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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acacia angustissimaPrairie acacia. Timbre. Fernleaf Acacia23
Acacia coleiCole's wattle, Candelabra Wattle, Soap wattle, 32
Acer pseudoplatanusSycamore, Great Maple, Scottish Maple, Planetree Maple21
Acer rubrumRed Maple, Drummond's maple, Swamp Maple31
Acrocarpus fraxinifoliusPink Cedar, Shingle Tree00
Adenanthera pavoninaRed Sandalwood, Coral Tree32
Albizia lebbeckSiris Tree, Woman's Tongue, East Indian Walnut12
Alchornea cordifoliaChristmas Bush24
Aleurites moluccanusCandle Nut, Country Walnut33
Alnus acuminataAlder02
Alnus cordataItalian Alder00
Alnus glutinosaAlder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder03
Alnus incanaGrey Alder, Speckled alder, Thinleaf alder, White Alder00
Alnus rubraRed Alder, Oregon Alder22
Alnus rugosaSpeckled Alder02
Alnus sinuataSitka Alder11
Alnus tenuifoliaMountain Alder, Thinleaf alder12
Aniba rosaeodoraBrazilian Rosewood, Rosewood-oil tree23
Anogeissus leiocarpaAfrican Birch24
Antidesma buniusBignay, Bignai42
Arctostaphylos uva-ursiBearberry34
Ateleia glazioveanaTIMBO00
Attalea butyraceaWine Palm40
Attalea colendaPalma real, Chivila40
Attalea maripaInaja, Maripa Palm32
Attalea speciosaBabassu, American Oil Palm, Motacu, Motacuchi42
Bauhinia forficataBrazilian Orchid Tree04
Bauhinia purpureaOrchid Tree, Purple Butterfly Tree, Mountain Ebony, Geranium Tree, Purple Bauhinia22
Bauhinia thonningiiCamel's foot tree, monkey bread32
Betula ermaniiGold Birch01
Betula papyriferaPaper Birch, Mountain paper birch, Kenai birch32
Betula pendulaSilver Birch, European white birch, Common Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch33
Betula populifoliaGrey Birch21
Betula pubescensWhite Birch, Downy birch33
Bombax ceibaRed Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree22
Bowdichia virgilioidesAlcornoco02
Buddleia paniculata 01
Calopogonium mucunoidesCalopo, Wild ground nut00
Cassia fistulaGolden Shower, Purging Cassia, Golden Chain Tree, Indian Laburnum14
Cassia leiandraMarimari40
Cecropia peltataTrumpet Tree, Snakewood, Congo pump, Wild pawpaw, Pop-a-gun33
Cedrela fissilisCedro, Cigar Box Tree02
Cedrela odorataCedar Wood, West Indian Cedar, SpanishCedar, Cigar-box Cedar, Cedro Hembra12
Ceiba pentandraKapok Tree, Cotton Tree, Suma'ma33
Cereus hildmannianusHildmania cactus, Hedge cactus30
Chukrasia tabularisChickrassy, Chittagong Wood, Indian Redwood.12
Cordia alliodoraEcuador laurel, Cypre, Onion Cordia, Laurel Blanco22
Cordia bicolorMuneco10
Croton megalocarpusCroton tree02
Dipterocarpus alatusApitong, baume de gurjun, gurjun balsam02
Erythrina edulisBalu. Andean tree bean32
Erythrina fuscaCoral Bean, Swamp Immortelle22
Erythrina vernaMulungu04
Fagraea fragransIronwood, Tembusu02
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Gmelina arboreaGmelina, Snapdragon, White Teak22
Guiera senegalensisMoshi medicine, guier du Senegal14
Haloxylon ammodendronSaxaul00
Haloxylon persicumSalt Tree00
Hippophae rhamnoidesSea Buckthorn, Seaberry55
Hippophae salicifoliaWillow-Leaved Sea Buckthorn53
Homalanthus populifoliusBleeding Heart, Queensland Poplar00
Inga cinnamomeaInga Assu, Inga Acu40
Larix deciduaLarch, European Larch, Common Larch23
Litsea cubebaMountain Pepper, Litsea22
Lupinus arboreusTree Lupin, Yellow bush lupine00
Maclura tinctoriaFustic Tree22
Milicia excelsaAfrican Teak23
Millettia laurentiiWenge04
Mimosa scabrellaabaracaatinga, bracaatinga, bracatinga00
Morinda citrifoliaNoni, Indian Mulberry34
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Morus mesozygiaAfrican mulberry23
Muntingia calaburaCalabura, Panama berry, Capulin32
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Neolamarckia cadambaAmboina, Kadam12
Ochroma pyramidaleBalsa Wood02
Ocotea porosaBrazilian-walnut, imbuia00
Octomeles sumatranaIlimo Tree22
Peltophorum dasyrhachisPeltophorum, Soga02
Phyllanthus emblicaEmblica, Indian Gooseberry35
Piptadenia gonoacanthaPau jacaré - alligator stick00
Piptadenia stipulaceaPiptadenia bearing stipules00
Pityrocarpa moniliformisNecklace Pityrocarpa00
Populus balsamiferaBalsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Populus deltoidesEastern Cottonwood, Plains cottonwood, Rio Grande cottonwood, Necklace Poplar22
Populus grandidentataCanadian Aspen, Bigtooth aspen11
Populus tremuloidesAmerican Aspen - Poplar, Quaking aspen13
Prunus pensylvanicaPin Cherry22
Prunus spinosaSloe - Blackthorn32
Prunus virginianaChokecherry, Western chokecherry, Black chokecherry32
Psidium guajavaGuava, Tropical Guava, Goiaba, Araçá-goiaba52
Pterocarpus erinaceusAfrican Kino03
Quararibea cordataSouth American Sapote, Chupa Chupa, Matisia43
Rhodomyrtus tomentosaCeylon Hill Gooseberry41
Rhus glabraSmooth Sumach43
Ricinodendron heudelotiiManketti nut, Zambezi almond, African oil-nut-tree33
Rubus fruticosusBlackberry, Shrubby blackberry53
Salix 'Bowles hybrid' 12
Salix albaWhite Willow13
Salix amygdaloidesPeach Leaved Willow02
Salix auritaEared Sallow02
Salix bebbianaBeak Willow, Bebb Willow02
Salix capreaGoat Willow, Kilmarnock Willow, Pink Pussy Willow, Pussy Willow12
Salix cinereaGrey Willow, Large gray willow03
Salix exiguaCoyote Willow, Narrowleaf willow12
Salix fluviatilisRiver Willow02
Sambucus nigraElderberry - European Elder, Black elderberry, American black elderberry, Blue elderberry, Europea43
Santalum austrocaledonicumPacific Sandalwood01
Santalum yasiYasi, Fijian Sandalwood, Brown Sandalwood02
Sapindus saponariaSoapberry, Wild Chinaberry, Florida Soap Berry, Soap Nut, Soap Tree02
Schizolobium parahybaGuapiruvu00
Senefeldera verticillataSenefeldera00
Senegalia senegalGum Arabic32
Sonneratia caseolarisFirefly mangrove, mangrove apple22
Sorbus ariaWhitebeam, Chess-apple31
Sorbus decoraShowy Mountain Ash11
Sorbus sitchensisSitka Mountain Ash, Western mountain ash11
Swietenia macrophyllaBig Leaf Mahogany, Honduras Mahogany02
Tabernaemontana hystrixTabernaemontana00
Tachigali rubiginosaTachigali00
Terminalia ivorensisBlack Afara02
Terminalia superbaShinglewood02
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
Trichanthera giganteaGiant trichanthera, Nacadero22
Triplochiton scleroxylonArere, Obeche, Samba22
Ulex europaeusGorse, Common gorse11
Vachellia karrooCape Thorn Tree21
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vitex donianaBlack Plum43
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