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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus esculentusOkra43
Abroma augustaCotton Abroma. Perennial Indian Hemp.03
Acrocomia aculeataCoyoli Palm. Gru-Gru Palm, Macaw palm31
Adansonia digitataBaobab, Judas Fruit, Monkey Bread Tree33
Adenanthera pavoninaRed Sandalwood, Coral Tree32
Aechmea magdalenaePingwing. Ixtle, Pita plant30
Agave cantala agaveAgave20
Agave fourcroydesHenequen01
Agave lechuguillaIxtle, Chihuahua12
Agave sisalanaSisal22
Agave viviparaMescal Casero30
Ananas comosusPineapple52
Apocynum cannabinumIndian Hemp22
Apocynum pictumKendyr02
Apocynum venetum 02
Arenga pinnataSolitary Sugar Palm41
Artocarpus altilisBreadfruit54
Asclepias currasavicaBlood Flower01
Asclepias syriacaCommon Milkweed, Silkweed, Milkweed32
Attalea funiferaBahia Piassava, Conquilla Nut, Piassaba Palm10
Bixa orellanaAnnatto (Lipstick Plant, Urucum, Colorau, Achiote )33
Boehmeria niveaRamie, Chinese Grass, Chinese Silk Plant22
Bombax ceibaRed Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree22
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Bromelia karatasAnanas pingouin, Karatas, Camburito32
Bromelia pinguinPinuela. Pinguin30
Bromelia serraBayonet bromeliad10
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Caryota urensJaggary Palm, Toddy Palm, Fishtail Wine Palm42
Ceiba aesculifoliaPochote21
Ceiba pentandraKapok Tree, Cotton Tree, Suma'ma33
Chamaerops humilisDwarf Fan Palm, European fan palm, Hair Palm, Mediterranean Fan Palm20
Clappertonia ficifoliaBolo Bolo01
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Cordyline australisCabbage Tree30
Corypha utanGebang Palm. Corypha palm, Sugar palm32
Cryptostegia grandifloraIndia Rubber Vine00
Edgeworthia papyriferaPaperbush, Oriental Paperbush10
Elaeis guineensisAfrican Oil Palm52
Ensete ventricosumEthiopian Banana, Abyssinian banana20
Firmiana simplexChinese Parasol Tree, Chinese parasoltree, Japanese Varnish Tree, Chinese Parasol Tree11
Funtumia elasticaWest African Rubber Tree. Lagos silk rubber02
Furcraea acaulisCocuiza00
Furcraea andinaPacpa, Fique11
Furcraea cabuyaCabuya00
Furcraea foetidaMauritius Hemp02
Furcraea hexapetalaFique, Cuban Hemp01
Gnetum gnemonJointfir, Melinjo, Meninjau31
Gossypium arboreumTree Cotton21
Gossypium barbadenseSea Island Cotton32
Gossypium herbaceumLevant cotton33
Gossypium hirsutumUpland Cotton21
Hesperaloe funiferaNew Mexico false yucca00
Hibiscus radiatusMonarch Rosemallow. Ruby hibiscus, Clavelina21
Hibiscus tilliaceusBeach Hibiscus, Sea Hibiscus21
Leopoldinia piassabaPiassaba24
Linum hybridsPerennial Flax44
Mauritia flexuosaBuriti Palm, Aguaje Palm42
Metroxylon saguSago Palm40
Musa acuminataDwarf Banana, Edible banana52
Musa basjooJapanese Banana22
Musa textilisAbaca00
Oenocarpus batauaPataua Palm. Bataua32
Pavonia spinifexGingerbush00
Phoenix dactyliferaDate Palm52
Phormium tenaxNew Zealand Flax, Coastal Flax, New Zealand Hemp20
Pueraria montana lobataKudzu Vine45
Pueraria phaseoloidesTropical Kudzu21
Raphia fariniferaRaffia Palm30
Raphia hookeriIvory Coast Raffia Palm32
Raphia viniferaWine Raffia Palm. Wine Palm30
Reynoutria japonicaJapanese knotweed.33
Sansevieria hyacinthoidesAfrican Bowstring Hemp02
Sansevieria roxburghianaIndian Bowstring Hemp, Bowstring Hemp03
Sansevieria trifasciataMother-in-Law's Tongue, Snake plant02
Senna auriculataMatara Tea. Tanner's cassia23
Sida rhombifoliaBroom Jute. Common Sida. Arrow-leaf Sida23
Spartium junceumSpanish Broom, Weaver's Broom, Spanish Broom02
Trachomitum lancifoliumLance leaved Dogbane, Lance leaved Kendry 01
Trachomitum sarmatienseSarmatian Dogbane, Sarmatian Kendry 01
Trachomitum scabrumKendry, Rough Kendry00
Trachycarpus fortuneiChusan Palm, Chinese windmill palm, Windmill Palm22
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
Typha angustifoliaSmall Reed Mace, Narrowleaf cattail53
Typha elephantinaBora. Elephant grass, Indian reed-mace.33
Typha latifoliaReedmace, Broadleaf cattail, Bullrush, Nailrod53
Urtica dioicaStinging Nettle, California nettle55
Wissadula periplocifoliaWhite velvetleaf00
Yucca baccataSpanish Bayonet, Banana yucca, Blue Yucca, Spanish Yucca41
Yucca elataSoap Tree, Soaptree yucca, Soapweed, Soapweed Yucca20
Yucca filamentosaSpoonleaf Yucca, Adam's needle, Desert Candle, Needle Palm, St. Peter's Palm, Spanish Bayonet, Comm31
Yucca gloriosaSpanish Dagger, moundlily yucca, Palm Lily, Roman Candle, Mound Lily Yucca, Spanish Dagger21
Yucca whippleiOur Lord's Candle30
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