather, Spiked Gayfeather,03
Ligusticum brachylobum 02
Ligusticum sinenseChuang Xiong03
Lilium candidumMadonna Lily32
Lilium lancifoliumTiger Lily, Devil Lily42
Lilium martagonTurk's Cap Lily, Martagon lily21
Lupinus albusWhite Lupin41
Magnolia hypoleucaWhitebark Magnolia22
Magnolia officinalisHou Po03
Malus coronariaGarland Crab, Sweet crab apple31
Marrubium vulgareWhite Horehound, Horehound13
Mazus pumilusJapanese mazus11
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Melissa officinalisLemon Balm, Common balm, Bee Balm, Sweet Balm, Lemon Balm35
Melittis melissophyllumBastard Balm11
Mentha arvensisCorn Mint, Wild mint32
Mentha arvensis piperascensJapanese Mint32
Mentha diemenica 22
Mentha pulegiumPennyroyal33
Mentha satureioidesNative Pennyroyal22
Menyanthes trifoliataBogbean, Buckbean, Marsh Trefoil,23
Meum athamanticumSpignel21
Millettia dielsiana 12
Millettia reticulataJi Xue Teng03
Monarda punctataHorse Mint, Spotted beebalm13
Myrica galeBog Myrtle, Sweetgale22
Myrsine africanaCape Myrtle13
Nardostachys grandifloraSpikenard13
Nepeta catariaCatmint, Catnip32
Nigella sativaBlack Cumin33
Origanum majoranaSweet Marjoram33
Origanum onitesPot Marjoram31
Origanum vulgareOregano, Pot Marjoram43
Origanum vulgare hirtumGreek Oregano43
Origanum x majoricumHardy Marjoram22
Oxalis acetosellaWood Sorrel32
Oxalis corniculataYellow Sorrel, Creeping woodsorrel22
Packera aureaGolden Groundsel - Life Root, Golden ragwort02
Paeonia lactifloraChinese Peony, Peony13
Paeonia suffruticosaMoutan, Moutan peony, Tree Peony, Japanese Tree Peony12
Papaver rhoeasCorn Poppy, Field Poppy, Shirley Poppy23
Papaver somniferumOpium Poppy44
Parthenium integrifoliumWild Quinine02
Peganum harmalaSyrian Rue, Harmal peganum13
Petasites albusButterbur21
Petroselinum crispumParsley44
Petroselinum crispum tuberosumHamburg Parsley43
Peucedanum cervaria 01
Peucedanum ostruthiumMasterwort22
Phillyrea latifolia 11
Phyla nodifloraFrogfruit, Turkey tangle fogfruit12
Pimpinella saxifragaBurnet Saxifrage, Solidstem burnet saxifrage22
Polygonum hydropiperSmartweed, Marshpepper knotweed22
Potentilla chinensisChinese Cinquefoil11
Prangos pabularia 12
Pulsatilla patensPasque Flower, Eastern pasqueflower, Cutleaf anemone02
Pulsatilla vulgarisPasque Flower, European pasqueflower03
Punica granatumPomegranate, Dwarf Pomegranate44
Quercus ellipsoidalisNorthern Pin Oak22
Ranunculus sceleratusCelery-Leaved Buttercup, Cursed buttercup11
Rhus glabraSmooth Sumach43
Rhus x pulvinata 42
Ribes tristeAmerican Red Currant, Red currant31
Rosa laevigataCherokee Rose23
Rosmarinus officinalisRosemary33
Rubia akaneAsian Madder12
Rubia cordifoliaIndian Madder23
Rubia manjithIndian Madder12
Rubia peregrinaWild Madder01
Rubia tinctorumMadder, Dyer's madder02
Rubus frondosusYankee Blackberry21
Rubus moluccanusCeylon Blackberry, Eelkek32
Rubus pubescensDwarf Red Blackberry21
Rumex mexicanusMexican Dock12
Ruta chalepensisEgyptian Rue, Fringed rue11
Ruta graveolensRue, Common rue, Herb of Grace, Garden Rue13
Salsola kaliSaltwort, Russian thistle32
Salvia multiorrhizaDan Shen03
Sanguinaria canadensisBlood Root, Red Puccoon, Bloodroot03
Sanicula canadensisBlack Snakeroot01
Santolina chamaecyparissusCotton Lavender22
Saussurea costusCostus23
Saussurea graminifolia 02
Scrophularia marilandicaCarpenter's Square02
Scutellaria laterifloraVirginian Skullcap, Blue skullcap03
Senecio erucifoliusHoary Groundsel, Hoary ragwort02
Senecio jacobaeaRagwort, Stinking willie02
Senecio vulgarisGroundsel12
Silene firmaCatchfly12
Silphium perfoliatumCup Plant, Rosinweed02
Silybum marianumMilk Thistle, Blessed milkthistle35
Sonchus oleraceusSow Thistle, Common sowthistle22
Sorbus ariaWhitebeam, Chess-apple31
Sparganium stoloniferum 11
Stachys officinalisWood Betony, Common hedgenettle, Betony, Woundwort12
Stachys palustrisMarsh Woundwort, Marsh hedgenettle32
Stachys sylvaticaHedge Woundwort, Whitespot01
Stellaria mediaChickweed, Common chickweed33
Succisa pratensisDevil's Bit Scabious, Devilsbit22
Tagetes erectaAfrican Marigold, Aztec marigold, Big Marigold, American Marigold33
Tanacetum partheniumFeverfew, Matricaria25
Tanacetum vulgareTansy, Common tansy, Golden Buttons, Curly Leaf Tansy22
Taxus baccataYew, English yew, Common Yew34
Taxus canadensisCanadian Yew34
Teucrium canadenseAmerican Germander, Canada germander, Western germander01
Teucrium scorodoniaWood Sage12
Thuja occidentalisAmerican Arbor-Vitae, Arborvitae, Eastern Arborvitae, Siberian Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, Wh23
Thuja orientalisBiota13
Thuja plicataWestern Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar12
Trachelospermum jasminoidesStar Jasmine, Confederate jasmine02
Trillium grandiflorumWhite Trillium, Large Flower Trillium, White Trillium, Large Flower Wakerobin, Large Flowered Tril12
Tropaeolum majusNasturtium, Indian Cress43
Typha angustifoliaSmall Reed Mace, Narrowleaf cattail53
Typha bungeana 43
Typha davidiana 43
Typha latifoliaReedmace, Broadleaf cattail, Bullrush, Nailrod53
Typha minima 23
Typha orientalisBroadleaf Cumbungi43
Vaccaria hispanicaCow Cockle, Cow soapwort13
Vaccinium myrtilloidesSourtop Blueberry, Velvetleaf huckleberry31
Valeriana hardwickii 03
Verbena officinalisVervain, Herb of the cross, Prostrate verbena13
Veronica beccabungaBrooklime, European speedwell11
Veronica peregrinaNecklace Weed, Neckweed, Hairy purslane speedwell02
Veronica undulataUndulate speedwell11
Viburnum lentagoSheepberry, Nannyberry, Nannyberry Viburnum41
Zanthoxylum bungeanum 23
Zanthoxylum simulansSzechuan Pepper, Chinese-pepper, Prickly Ash32
Artemisia absinthiumWormwood, Absinthium.13
Alchornea cordifoliaChristmas Bush24
Averrhoa carambolaCarambola, Star Fruit42
Bambusa bambosGiant Thorny Bamboo33
Bambusa vulgarisCommon Bamboo32
Bixa orellanaAnnatto (Lipstick Plant, Urucum, Colorau, Achiote )33
Byrsonima crassifoliaGolden Spoon, Nance, Nancy Tree42
Chrysopogon zizanioidesVetiver, Vetiver Root, Khus Khus22
Crescentia cujeteCalabash Tree32
Dacryodes edulisBush Butter Tree, Butterfruit, African Plum, bush pear, bush plum, safou52
Dipteryx odorataTonka Bean, Brazilian Teak32
Morinda citrifoliaNoni, Indian Mulberry34
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Paraderris ellipticaDerris02
Simarouba amaraParadise tree, bitterwood34
Simarouba glaucaParadise Tree, Bitterwood, Dysentery-bark34
Vanilla planifoliaVanilla42
Afzelia africanaAfrican Mahogany22
Brassica juncea integrifolia rugosaHead Mustard42
Brassica juncea integrifolia strumataLarge Petiole Mustard42
Brassica juncea integrifolia subintegrifoliaLeaf Mustard42
Brassica juncea tsatsai multicepsGreen In The Snow42
Brassica juncea tsatsai tumidaSwollen-Stem Mustard42
Commiphora wightiiGuggul, Indian bdellium-tree23
Curculigo orchioidesStar grass, Golden-eyed grass14
Gossypium barbadenseSea Island Cotton32
Guaiacum officinaleLignum Vitae, Guaiacum, Guayacan23
Guaiacum sanctumLignum Vitae, Guaiacum, Holy Wood02
Guarea guidoniaMuskwood , Carrapeta, Cedro Macho02
Himatanthus sucuubaPlumeria sucuuba04
Khaya senegalensisDryzone Mahogany23
Lawsonia inermisHenna, Mignonette Tree03
Pentadiplandra brazzeanaJoy perfume tree, j'oubli44
Toona ciliataMountain Cedar, Australian Red Cedar, Toona22
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