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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus moschatusMusk Mallow,Musk Okra23
Achyranthes bidentataNiu Xi23
Achyranthes faureri 11
Aconitum septentrionale 10
Acorus calamusSweet Flag - Calamus34
Acorus gramineusGrass-leaved Sweet Rush, Japanese Sweet Flag, Dwarf Sweet Flag33
Actinidia chinensisKiwi42
Agave americanaAgave, American century plant33
Ailanthus altissimaTree Of Heaven13
Alangium platanifoliumAlangium11
Aleurites fordiiTung Tree, Tung Oil Tree, Wood Oil Tree China13
Allium flavumSmall Yellow Onion, Ornamental Onion22
Alnus glutinosaAlder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder03
Amianthium muscitoxicumFly Poison01
Amorpha canescensLead Plant22
Amorpha fruticosaFalse Indigo, False indigo bush12
Amorpha nanaDwarf Indigobush, Dwarf false indigo, Dwarf Indigo01
Amorphophallus rivieriDevil's Tongue, Umbrella Arum, Leopard Palm, Snake Palm22
Anabasis aphylla 01
Anemone vitifolia 02
Anethum graveolensDill43
Arisaema flavum 21
Arisaema tortuosumArisaema22
Artemisia indica 13
Artemisia vulgarisMugwort, Common wormwood, Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood23
Asimina trilobaPapaw42
Asparagus cochinchinensisChinese Asparagus33
Asparagus officinalisAsparagus, Garden asparagus43
Brassica rapaTurnip, Field mustard, Toria, Yellow sarson32
Camellia oleiferaTea-Oil Plant, Tea Oil Camellia22
Canna indicaIndian Shot42
Capsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's Purse32
Carpesium abrotanoides 22
Ceanothus velutinusSticky Laurel, Snowbrush ceanothus, Hooker's ceanothus22
Celastrus angulatus 01
Chenopodium ambrosioidesMexican Tea23
Chenopodium ambrosioides anthelminticumWormseed23
Chrysanthemum marshallii 00
Cocculus orbiculatusQueen coralbead12
Consolida ambiguaLarkspur, Doubtful knight's-spur, Rocket Larkspur02
Consolida regalisLarkspur, Royal knight's-spur03
Coriandrum sativumCoriander - Dhania - Cilantro, Coriander44
Coriaria myrtifoliaRedoul00
Coronilla variaCrown Vetch01
Corynocarpus laevigatusNew Zealand Laurel, Karaka nut20
Cuminum cyminumCumin - Jeera43
Cymopterus acaulisPlains Springparsley, Fendler's springparsley, Greeley springparsley, Higgins' springparsley40
Cymopterus globosusGlobe Springparsley20
Cynanchum arnottianum 00
Dalbergia hupeana 11
Delphinium staphisagriaStavesacre02
Desmodium caudatum 01
Euonymus europaeusSpindle Tree, European spindletree12
Gutierrezia sarothraeBroomweed, Broom snakeweed02
Gymnocladus dioicaKentucky Coffee Tree32
Helenium autumnaleSneezeweed, Common sneezeweed, Fall sneezeweed, Mountain sneezeweed, False Sunflower02
Inula conyzaPloughman's Spikenard01
Inula royleana 01
Iris sanguineaBlood iris01
Iris sibiricaSiberian Iris11
Juglans nigraBlack Walnut33
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
Justicia gendarussa 02
Kalopanax septemlobusTree Aralia, Castor aralia21
Laburnum anagyroidesLaburnum, Golden chain tree01
Ledum groenlandicumLabrador Tea, Bog Labrador tea23
Ledum palustreWild Rosemary, Marsh Labrador tea23
Lepidium latifoliumDittander, Broadleaved pepperweed31
Leptospermum scopariumTea Tree, Broom teatree, Manuka, New Zealand Tea Tree30
Linaria vulgarisYellow Toadflax, Butter and eggs12
Lonicera japonicaJapanese Honeysuckle23
Lotus uliginosusGreater Bird's Foot Trefoil00
Lycopersicon esculentumTomato43
Lyonia ovalifolia 01
Macleaya cordataPlume Poppy01
Melaleuca bracteataRiver teatree02
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Millettia reticulataJi Xue Teng03
Nerium oleanderOleander, Rose Bay02
Nicotiana alataTobacco, Jasmine tobacco, Nicotiana, Jasmine Tobacco, Ornamental Tobacco, Flowering Tobacco00
Nicotiana glaucaTree Tobacco12
Nicotiana rusticaWild Tobacco, Aztec tobacco02
Nicotiana tabacumTobacco, Cultivated tobacco22
Osmorhiza occidentalisWestern Sweet-Cicely, Western sweetroot32
Pachyrhizus ahipaAhipa, Yam bean30
Pachyrhizus tuberosusJicama, Ajipo30
Pastinaca sativaParsnip, Wild parsnip41
Phellodendron amurenseAmur Cork Tree, Chinese Corktree13
Phellodendron amurense sachalinense 00
Phellodendron lavalleiLavalle corktree10
Phryma leptostachyaLopseed, American lopseed01
Phytolacca americanaPokeweed, American pokeweed, Garnet, Pigeon Berry, Poke33
Picrasma quassioidesNigaki12
Pimpinella anisumAniseed (Saunf - Hindi), Anise burnet saxifrage43
Pinus tabuliformisChinese Red Pine, Southern Chinese pine12
Podocarpium oldhamii 21
Podophyllum peltatumAmerican Mandrake, Mayapple, Ground Lemon, Mandrake, Mayapple24
Polygonatum sibiricumHuang Jing22
Polypodium vulgarePolypody, Adders Fern, Golden Maidenhair Fern, Wall Fern, Common Polypod Fern23
Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas Fir, Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir22
Pterocarya stenopteraChinese wingnut02
Rheum palmatumTurkey Rhubarb, Chinese Rhubarb - Da Huang, Chinese rhubarb35
Rheum x cultorumRhubarb43
Rhododendron molleChinese Azalea01
Ricinus communisCastor-Oil Plant, Castorbean, Palma Christi, Wonder Tree, Castor Oil Plant14
Rohdea japonica 02
Rumex daiwoosour dock12
Sambucus nigraElderberry - European Elder, Black elderberry, American black elderberry, Blue elderberry, Europea43
Sambucus williamsii 12
Sargentodoxa cuneata 02
Solanum carolinenseHorse Nettle, Carolina horsenettle02
Sonchus arvensisField Milk Thistle, Field sowthistle, Moist sowthistle21
Sophora flavescensKu Shen, Shrubby sophora03
Sophora moorcroftiana 01
Tagetes erectaAfrican Marigold, Aztec marigold, Big Marigold, American Marigold33
Tagetes filifoliaIrish Lace10
Tagetes lucidaMexican Tarragon, Sweetscented marigold43
Tagetes minutaMuster-John-Henry22
Tagetes patulaFrench Marigold, Dwarf French Marigold22
Tanacetum balsamitaAlecost, Costmary32
Tanacetum cinerariifoliumDalmation Pellitory, Pyrethrum01
Tanacetum coccineumPyrethrum, Pyrethum daisy, Persian Insect Flower, Painted Daisy00
Tanacetum vulgareTansy, Common tansy, Golden Buttons, Curly Leaf Tansy22
Taxus baccataYew, English yew, Common Yew34
Tephrosia virginianaCatgut, Virginia tephrosia02
Tripterygium wilfordii 02
Tropaeolum majusNasturtium, Indian Cress43
Tropaeolum minusDwarf Nasturtium43
Ulex europaeusGorse, Common gorse11
Veratrum albumWhite Hellebore, White false hellebore02
Veratrum californicumCalifornia False Hellebore02
Veratrum maackii parviflorum 11
Veratrum nigrumBlack Hellebore01
Veratrum virideIndian Poke, American Hellebore12
Verbascum thapsusGreat Mullein, Common mullein, Aaron's Rod, Flannel Plant, Hag Taper, Mullein, Torches, Velvet Plant13
Vitex negundoHuang Ping, Chinese chastetree, Cut Leaf Vitex, Cut-leaf Chastetree23
Zanthoxylum nitidum 02
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Acmella oleraceaToothache plant, Paracress33
Adansonia digitataBaobab, Judas Fruit, Monkey Bread Tree33
Aegle marmelosBael Tree, Golden Apple, Bengal Quince33
Agathis dammaraAmboina Pine00
Albizia lebbeckSiris Tree, Woman's Tongue, East Indian Walnut12
Albizia proceraWhite Siris, Tall Albizia, Forest Siris12
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Annona atemoyaAtemoya50
Annona cherimolaCherimoya, Custard Apple52
Annona mucosaWild Sweetsop51
Annona muricataSour Sop43
Annona muricataSour Sop43
Annona squamosaSugar Apple, Sweetsop, Custard Apple52
Arenga pinnataSolitary Sugar Palm41
Artocarpus altilisBreadfruit54
Artocarpus camansiBreadnut, Kamansi41
Artocarpus mariannensisSeeded breadfruit, Marianas bread43
Attalea speciosaBabassu, American Oil Palm, Motacu, Motacuchi42
Bambusa vulgarisCommon Bamboo32
Bixa orellanaAnnatto (Lipstick Plant, Urucum, Colorau, Achiote )33
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Carica papayaPapaya, Mamo, Melon Tree53
Casimiroa edulisWhite Sapote, Mexican Apple53
Chrysopogon zizanioidesVetiver, Vetiver Root, Khus Khus22
Chukrasia tabularisChickrassy, Chittagong Wood, Indian Redwood.12
Corymbia citriodoraLemon-Scented Gum, blue spotted gum, lemon eucalyptus, eucalyptus citriodora.23
Crotalaria junceaSun Hemp11
Flemingia macrophyllaEnoki-mame12
Garcinia kolaBitter Kola34
Gnetum gnemonJointfir, Melinjo, Meninjau31
Indigofera tinctoriaIndigo, True Indigo, dye indigo22
Lansium domesticumLangsat, Lansa, Lanzon42
Mammea americanaMammee Apple, Mammey42
Mimusops elengiSpanish Cherry, Bakul32
Pachyrhizus erosusYam Bean, Jicama, Mexican Yam40
Paraderris ellipticaDerris02
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Psidium guajavaGuava, Tropical Guava, Goiaba, Araçá-goiaba52
Sambucus nigra spp canadensisAmerican Elder43
Sapindus saponariaSoapberry, Wild Chinaberry, Florida Soap Berry, Soap Nut, Soap Tree02
Sesamum indicumSesame33
Solanum lycopersicumTomato, Garden Tomato53
Syzygium aromaticumClove, Zanzibar Redhead44
Tarchonanthus camphoratusCamphor Bush, Wild Camphor Bush13
Tephrosia candidaWhite Tephrosia00
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Tithonia diversifoliaMexican Sunflower03
Citrus hystrixKaffir Lime32
Diplazium esculentumVegetable Fern43
Pandanus amaryllifoliusFragrant Pandan32
Andrographis paniculataGreen Chireta, Creat, Nilavembu, Kirayat, Chuan Xin Lian, King of Bitters14
Archidendron jiringaJengkol, Jiringa42
Carapa guianensisAndiroba04
Chamaecrista nigricansDiola, Diala12
Cinchona officinalisLojabark25
Cinchona pubescensQuinine tree, Red Bark, Cinchona, Quina, Quinquina, Quinine Bark, Peruvian Bark, Jesuit's Bark25
Combretum imberbeLeadwood Tree, Ivory tree22
Cupressus lusitanicaMexican Cypress02
Deguelia utilisBarbasco, cube, timbo, nicou, lancepod03
Dysphania anthelminticaWormseed24
Entandrophragma candolleiWest African Cedar02
Entandrophragma cylindricumSapele Mahogany02
Erythrophleum suaveolensErun, ordealtree, Sasswood Tree03
Eucalyptus grandisFlooded Gum, Gum, Rose Eucalyptus02
Eucalyptus robustaSwamp Mahogany, Eucalyptus Gum03
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Griffonia simplicifoliaGriffonia24
Hevea brasiliensisPara Rubber Tree, Brazilian Rubber Tree20
Khaya anthothecaWhite Mahogany, East African Mahogany02
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Lawsonia inermisHenna, Mignonette Tree03
Lonchocarpus nicouBarbasco, timbo, cube00
Lonchocarpus urucuBarbasco, timbo urucu00
Melaleuca leucadendraPaperbark, Weeping Paperbark24
Millettia laurentiiWenge04
Paederia foetidaSkunk Vine24
Petiveria alliaceaGuinea Hen Weed04
Phytolacca dodecandraEndod, Pokeberry23
Picrasma excelsaJamaican Quassia24
Ptaeroxylon obliquumSneezewood02
Quassia amaraBitterwood, Amargo Bark24
Reutealis trispermaOtaheite Walnut, Lumbang Tree02
Sapindus mukorossiChinese Soapberry, Soap Berry, Chinese Soapberry, Soapnut Tree12
Scoparia dulcisSweet Broom, Licorice Weed, Vassourinha24
Senna alataRingworm Bush, Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant24
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
Toona ciliataMountain Cedar, Australian Red Cedar, Toona22
Toona sureniSuren22
Vernicia fordiiTung Tree, Tung Nut13
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