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Edible Shrubs provides detailed information, attractively presented, on over 70 shrub species. They have been selected to provide a mix of different plant sizes and growing conditions. Most provide delicious and nutritious fruit, but many also have edible leaves, seeds, flowers, stems or roots, or they yield edible or useful oil.

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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus moschatusMusk Mallow,Musk Okra23
Abies albaSilver Fir, Christmas Tree Fir, European Silver Fir, Silver23
Abies sibiricaSiberian Fir01
Abies spectabilisHimalayan Fir02
Acacia farnesianaSweet Acacia, Perfume Acacia, Huisache22
Achillea millefoliumYarrow, Boreal yarrow, California yarrow, Giant yarrow, Coast yarrow, Western yarrow, Pacific yarrow34
Achillea ptarmicaSneeze-Wort, Sneezeweed21
Acorus gramineusGrass-leaved Sweet Rush, Japanese Sweet Flag, Dwarf Sweet Flag33
Ageratum conyzoidesGoatweed, Tropical whiteweed03
Anethum graveolensDill43
Angelica archangelicaAngelica, Norwegian angelica33
Angelica glauca 21
Apium graveolensWild Celery. Ajmod, Ajwain-ka-patta (Indian)33
Aquilegia canadensisWild Columbine, Red columbine, Meeting Houses, Common Columbine22
Argemone mexicanaPrickly Poppy, Mexican pricklypoppy13
Artemisia abrotanumSouthernwood13
Artemisia annuaQing Hao, Sweet sagewort14
Artemisia campestrisField Southernwood02
Artemisia campestris glutinosa 00
Artemisia dracunculusTarragon, French Tarragon42
Artemisia frigidaFringed Wormwood, Prairie sagewort12
Artemisia indica 13
Artemisia scopariaRedstem wormwood12
Asarum arifolium 01
Atherosperma moschatumBlack Sassafras22
Backhousia myrtifoliaGrey Myrtle00
Betula lentaCherry Birch, Sweet birch, Black Birch, Cherry Birch33
Betula pendulaSilver Birch, European white birch, Common Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch33
Betula pubescensWhite Birch, Downy birch33
Boenninghausenia albiflora 02
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