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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Achyranthes asperaDevil's Horsewhip23
Aesculus californicaCalifornian Buckeye, California Horsechestnut31
Aesculus chinensisChinese Horse Chestnut31
Aesculus flavaSweet Buckeye, Yellow buckeye40
Aesculus glabraOhio Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye21
Aesculus hippocastanumHorse Chestnut, European Horsechestnut, Common Horsechestnut34
Aesculus indicaIndian Horse Chestnut31
Aesculus parvifloraBottlebrush buckeye21
Aesculus paviaRed Buckeye21
Aesculus turbinataJapanese Horse Chestnut20
Aesculus x carneaRed Horse Chestnut, Ruby Red Horsechestnut21
Agave americanaAgave, American century plant33
Agave parryiCentury Plant, Parry's agave, Mescal31
Agave utahensis discretaCentury Plant31
Agave utahensis eborispinaCentury Plant31
Anagallis arvensisScarlet Pimpernel22
Anemarrhena asphodeloidesZhi Mu03
Arctostaphylos manzanitaManzanita, Whiteleaf manzanita, Konocti manzanita, Contra Costa manzanita, Roof's manzanita, Wieslan31
Asparagus racemosusShatavari35
Astragalus garbancillo 00
Atriplex lentiformisQuail Bush, Big saltbush, Quailbush,31
Camellia sasanquaCamellia, Sasanqua camellia31
Ceanothus americanusNew Jersey Tea, Wild Snowball33
Ceanothus arboreusCatalina Mountain Lilac, Feltleaf ceanothus00
Ceanothus cuneatusBuckbrush, Sedgeleaf buckbrush, Monterey ceanothus21
Ceanothus divergensCropleaf Ceanothus, Calistoga ceanothus00
Ceanothus fendleriFendler's Ceanothus21
Ceanothus impressusSanta Barbara Ceanothus00
Ceanothus integerrimusDeer Brush21
Ceanothus maritimusMaritime Ceanothus00
Ceanothus ovatusSmaller Red-Root21
Ceanothus prostratusSquaw Carpet, Prostrate ceanothus00
Ceanothus purpureusHollyleaf Ceanothus00
Ceanothus sanguineusOregon Tea Tree, Redstem ceanothus21
Ceanothus thyrsiflorusBlue Brush, Blueblossom00
Ceanothus velutinusSticky Laurel, Snowbrush ceanothus, Hooker's ceanothus22
Chenopodium albumFat Hen, Lambsquarters32
Chenopodium californicumCalifornia Goosefoot21
Chenopodium quinoaQuinoa, Goosefoot, Pigweed, Inca Wheat50
Chlorogalum pomeridianumSoap Lily, Wavyleaf soap plant32
Clethra alnifoliaSweet Pepper Bush, Coastal sweetpepperbush, Summer Sweet00
Cornus hemsleyi 00
Cucurbita foetidissimaBuffalo Gourd, Missouri gourd32
Dianthus caryophyllusCarnation, Clove Pink, Border Carnation22
Dioscorea deltoideaYam22
Elaeagnus commutataSilverberry32
Euphorbia thomsoniana 01
Ginkgo bilobaMaidenhair Tree, Ginkgo55
Gleditsia caspicaCaspian Locust10
Gleditsia japonica 31
Gleditsia macracantha 01
Gleditsia sinensisLocust33
Gutierrezia sarothraeBroomweed, Broom snakeweed02
Gymnocladus chinensisSoap Tree20
Gymnocladus dioicaKentucky Coffee Tree32
Gypsophila licentiana 10
Gypsophila struthium 02
Hedera helixIvy, English ivy, Algerian ivy, Baltic Ivy, Common Ivy03
Herniaria hirsutaHairy Rupture Wort01
Ilex cassineCassine, Dahoon, Cassine Holly11
Ipomopsis aggregataSkyrocket, Scarlet gilia12
Leontice leontopetalumRakaf11
Lychnis flos-cuculiRagged Robin00
Lychnis fulgensBrilliant campion10
Marah macrocarpusChilicothe, Cucamonga manroot02
Mesembryanthemum crystallinumIce Plant, Common iceplant31
Panax japonicusJapanese Ginseng11
Philadelphus coronariusMock Orange, Sweet mock orange00
Philadelphus delavayi 00
Philadelphus lewisiiMock Orange, Lewis' mock orange01
Philadelphus microphyllusLittleleaf Mock Orange10
Philadelphus pubescensHoary mock orange00
Philadelphus purpurascens 00
Philadelphus x virginalisMock Orange00
Phytolacca americanaPokeweed, American pokeweed, Garnet, Pigeon Berry, Poke33
Pittosporum crassifoliumKaro, Stiffleaf cheesewood00
Pittosporum phillyreoidesWeeping Pittosporum, Narrow-leaf Pittosporum21
Polygonum lapathifoliumCurlytop Knotweed11
Polygonum nepalenseNepalese smartweed11
Populus trichocarpaWestern Balsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Pteridium aquilinumBracken, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern22
Pteridium aquilinum esculentumBracken22
Quillaja saponariaSoap-Bark Tree, Soapbark03
Rubus parviflorusThimbleberry33
Sapindus drummondiiWestern Soapberry11
Sapindus marginatusWingleaf soapberry10
Saponaria ocymoidesTumbling Ted. Rock Soapwort, Rock soapwort00
Saponaria officinalisSoapwort, Bouncingbet03
Shepherdia canadensisBuffalo Berry, Russet buffaloberry, Canada Buffaloberry32
Silene acaulisMoss Campion11
Silene dioicaRed Campion, Red catchfly00
Silene latifoliaWhite Campion, Bladder campion00
Silene vulgarisBladder Campion, Maidenstears21
Symphoricarpos albus laevigatusSnowberry12
Trichosanthes ovigeraJapanese Snake Gourd22
Withania somniferaAshwagandha - Indian Ginseng, Withania14
Yucca aloifoliaSpanish Bayonet, Aloe yucca, Dagger Plant, Yucca, Spanish Bayonet31
Yucca angustissimaNarrowleaf yucca, Kanab yucca, Toft's yucca, Yucca30
Yucca baccataSpanish Bayonet, Banana yucca, Blue Yucca, Spanish Yucca41
Yucca brevifoliaJoshua Tree, Jaeger's Joshua tree, Yucca, Joshua Tree30
Yucca constrictaBuckley's Yucca20
Yucca elataSoap Tree, Soaptree yucca, Soapweed, Soapweed Yucca20
Yucca filamentosaSpoonleaf Yucca, Adam's needle, Desert Candle, Needle Palm, St. Peter's Palm, Spanish Bayonet, Comm31
Yucca filifera 20
Yucca glaucaSoapweed, Soapweed yucca, Gurney's yucca, American Vetch, Yucca, Narrowleaf Yucca, Soapweed22
Yucca gloriosaSpanish Dagger, moundlily yucca, Palm Lily, Roman Candle, Mound Lily Yucca, Spanish Dagger21
Yucca harrimaniaeSpanish Bayonet, New Mexico Spanish bayonet20
Yucca recurvifoliaCurve-leaf yucca30
Yucca rupicolaTwisted-Leaf Yucca, Texas yucca20
Yucca schidigeraMojave Yucca, Yucca30
Yucca smallianaAdam's Needle, Weak-leaf yucca20
Yucca whippleiOur Lord's Candle30
Acacia concinnaShikakai, Soap-Pod21
Adansonia digitataBaobab, Judas Fruit, Monkey Bread Tree33
Adenanthera pavoninaRed Sandalwood, Coral Tree32
Albizia lebbeckSiris Tree, Woman's Tongue, East Indian Walnut12
Allanblackia floribundaVegetable Tallow. Tallow tree32
Aniba rosaeodoraBrazilian Rosewood, Rosewood-oil tree23
Bauhinia thonningiiCamel's foot tree, monkey bread32
Blighia sapidaAkee, ackee apple or ayee32
Bromelia karatasAnanas pingouin, Karatas, Camburito32
Calopogonium caeruleumWild jicama00
Carica papayaPapaya, Mamo, Melon Tree53
Dimocarpus longanLongan, Lungan, Dragon's Eye, Cat's Eye43
Elaeis guineensisAfrican Oil Palm52
Elaeis oleiferaAmerican Oil Palm30
Entada phaseoloidesSt. Thomas Bean32
Enterolobium cyclocarpumDevil's Ear. Earpod tree22
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Lecythis ollariaMonkey Pot. Sapucaia nut, Pot nut30
Lecythis pisonisParadise Nut. Brazilian Monkey Pot32
Mimusops elengiSpanish Cherry, Bakul32
Moringa stenopetalaAfrican horseradish tree, cabbagetree43
Nephelium lappaceumRambutan, Hairy Lychee52
Oenocarpus batauaPataua Palm. Bataua32
Sapindus saponariaSoapberry, Wild Chinaberry, Florida Soap Berry, Soap Nut, Soap Tree02
Schinziophyton rautaneniiMongongo Nut. Manketti Tree32
Gossypium herbaceumLevant cotton33
Guaiacum sanctumLignum Vitae, Guaiacum, Holy Wood02
Hevea brasiliensisPara Rubber Tree, Brazilian Rubber Tree20
Jasminum grandiflorumJasmin33
Lophira alataNiam Tree20
Melaleuca leucadendraPaperbark, Weeping Paperbark24
Ongokea goreBoleko Nut22
Phytolacca dodecandraEndod, Pokeberry23
Pycnanthus angolensisAfrican Nutmeg23
Sapindus mukorossiChinese Soapberry, Soap Berry, Chinese Soapberry, Soapnut Tree12
Securidaca longipedunculataViolet Tree14
Solanum quitoenseNaranjilla, Quito Orange40
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