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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus moschatusMusk Mallow,Musk Okra23
Abies lasiocarpaSubalpine Fir, Alpine Fir22
Acacia longifoliaSydney Golden Wattle, Acacia30
Acer pseudoplatanusSycamore, Great Maple, Scottish Maple, Planetree Maple21
Alliaria petiolataGarlic Mustard32
Allium chinenseRakkyo42
Amphicarpaea edgeworthii 40
Apios americanaGround Nut51
Arachis hypogaeaPeanut42
Asclepias asperulaAntelope Horns, Spider milkweed, Trailing Milkweed21
Asclepias galioidesBedstraw Milkweed21
Asclepias halliiPurple Silkweed, Hall's milkweed31
Asclepias incarnataSwamp Milkweed, Swamp Butterfly Weed, Marsh Milkweed32
Asclepias lanceolataPurple Silkweed, Fewflower milkweed21
Asclepias ovalifoliaOval-leaf milkweed20
Asclepias pumilaLow Milkweed, Plains milkweed21
Asclepias purpurascensPurple Milkweed21
Asclepias quadrifoliaFourleaf Milkweed22
Asclepias rubraRed Silkweed31
Asclepias speciosaShowy Milkweed32
Asclepias syriacaCommon Milkweed, Silkweed, Milkweed32
Asclepias tuberosaPleurisy Root, Butterfly milkweed, Rolfs' milkweed, Indian Paintbrush33
Asclepias viridifloraGreen Milkweed, Green comet milkweed32
Astilbe longicarpa 10
Astragalus boeticusSwedish Coffee20
Astragalus christianus 20
Astragalus crassicarpusGround Plum, Groundplum milkvetch41
Astragalus diphysusSpecklepod Milkvetch, Freckled milkvetch30
Astragalus hamosusEuropean milkvetch12
Cakile maritimaSea Rocket, European searocket20
Caragana arborescensSiberian Pea Tree, Siberian peashrub51
Caragana boisiiSiberian peatree40
Caragana fruticosaSiberian Peashrub,30
Catalpa ovataChinese Catalpa11
Ceratonia siliquaCarob, St. john's bread32
Cercis occidentalisWestern Redbud, California Redbud30
Cercis siliquastrumJudas Tree, Redbud40
Chilopsis linearisDesert Willow11
Cicer arietinumChick Pea41
Cleome serrulataRocky Mountain Beeplant31
Crithmum maritimumRock Samphire22
Crotalaria sessiliflora 11
Cynanchum amplexicaule 11
Cynanchum atratumBai Wei12
Cynanchum sibiricum 10
Descurainia pinnataTansy Mustard, Western tansymustard, Menzies' tansymustard.21
Erythronium grandiflorumAvalanche Lily, Yellow avalanche-lily31
Fritillaria affinisChocolate Lily, Checker lily30
Fritillaria camschatcensisKamchatka Lily, Kamchatka fritillary40
Fritillaria pudicaYellow Fritillary30
Gleditsia koraiensisKorean Honey Locust22
Gleditsia triacanthosHoney Locust32
Glycine maxSoya Bean42
Glycine sojaWild Soya Bean32
Gymnocladus dioicaKentucky Coffee Tree32
Indigofera hebepetala 10
Lablab purpureusHyacinth Bean, Bonavist-bean42
Lathyrus ciceraChickling Vetch, Red pea10
Lathyrus davidii 10
Lathyrus japonicus maritimusBeach Pea20
Lathyrus latifoliusPerennial Sweet Pea, Perennial pea10
Lathyrus ornatusBush Vetchling11
Lathyrus polymorphusManystem Peavine, Hoary pea10
Lathyrus sativusChickling Pea, White pea21
Lens culinarisLentil51
Lepidium campestrePepperwort, Field pepperweed20
Lepidium densiflorumCommon Pepperweed21
Lepidium virginicumWild Pepper Grass, Virginia pepperweed, Intermediate pepperweed, Menzies' pepperweed, Hairy pepperwe22
Lotus corniculatusBird's Foot Trefoil11
Lotus edulis 30
Lotus tetragonolobusAsparagus Pea, Winged pea30
Lupinus nootkatensisBlue Lupine, Nootka lupine30
Lupinus perennisSundial Lupine31
Matthiola incanaStock, Tenweeks stock, Gillyflower, Brompton Stock21
Melilotus albusWhite Melilot22
Melilotus altissimusTall Melilot, Tall yellow sweetclover20
Melilotus officinalisMelilot, Sweetclover23
Oenothera albicaulisWhitest Evening Primrose21
Oenothera biennisEvening Primrose, Sun Drop, Common evening primrose35
Oenothera brevipesGolden Suncup20
Oenothera elata hookeriHooker's Evening Primrose21
Oxalis strictaYellow Wood Sorrel, Common yellow oxalis, Common Yellow Wood Sorrel, Oxalis21
Pachyrhizus ahipaAhipa, Yam bean30
Pachyrhizus tuberosusJicama, Ajipo30
Phaseolus coccineusRunner Bean, Scarlet runner40
Phaseolus lunatusLima Bean, Sieva bean41
Phaseolus vulgarisFrench Bean, Kidney bean52
Picea glaucaWhite Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, Canadian Spruce22
Picea marianaBlack Spruce, Swamp Spruce22
Picea sitchensisSitka Spruce22
Picea smithianaMorinda Spruce20
Pinus densifloraJapanese Red Pine22
Pinus edulisRocky Mountain Piñon, Twoneedle pinyon, Nut Pine, Pinyon Pine, Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Singlelea42
Pinus sabinianaDigger Pine, California foothill pine, Bull Pine, Gray Pine, Digger Pine42
Podocarpium oldhamii 21
Proboscidea fragransSweet Unicorn Plant, Ram's horn20
Psophocarpus tetragonolobusWinged Bean30
Raphanus landraRadish20
Raphanus maritimaSea Radish20
Raphanus raphanistrumWild Radish21
Raphanus sativusRadish, Cultivated radish43
Raphanus sativus caudatusRat-Tail Radish33
Raphanus sativus nigerOriental Radish43
Raphanus sativus oleiformisFodder Radish33
Robinia neomexicanaNew Mexico Locust, Rusby's locust, Locust11
Robinia pseudoacaciaBlack Locust, Yellow Locust32
Scorpiurus muricatusPrickly scorpion's-tail10
Scorpiurus vermiculatus 10
Tragopogon gracilis 10
Trifolium fucatum virescens 20
Trigonella foenum-graecumFenugreek, Sicklefruit fenugreek45
Tropaeolum majusNasturtium, Indian Cress43
Tropaeolum minusDwarf Nasturtium43
Vicia americanaAmerican Vetch, Mat vetch21
Vigna unguiculata cylindricaJerusalem Pea21
Yucca brevifoliaJoshua Tree, Jaeger's Joshua tree, Yucca, Joshua Tree30
Yucca elataSoap Tree, Soaptree yucca, Soapweed, Soapweed Yucca20
Yucca glaucaSoapweed, Soapweed yucca, Gurney's yucca, American Vetch, Yucca, Narrowleaf Yucca, Soapweed22
Cercis canadensisRedbud, Eastern redbud, Mexican redbud,Texas redbud32
Albizia proceraWhite Siris, Tall Albizia, Forest Siris12
Archidendron jiringaJengkol, Jiringa42
Bauhinia purpureaOrchid Tree, Purple Butterfly Tree, Mountain Ebony, Geranium Tree, Purple Bauhinia22
Bauhinia vahliiMalu Creeper, Adda Leaf, Pahur Camel's Foot Creeper23
Bombax ceibaRed Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree22
Cajanus cajanPigeon Pea, Puerto Rico Bean, Gandul, Dhal, Congo Pea42
Cyamopsis tetragonolobaGuar, Cluster Bean43
Dichrostachys cinereaMarabou Thorn, Sickle Bush22
Dipteryx odorataTonka Bean, Brazilian Teak32
Flemingia macrophyllaEnoki-mame12
Inga edulisIce Cream Bean, Monkey Tamarind42
Inga jinicuilIce Cream Bean, Jinicuil40
Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind32
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Moringa stenopetalaAfrican horseradish tree, cabbagetree43
Pachyrhizus erosusYam Bean, Jicama, Mexican Yam40
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Pithecellobium dulceManila Tamarind, Madras Thorn42
Prosopis julifloraMesquite, Honey Mesquite32
Samanea samanRain Tree, False Powder Puff, Monkey Pod32
Santalum spicatumWest Australian Sandalwood22
Senna alataRingworm Bush, Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant24
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Sphenostylis stenocarpaAfrican Yam Bean40
Tamarindus indicaTamarind43
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
Vanilla planifoliaVanilla42
Vigna angularisAdzuki Bean42
Vigna mungoBlack Gram, Urd Bean, Black Matpe, Black Mung Bean42
Vigna radiataMung Bean, Thai Mung Bean42
Vigna unguiculata unguiculataBlack-Eyed Pea42
Acacia angustissimaPrairie acacia. Timbre. Fernleaf Acacia23
Acacia coleiCole's wattle, Candelabra Wattle, Soap wattle, 32
Acacia cowleanaHall’s Creek wattle32
Acacia holosericeaStrap wattle, Candelabra wattle12
Bauhinia petersianaWhite bauhinia, Zambezi coffee32
Canavalia gladiataSword Bean32
Cercidium microphyllumPaloverde. Foothill palo verde. Small-leaved palo verde30
Clitoria ternateaButterfly pea30
Enterolobium cyclocarpumDevil's Ear. Earpod tree22
Glycine spp.Perennial Soybean43
Pentaclethra macrophyllaAfrican Oil Bean. Oil Bean Tree, Owala Oil32
Phaseolus polystachiosThicket Bean. Wild bean20
Prosopis albaWhite carob tree, Algarrobo blanco32
Prosopis chilensisChilean algarrobo, Chilean mesquite20
Prosopis cinerariaJandi, Ghaf32
Prosopis glandulosaHoneypod mesquite. Glandular mesquite32
Prosopis pallidaAlgaroba22
Prosopis tamarugoTamarugo10
Senna auriculataMatara Tea. Tanner's cassia23
Senna singueanaWinter cassia, Sticky pod23
Caragana frutexRussian pea shrub00
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