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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus esculentusOkra43
Abroma augustaCotton Abroma. Perennial Indian Hemp.03
Acacia angustissimaPrairie acacia. Timbre. Fernleaf Acacia23
Acacia catechuCutch tree, Catechu acacia12
Acacia coleiCole's wattle, Candelabra Wattle, Soap wattle, 32
Acacia cowleanaHall’s Creek wattle32
Acacia holosericeaStrap wattle, Candelabra wattle12
Acacia murrayanaMurray’s wattle, Colony wattle32
Acacia salignaBlue-Leaved Wattle, Orange wattle10
Acacia victoriaeBramble wattle. Gundabluey, Bardi bush42
Acer saccharinumSilver Maple, River Maple, Soft Maple31
Adansonia digitataBaobab, Judas Fruit, Monkey Bread Tree33
Adenanthera pavoninaRed Sandalwood, Coral Tree32
Albizia julibrissinMimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree,22
Albizia lebbeckSiris Tree, Woman's Tongue, East Indian Walnut12
Alnus acuminataAlder02
Alnus glutinosaAlder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder03
Alnus jorullensisMexican alder, Evergreen Alder00
Alnus nepalensisNepalese Alder01
Alnus rubraRed Alder, Oregon Alder22
Amorpha fruticosaFalse Indigo, False indigo bush12
Artemisia ludovicianaWhite Sage, Louisiana Sage, Prairie Sage, Western Mugwort22
Atriplex canescensGrey Sage Brush, Fourwing saltbush41
Atriplex nummulariaGiant Saltbush, Bluegreen saltbush32
Atriplex semibaccataAustralian Saltbush. Australian saltbush, Creeping saltbush20
Atriplex truncataWedgescale Saltbush20
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Brosimum alicastrumBreadnut. Maya nut32
Broussonetia papyriferaPaper Mulberry42
Bursera simarubaGum Tree, Gumbo Limbo22
Caesalpinia sappanSappanwood. Rainbow wood12
Cajanus cajanPigeon Pea, Puerto Rico Bean, Gandul, Dhal, Congo Pea42
Calamus spp.Rattan Palm22
Calliandra calothyrsusRed Calliandra, Powderpuff, Kaliandra00
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Camptotheca acuminataHappy Tree, Cancer Tree05
Caragana arborescensSiberian Pea Tree, Siberian peashrub51
Caragana microphyllaLittleleaf Peashrub00
Castanea speciesChestnut Hybrids42
Chamaecrista rotundifoliaRound-leaf cassia00
Chamaecytisus proliferusTagasaste. Tree lucerne.00
Chiococca albaWest Indian Snow Berry, David's rot, Skunk-root, Snowberry.02
Cinchona officinalisLojabark25
Cinchona pubescensQuinine tree, Red Bark, Cinchona, Quina, Quinquina, Quinine Bark, Peruvian Bark, Jesuit's Bark25
Cinnamomum camphoraCamphor, Camphortree23
Cistus ladaniferLabdanum, Common gum cistus22
Clappertonia ficifoliaBolo Bolo01
Cnidoscolus aconitifoliusTree Spinach, Tread Softly, Cabbage Star, Chaya43
Cnidoscolus elasticusHighland chilte00
Colophospermum mopaneRhodesian ironwood, Rhodesian mahogany12
Cornus sericeaRed Osier Dogwood, Western dogwood22
Corylus avellanaCommon Hazel, Common filbert, European Filbert, Harry Lauder's Walking Stick, Corkscrew Hazel, Hazel52
Corylus heterophyllaSiberian Filbert31
Corylus hybrids & neohybridsHybrid & Neohybrids, Hazel, Filbert52
Corylus maximaFilbert, Giant filbert50
Corylus sieboldianaJapanese Hazel, Manchurian hazel30
Cotinus coggygriaSmoke Tree, European smoketree, Venetian Sumac, Wig Tree, Smoke Tree11
Couma macrocarpaBarca, Milk Tree, Couba, Sorva, Sorva grande42
Cryptostegia grandifloraIndia Rubber Vine00
Cytisus scopariusBroom, Scotch broom, Common Broom13
Edgeworthia papyriferaPaperbush, Oriental Paperbush10
Elaeagnus angustifoliaOleaster, Russian olive42
Elaeagnus angustifoliaOleaster, Russian olive42
Elaeagnus umbellataAutumn Olive42
Ericameria nauseosaRubber Rabbitbrush12
Erythrina poeppigianaMountain Immortelle. Madre de Cacao10
Erythrina sandwicensisWiliwili, Hawaiian coral tree02
Erythrina subumbransDadap. December tree22
Eucalyptus brassianaCape York red gum00
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus citriodoraLemon-Scented Gum, Lemon Scented Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus globulusTasmanian Blue Gum, Eurabbie, Blue Gum, Blue Eucalyptus14
Eucalyptus gomphocephalaTuart. Tuart Gum00
Eucalyptus grandisFlooded Gum, Gum, Rose Eucalyptus02
Eucalyptus microthecaCoolabah, Coolibah, Flooded Box, Coolibah20
Eucalyptus tereticornisForest Red Gum22
Eucalyptus urophyllaTimor White Gum00
Eucommia ulmoidesGutta-Percha13
Euphorbia abyssinicaCandelabra Spurge02
Euphorbia antisyphiliticaCandelilla20
Euphorbia intisyIntisy, Pencil Plant00
Euphorbia lacteaMottled Spurge00
Euphorbia neriifoliaFleshy spurge, Hedge Euphorbia, Oleander spurge22
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Flemingia macrophyllaEnoki-mame12
Ginkgo bilobaMaidenhair Tree, Ginkgo55
Gleditsia triacanthosHoney Locust32
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Gnetum africanumEru, African Jointfir42
Gnetum buchholzianumJointfir42
Gossypium arboreumTree Cotton21
Gossypium barbadenseSea Island Cotton32
Gossypium herbaceumLevant cotton33
Gossypium hirsutumUpland Cotton21
Guazuma ulmifoliaBastard Cedar. West Indian elm, Guasimo23
Haloxylon sppSaxaul32
Hibiscus radiatusMonarch Rosemallow. Ruby hibiscus, Clavelina21
Hibiscus tilliaceusBeach Hibiscus, Sea Hibiscus21
Hippophae rhamnoidesSea Buckthorn, Seaberry55
Indigofera suffruticosaAnil Indigo, Anil de pasto02
Indigofera tinctoriaIndigo, True Indigo, dye indigo22
Inga edulisIce Cream Bean, Monkey Tamarind42
Inga veraIce cream bean, River koko, Guaba, Pois Doux22
Landolphia heudelotiiGuinea gumvine, Landolphia rubber32
Landolphia kirkiiSand apricot-vine, Coast rubber vine, Wildpeach20
Larrea tridentataCreosote Bush - Chaparral22
Lawsonia inermisHenna, Mignonette Tree03
Lespedeza bicolorLespedeza, Shrub lespedeza30
Leucaena diversifioliaIpil-ipil00
Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind32
Maclura pomiferaOsage Orange, Bois D'Arc12
Melaleuca alternifoliaTea Tree05
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Moringa stenopetalaAfrican horseradish tree, cabbagetree43
Morus albaWhite Mulberry, Common Mulberry,43
Parthenium argentatumGuayule00
Pavonia spinifexGingerbush00
Pinus palustrisPitch Pine, Longleaf pine, Southern Pine12
Pistacia veraPistachio, Pistachio Nut32
Pithecellobium dulceManila Tamarind, Madras Thorn42
Pongamia pinnataPongam, Karum Tree, Poonga-Oil Tree, Indian Beech03
Populus deltoidesEastern Cottonwood, Plains cottonwood, Rio Grande cottonwood, Necklace Poplar22
Populus euphratica 01
Populus hybridsHybrid poplar33
Populus nigraBlack Poplar, Lombardy poplar13
Populus trichocarpaWestern Balsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Prosopis africanaPau Carvão. Mesquite. Iron tree22
Prosopis albaWhite carob tree, Algarrobo blanco32
Prosopis chilensisChilean algarrobo, Chilean mesquite20
Prosopis cinerariaJandi, Ghaf32
Prosopis glandulosaHoneypod mesquite. Glandular mesquite32
Prosopis pallidaAlgaroba22
Prosopis tamarugoTamarugo10
Rhus copallinaDwarf Sumach, Winged sumac, Flameleaf Sumac, Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac42
Robinia neomexicanaNew Mexico Locust, Rusby's locust, Locust11
Robinia pseudoacaciaBlack Locust, Yellow Locust32
Rumex patientiaHerb Patience31
Salix bonplandianaSauce, Bonpland willow00
Salix eriocephalaMissouri Willow, Missouri River willow02
Salix hybridsHybrid willows33
Salix miyabeana 02
Salix purpureaPurple Osier. purpleosier willow13
Salix viminalisOsier. Basket Willow12
Sapium sebiferumVegetable Tallow, Chinese tallow, Popcorn Tree, Chinese Tallow Tree22
Senegalia senegalGum Arabic32
Sequoia sempervirensCoastal Redwood, Redwood, California Redwood, Coast Redwood01
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Sesbania sesbanSesban22
Setaria palmifoliaHighland Pitpit. Palm Grass32
Sida rhombifoliaBroom Jute. Common Sida. Arrow-leaf Sida23
Spartium junceumSpanish Broom, Weaver's Broom, Spanish Broom02
Stipagrostis pungensDrinn31
Taxus baccataYew, English yew, Common Yew34
Taxus brevifoliaPacific Yew34
Tephrosia vogeliiFish-poison-bean,02
Tithonia diversifoliaMexican Sunflower03
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
Trichanthera giganteaGiant trichanthera, Nacadero22
Ulmus pumilaSiberian Elm, Hybrid elm22
Ulmus rubraSlippery Elm25
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
Wissadula periplocifoliaWhite velvetleaf00
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