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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acer acuminatum 10
Acer argutum 20
Acer caesium 01
Acer campestreField Maple, Hedge maple21
Acer carpinifoliumHornbeam Maple20
Acer circinatumVine Maple21
Acer crataegifoliumHawthorn-Leaved Maple00
Acer distylum 20
Acer ginnalaAmur Maple10
Acer glabrumRock Maple, Rocky Mountain maple, Douglas maple, Greene's maple, New Mexico maple, Torrey maple21
Acer interiusBox Elder20
Acer macrophyllumOregon Maple, Bigleaf maple, Oregon Maple31
Acer monoMaple21
Acer negundoBox Elder31
Acer oblongum 00
Acer palmatumJapanese Maple20
Acer pensylvanicumMoosewood, Striped maple, Moosewood, Pennsylvania Maple01
Acer platanoidesNorway Maple, Harlequin Maple20
Acer pseudoplatanusSycamore, Great Maple, Scottish Maple, Planetree Maple21
Acer rubrumRed Maple, Drummond's maple, Swamp Maple31
Acer saccharinumSilver Maple, River Maple, Soft Maple31
Acer saccharumSugar Maple, Florida Maple, Hard Maple, Rock Maple42
Acer saccharum grandidentatumBig-Tooth Maple, Canyon Maple, Rocky Mountain Sugar Maple40
Acer saccharum nigrumBlack Maple41
Acer spicatumMountain Maple22
Acer sterculiaceum 00
Acer tataricumTatarian Maple20
Acer truncatumShantung Maple, Purpleblow Maple10
Acer ukurunduense caudatum 10
Angophora cordifoliaSmooth-Barked Apple01
Angophora floribundaRough-Barked Apple00
Cinnamomum camphoraCamphor, Camphortree23
Descurainia sophiaFlixweed, Herb sophia22
Digitalis luteaYellow Foxglove, Straw foxglove04
Digitalis purpureaFoxglove, Purple foxglove, Common Foxglove04
Eupatorium cannabinumHemp Agrimony03
Isatis tinctoriaWoad, Dyer's woad23
Lithocarpus densiflorusTanbark Oak21
Lythrum salicariaPurple Loosestrife23
Maclura pomiferaOsage Orange, Bois D'Arc12
Pinus aristataBristle-Cone Pine22
Rhus wallichii 01
Ribes nigrumBlackcurrant, European black currant53
Rosa banksiaeBanksia Rose21
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Casuarina equisetifoliaShe Oak, Common Ru, Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina12
Elaeis guineensisAfrican Oil Palm52
Peltophorum pterocarpumCopperpod, Yellow Poinciana02
Syzygium cuminiJambolan, Java Plum, Malabar Plum, Jambu33
Pandanus amaryllifoliusFragrant Pandan32
Bursera simarubaGum Tree, Gumbo Limbo22
Diospyros malabaricaIndian Persimmon, Gaub, Timbiri, Mountain ebony13
Diospyros munMun Ebony, Vietnamese Ebony00
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