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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
Actaea pachypodaWhite Baneberry02
Actaea rubraRed Baneberry02
Adiantum capillus-venerisMaidenhair Fern, Common maidenhair, Southern Maidenhair Fern, Venus Maidenhair Fern, Venus's Hair Fe22
Akebia quinataAkebia, Chocolate vine, Fiveleaf Akebia, Chocolate Vine42
Akebia trifoliataAkebia, Threeleaf Akebia42
Alnus glutinosaAlder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder03
Anethum graveolensDill43
Apium graveolensWild Celery. Ajmod, Ajwain-ka-patta (Indian)33
Apium graveolens dulceCelery42
Apium graveolens rapaceumCeleriac42
Apium graveolens secalinumLeaf Celery42
Asclepias galioidesBedstraw Milkweed21
Asclepias viridifloraGreen Milkweed, Green comet milkweed32
Asparagus adscendens 21
Asparagus racemosusShatavari35
Astragalus hamosusEuropean milkvetch12
Brassica junceaBrown Mustard42
Brassica juncea crispifoliaCurled Mustard42
Brassica juncea foliosaLeaf Mustard42
Brassica juncea multicepsGreen In The Snow42
Brassica juncea napiformisRoot Mustard42
Brassica juncea rugosaHead Mustard42
Brassica juncea strumataLarge Petiole Mustard42
Brassica juncea tumidaSwollen-Stem Mustard42
Broussonetia papyriferaPaper Mulberry42
Carum carviCaraway43
Cetraria islandicaIceland Moss, Island cetraria lichen, Oriental cetraria lichen33
Cnicus benedictusBlessed Thistle23
Codonopsis lanceolataTodok22
Codonopsis pilosulaDang Shen, Bellflower23
Cucurbita moschataSquash, Crookneck squash53
Cudrania tricuspidataSilkworm Thorn, Storehousebush22
Cuminum cyminumCumin - Jeera43
Daucus carotaWild Carrot, Queen anne's lace, Carrot, Wild Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace23
Daucus carota sativusCarrot53
Dictamnus albusBurning Bush, Gasplant, White Dittany,23
Diervilla loniceraBush Honeysuckle, Northern bush honeysuckle02
Echinops latifolius 01
Echinops ritroGlobe Thistle, Southern globethistle, Small Globe Thistle01
Echinops setiferGlobe Thistle12
Equisetum arvenseField Horsetail23
Erodium cicutariumStork's Bill, Redstem stork's bill32
Euphorbia hirtaAsthma Weed, Pill-Bearing Spurge13
Euphorbia marginataMountain Snow, Ghost Spurge, Ghost Weed11
Euphorbia serpyllifoliaThymeleaf Sandmat22
Fagopyrum esculentumBuckwheat43
Ficus caricaFig, Edible fig, Fig Common42
Foeniculum vulgareFennel, Sweet fennel53
Foeniculum vulgare azoricumFlorence Fennel33
Foeniculum vulgare dulceSweet Fennel43
Fragaria chiloensisBeach Strawberry, Pacific beach strawberry, Sandwich beach strawberry31
Fragaria virginianaScarlet Strawberry, Virginia strawberry32
Fritillaria imperialisCrown Imperial, Imperial fritillary, Crown Imperial Fritillary21
Fritillaria roylei 02
Fritillaria verticillata 23
Galega officinalisGoat's Rue, Professor-weed23
Humulus lupulusHop, Common hop, European Hop,45
Hypericum erectum 11
Jasminum officinaleJessamine, Poet's jasmine22
Lactuca sativaLettuce, Garden lettuce33
Lepidium sativumCress, Gardencress pepperweed31
Lewisia redivivaBitter-Root22
Lonicera involucrataTwinberry, Twinberry honeysuckle22
Lygodesmia grandifloraSkeleton Plant, Largeflower skeletonplant11
Lygodesmia junceaSkeleton Weed, Rush skeletonplant12
Malva verticillataChinese Mallow, Cluster mallow52
Matricaria matricarioidesPineapple Weed12
Mertensia ciliataMountain Bell, Tall fringed bluebells11
Myosoton aquaticumWater Chickweed, Giantchickweed11
Nabalus albusWhite Lettuce02
Nigella sativaBlack Cumin33
Nymphoides peltataWater Fringe, Yellow floatingheart22
Ocimum basilicumSweet Basil, Common Basil, Thai Basil, Tropical Basil43
Ocimum minimumBush Basil43
Onoclea sensibilisSensitive Fern22
Opuntia phaeacanthaBastard Fig, Tulip pricklypear21
Osmunda cinnamomeaCinnamon Fern21
Peganum harmalaSyrian Rue, Harmal peganum13
Petroselinum crispum tuberosumHamburg Parsley43
Pimpinella anisumAniseed (Saunf - Hindi), Anise burnet saxifrage43
Pinus koraiensisKorean Nut Pine, Chinese pinenut42
Pittosporum phillyreoidesWeeping Pittosporum, Narrow-leaf Pittosporum21
Polygala amaraBitter Milkwort01
Pueraria montana lobataKudzu Vine45
Pueraria tuberosa 22
Rhus copallinaDwarf Sumach, Winged sumac, Flameleaf Sumac, Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac42
Rhus glabraSmooth Sumach43
Rhus typhinaStag's Horn Sumach, Velvet Sumac, Staghorn Sumac42
Sambucus nigraElderberry - European Elder, Black elderberry, American black elderberry, Blue elderberry, Europea43
Sedum spathulifoliumBroadleaf Stonecrop, Purdy's stonecrop, Yosemite stonecrop, Stonecrop, Blood Leaf Sedum11
Sesamum indicumSesame33
Silene firmaCatchfly12
Sparganium stoloniferum 11
Stellaria alsineBog Stitchwort, Bog chickweed12
Stellaria mediaChickweed, Common chickweed33
Taraxacum heterolepis 12
Taraxacum japonicum 11
Taraxacum mongolicum 13
Taraxacum sinicum 13
Taraxacum variegatum 10
Tetrapanax papyriferRice Paper Plant, Chinese Rice Paper Plant11
Thladiantha dubiaRed Hailstone, Manchu tubergourd12
Tribulus terrestrisCaltrop, Puncturevine13
Trichosanthes kirilowiiChinese Cucumber24
Trichosanthes kirilowii japonica 33
Trifolium hybridumAlsike Clover21
Trigonella foenum-graecumFenugreek, Sicklefruit fenugreek45
Typha latifoliaReedmace, Broadleaf cattail, Bullrush, Nailrod53
Typha orientalisBroadleaf Cumbungi43
Urtica dioicaStinging Nettle, California nettle55
Urtica piluliferaRoman Nettle33
Urtica urensAnnual Nettle33
Vaccaria hispanicaCow Cockle, Cow soapwort13
Verbena officinalisVervain, Herb of the cross, Prostrate verbena13
Vicia craccaTufted Vetch, Bird vetch, Cow vetch11
Vitex agnus-castusAgnus Castus, Lilac chastetree, Vitex, Chastetree25
Averrhoa carambolaCarambola, Star Fruit42
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Pueraria montanaKudzu Vine45
Senna singueanaWinter cassia, Sticky pod23
Telfairia pedataOysternut42
Terminalia catappaIndian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree42
Trichanthera giganteaGiant trichanthera, Nacadero22
Vitex donianaBlack Plum43
Coffea arabicaCoffee Arabica33
Brassica juncea integrifolia crispifoliaCurled Mustard42
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
Guiera senegalensisMoshi medicine, guier du Senegal14
Milicia excelsaAfrican Teak23
Milicia regiaOroko, Iroko22
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