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Latin Name	Common Name	Edibility Rating	Medicinal Rating
Amphicarpaea edgeworthii		4	0
Astragalus glycyphyllos	Milk Vetch, Licorice milkvetch	1	0
Lablab purpureus	Hyacinth Bean, Bonavist-bean	4	2
Phleum pratense	Timothy	0	1
Pueraria montana lobata	Kudzu Vine	4	5
Pueraria phaseoloides	Tropical Kudzu	2	1
Trifolium hybridum	Alsike Clover	2	1
Trifolium repens	White Clover, Dutch Clover, Purple Dutch Clover, Shamrock, White Clover	3	2
Arachis pintoi	Pinto peanut	0	0
Calopogonium caeruleum	Wild jicama	0	0
Centrosema pubescens	Centro, Butterfly pea	0	0
Desmodium triflorum	Three-flower beggarweed, Three-flower tick-trefoil	0	2
Mimosa pudica	Morivivir, Sensitive Plant	2	2
Panicum maximum	Guinea grass. Green panic grass	1	2
Chamaecrista rotundifolia	Round-leaf cassia	0	0
Desmodium intortum	Pega-pega. Beggarlice	0	0
Desmodium paniculatum	Panicled tick trefoil	0	0
Desmodium uncinatum	Silverleaf desmodium. Spanish tick-clover	0	0
Pennisetum purpureum	Napier grass. Elephant grass	2	2

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