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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acacia aneuraMulga Acacia30
Acacia coriaceaWiry Wattle, Acacia, Leather Leaf30
Acacia dealbataMimosa, Silver wattle20
Acacia decurrensGreen Wattle21
Acacia longifoliaSydney Golden Wattle, Acacia30
Acacia mearnsiiBlack Wattle, Late black wattle13
Acacia melanoxylonBlackwood, Australia Acacia, Black Acacia, Blackwood Acacia21
Acacia podalyriifoliaQueensland Silver Wattle, Pearl wattle10
Acacia pycnanthaGolden Wattle20
Acacia retinodesSwamp Wattle, Water wattle20
Acacia salignaBlue-Leaved Wattle, Orange wattle10
Acacia sophoraeCoastal Wattle, Acacia20
Acacia victoriaeBramble wattle. Gundabluey, Bardi bush42
Acer spicatumMountain Maple22
Achnatherum hymenoidesIndian Millet, Indian ricegrass30
Acrocarpus fraxinifoliusPink Cedar, Shingle Tree00
Adenostoma fasciculatumGreasewood01
Agathis macrophyllaDakua00
Agave sisalanaSisal22
Ailanthus altissimaTree Of Heaven13
Albizia lebbeckSiris Tree, Woman's Tongue, East Indian Walnut12
Albizia proceraWhite Siris, Tall Albizia, Forest Siris12
Allocasuarina littoralisBlack She Oak, Bull Oak, Wayetuck10
Alnus acuminataAlder02
Alnus nepalensisNepalese Alder01
Alnus rubraRed Alder, Oregon Alder22
Alnus rugosaSpeckled Alder02
Alnus serrulataSmooth Alder, Hazel alder02
Alnus sinuataSitka Alder11
Alnus tenuifoliaMountain Alder, Thinleaf alder12
Amelanchier alnifoliaSaskatoon, Saskatoon serviceberry, Serviceberry52
Amelanchier arboreaDowny Serviceberry, Alabama serviceberry, Juneberry, Common Serviceberry, Downy Serviceberry31
Ammophila arenariaMarram Grass, European beachgrass10
Ammophila breviligulataBeach Grass, American beachgrass00
Amorpha canescensLead Plant22
Amorpha fruticosaFalse Indigo, False indigo bush12
Amorpha nanaDwarf Indigobush, Dwarf false indigo, Dwarf Indigo01
Anabasis aphylla 01
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Anogeissus leiocarpaAfrican Birch24
Arctostaphylos uva-ursiBearberry34
Arenga pinnataSolitary Sugar Palm41
Argania spinosaArgan Tree, Spiny Argania, Morocco Ironwood42
Artocarpus camansiBreadnut, Kamansi41
Artocarpus heterophyllusJackfruit52
Artocarpus mariannensisSeeded breadfruit, Marianas bread43
Arundinaria giganteaCanebrake bamboo, Cane Reed, Giant cane31
Arundo donaxGiant Reed, Giant Reed Grass32
Atriplex nummulariaGiant Saltbush, Bluegreen saltbush32
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Baccharis halimifoliaBush Groundsel, Eastern baccharis, High Tide Bush, Sea Myrtle, Salt Bush01
Baccharis pilularisDwarf Chaparral Broom, Coyotebrush , Chaparral Broom01
Baccharis vimineaMule's Fat11
Baccharoides hymenolepisBaccharoides42
Bambusa bambosGiant Thorny Bamboo33
Bambusa blumeanaSpiny Bamboo. Spiny bamboo, Thorny bamboo20
Bambusa vulgarisCommon Bamboo32
Bauhinia vahliiMalu Creeper, Adda Leaf, Pahur Camel's Foot Creeper23
Betula nigraRiver Birch, Black Birch, Red Birch, Water Birch, River Birch32
Blephilia ciliataDowny wood mint31
Blighia sapidaAkee, ackee apple or ayee32
Boscia senegalensisAizen, Boscia42
Bromus inermisSmooth Brome, Pumpelly's brome00
Buchanania lanzanAlmondette, Charoli Nut42
Buddleia paniculata 01
Cajanus cajanPigeon Pea, Puerto Rico Bean, Gandul, Dhal, Congo Pea42
Calliandra calothyrsusRed Calliandra, Powderpuff, Kaliandra00
Calophyllum brasilienseBrazil Beauty-Leaf02
Calopogonium mucunoidesCalopo, Wild ground nut00
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Caragana arborescensSiberian Pea Tree, Siberian peashrub51
Caragana boisiiSiberian peatree40
Caragana brevispinaLong-Stalked Pea-shrub41
Caragana frutexRussian pea shrub00
Caragana fruticosaSiberian Peashrub,30
Caragana microphyllaLittleleaf Peashrub00
Carex arenariaSand Sedge22
Carex pensylvanicaPennsylvania sedge00
Carpobrotus acinaciformisHottentot Fig20
Carpobrotus aequilaterusSea Fig20
Carpobrotus deliciosusSweet Hottentot Fig20
Carpobrotus edulisHottentot Fig,22
Casuarina cunninghamianaRiver She-Oak00
Casuarina equisetifoliaShe Oak, Common Ru, Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina12
Casuarina oligodonShe-oak, kilu00
Ceiba pentandraKapok Tree, Cotton Tree, Suma'ma33
Celtis pallidaDesert Hackberry20
Centrosema virginianumButterfly Pea, Spurred butterfly pea00
Ceratostigma plumbaginoidesBlue leadwood, Blue Plumbago, Perennial Plumbago, Leadwort00
Chamaecrista fasciculataGolden Cassia, Partridge pea00
Chamaecytisus proliferusTagasaste. Tree lucerne.00
Chrysobalanus icacoCoco Plum, Paradise Plum42
Chrysopogon zizanioidesVetiver, Vetiver Root, Khus Khus22
Cissus quadrangularisVeldt Grape24
Colutea arborescensBladder Senna02
Colutea x media 00
Commiphora myrrhaMyrrh, Myrrh Gum24
Cordia bicolorMuneco10
Coreopsis verticillataWhorled tickseed11
Cornus asperifolia drummondiiRoughleaf Dogwood00
Coronilla variaCrown Vetch01
Cotoneaster microphyllus 21
Crataegus aestivalisEastern Mayhaw, May hawthorn, Mayhaw, Apple Hawthorn32
Cupressus arizonicaArizona Cypress00
Cupressus lusitanicaMexican Cypress02
Cynodon dactylonBermuda Grass03
Cyperus articulatusJointed flatsedge, Priprioca, Piripiri14
Cyperus ustulatus 00
Cytisus decumbensProstrate Broom00
Cytisus scopariusBroom, Scotch broom, Common Broom13
Dactyladenia barteriMonkey Fruit02
Dactylis glomerataCock's Foot, Orchardgrass, Ascherson's orchardgrass01
Dalbergia melanoxylonAfrican Blackwood, Grenadilla, Mpingo02
Darmera peltataUmbrella Plant, Indian rhubarb, Indian Rubarb, Indian Rubarb20
Dendrocalamus giganteusGiant Bamboo, Bhalu bans, Dhungre bans21
Dendrocalamus membranaceusWhite bamboo30
Dendrocalamus strictusMale Bamboo. Calcutta Stricta or Bamboo31
Dianella congestaBeach Flax Lily20
Dichrostachys cinereaMarabou Thorn, Sickle Bush22
Dicksonia antarcticaTree Fern, Australian treefern11
Diervilla loniceraBush Honeysuckle, Northern bush honeysuckle02
Diospyros virginianaAmerican Persimmon, Common persimmon, Persimmon51
Drepanostachyum falcatumRingal20
Elymus canadensisCanadian Wild Rye20
Elymus glaucaBlue Wild Rye20
Elytrigia junceaSand Couch00
Elytrigia repensCouch Grass, Quackgrass23
Eragrostis curvulaWeeping Love Grass10
Eriodictyon trichocalyxHairy Yerba Santa11
Eryngium maritimumSea Holly, Seaside eryngo33
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus robustaSwamp Mahogany, Eucalyptus Gum03
Eucalyptus viminalisManna Gum32
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Fagraea fragransIronwood, Tembusu02
Faidherbia albidaWhite Acacia. White-thorn. Apple ring acacia12
Falcataria moluccanaBatai00
Fallugia paradoxaApache Plume00
Ficus coronataSandpaper Fig31
Ficus racemosaCluster Fig32
Flemingia macrophyllaEnoki-mame12
Gigantochloa hasskarlianaAwi Tela40
Gleditsia aquaticaWater Locust00
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Glyptostrobus pensilisChinese Swamp Cypress02
Goodenia varia 01
Gymnanthemum amygdalinumBitterleaf43
Haloxylon persicumSalt Tree00
Heliopsis helianthoidesFalse sunflower, Oxeye sunflower20
Hierochloe odorataHoly Grass22
Himalayacalamus hookerianusPadang20
Hippophae rhamnoidesSea Buckthorn, Seaberry55
Hippophae rhamnoides turkestanicaSea Buckthorn55
Hippophae salicifoliaWillow-Leaved Sea Buckthorn53
Imperata cylindricaCogongrass, Japanese Blood Grass33
Indigofera hendecaphyllaCreeping indigo, spicate indigo, trailing indigo00
Inga edulisIce Cream Bean, Monkey Tamarind42
Inocarpus fagiferTahiti Chestnut, Polynesian Chestnut42
Intsia bijugaMoluccan Ironwood, Ipil12
Jasminum nudiflorumWinter-Flowering Jasmin, Winter jasmine01
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Kummerowia stipulaceaKorean Lespedeza, Korean clover01
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Lathyrus sativusChickling Pea, White pea21
Leptospermum laevigatumCoast Tea Tree, Australian teatree10
Lespedeza bicolorLespedeza, Shrub lespedeza30
Leymus arenariusLyme Grass, Sand ryegrass20
Leymus racemosusVolga Wild Rye, Mammoth wildrye30
Lycium afrum 12
Lycium andersoniiWolfberry, Water jacket12
Lycium arabicum 12
Lycium australe 12
Lycium barbarumGoji, Box Thorn, Matrimony vine43
Lycium berlandieriBerlandier's wolfberry12
Lycium carolinianumChristmas Berry, Carolina desert-thorn32
Lycium chinenseChinese Boxthorn, Chinese desert-thorn43
Lycium europaeumEuropean tea-tree, Box thorn,32
Lycium fremontiiDesert Thorn, Fremont's desert-thorn12
Lycium pallidumPale Wolfberry, Pale desert-thorn, Rabbit thorn32
Lycium ruthenicum 32
Lycium schweinfurthii 22
Lycium torreyiSquawthorn, Torrey wolfberry22
Mahonia repensCreeping Oregon Grape, Creeping barberry, Grape Oregon33
Mammea americanaMammee Apple, Mammey42
Metasequoia glyptostroboidesDawn Redwood00
Metroxylon amicarumCaroline Ivory Nut Palm31
Metroxylon saguSago Palm40
Mimosa pudicaMorivivir, Sensitive Plant22
Moringa stenopetalaAfrican horseradish tree, cabbagetree43
Morus mesozygiaAfrican mulberry23
Myoporum tetrandrumBoobialla10
Nauclea latifoliaAfrican Peach34
Nerium oleanderOleander, Rose Bay02
Nypa fruticansNipa Palm, Mangrove Palm32
Octomeles sumatranaIlimo Tree22
Olea europaeaOlive, African olive, European olive43
Onobrychis viciifoliaSainfoin10
Ophiopogon japonicusSnake's Beard, Dwarf lilyturf, Mondo Grass, Monkey Grass, Dwarf Lilyturf23
Oxytenanthera abyssynicaSavanah Bamboo22
Panicum obtusumVine Mesquite20
Parkinsonia aculeataJerusalem Thorn32
Peltophorum dasyrhachisPeltophorum, Soga02
Phlox divaricataWild blue phlox00
Phlox subulataMoss phlox00
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Phyllostachys bambusoidesMadake, Japanese timber bamboo41
Phyllostachys nidulariaBig-Node Bamboo, Broom bamboo50
Pinus caribaeaCaribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine22
Pinus halepensisAleppo Pine22
Pinus mugoDwarf Mountain Pine, Mugo pine, Mountain Pine12
Pinus pinasterMaritime Pine22
Pinus thunbergiiJapanese Black Pine22
Pittosporum crassifoliumKaro, Stiffleaf cheesewood00
Pleioblastus humilis 00
Pleioblastus humilis pumilus 00
Pleioblastus pygmaeus distichusPigmy Bamboo, Dwarf Fern Leaf Bamboo00
Polygonum molle 21
Pongamia pinnataPongam, Karum Tree, Poonga-Oil Tree, Indian Beech03
Populus angustifoliaNarrowleaf Cottonwood12
Populus deltoidesEastern Cottonwood, Plains cottonwood, Rio Grande cottonwood, Necklace Poplar22
Populus deltoides wislizeniiRio Grande Cottonwood21
Potentilla fruticosaShrubby Cinquefoil, Potentilla11
Prinsepia utilisCherry prinsepia42
Prosopis albaWhite carob tree, Algarrobo blanco32
Prosopis cinerariaJandi, Ghaf32
Prosopis julifloraMesquite, Honey Mesquite32
Prunus africanaPygeum05
Prunus americanaAmerican Plum, American Wild Plum, Wild Plum32
Prunus angustifoliaChickasaw Plum, Watson's plum, Hally Jolivette Cherry31
Prunus maritimaBeach Plum, Graves' plum41
Prunus pensylvanicaPin Cherry22
Prunus virginianaChokecherry, Western chokecherry, Black chokecherry32
Prunus virginiana demissaWestern Chokecherry32
Prunus virginiana melanocarpaRocky Mountain Chokecherry32
Pseudosasa japonicaMetake - Bamboo21
Psoralea argophyllaSilverleaf Scurf Pea, Silverleaf Indian breadroot21
Psoralea californicaCalifornia Indian breadroot20
Psoralea canescensBuckroot21
Psoralea castoreaBeaver Indian breadroot40
Psoralea cuspidataIndian Breadroot, Largebract Indian breadroot20
Psoralea esculentaBreadroot, Large Indian breadroot51
Psoralea hypogaeaSmall Indian Breadroot40
Psoralea lanceolataLemon scurfpea20
Psoralea mephitica 20
Psoralea orbicularisRoundleaf Leather Root11
Psoralea subacaulisWhiterim scurfpea20
Psoralea tenuifloraSlender Scurfy Pea, Slimflower scurfpea20
Pterocarpus angolensisAmbila03
Pueraria montanaKudzu Vine45
Pueraria montana lobataKudzu Vine45
Pueraria phaseoloidesTropical Kudzu21
Pyrus salicifoliaWillow-Leaved Pear20
Rhus aromaticaLemon Sumach, Fragrant sumac42
Rhus copallinaDwarf Sumach, Winged sumac, Flameleaf Sumac, Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac42
Rhus glabraSmooth Sumach43
Rhus ovataSugar Bush, Sugar sumac21
Rhus typhinaStag's Horn Sumach, Velvet Sumac, Staghorn Sumac42
Rhus x pulvinata 42
Ricinodendron heudelotiiManketti nut, Zambezi almond, African oil-nut-tree33
Robinia fertilisBristly Locust00
Robinia flava 10
Robinia luxuriansNew Mexico locust10
Robinia neomexicanaNew Mexico Locust, Rusby's locust, Locust11
Robinia pseudoacaciaBlack Locust, Yellow Locust32
Robinia viscosaClammy Locust, Hartweg's locust00
Rosa multifloraJapanese Rose, Multiflora rose22
Rosa virginianaVirginia Rose21
Rubus ellipticusGolden Evergreen Raspberry, Yellow Himalayan raspberry42
Salix acutifoliaSharp-Leaf Willow12
Salix amygdaloidesPeach Leaved Willow02
Salix arenaria 12
Salix atrocinereaRusty Sallow, large gray willow03
Salix babylonicaWeeping Willow, Babylon Weeping Willow13
Salix cinereaGrey Willow, Large gray willow03
Salix daphnoidesViolet Willow, Daphne willow12
Salix eriocephalaMissouri Willow, Missouri River willow02
Salix exiguaCoyote Willow, Narrowleaf willow12
Salix fluviatilisRiver Willow02
Salix gracilistylaRosegold Pussy Willow12
Salix hastataHalberd-Leaved Willow, Halberd willow12
Salix hybridsHybrid willows33
Salix nigraBlack Willow13
Salix purpureaPurple Osier. purpleosier willow13
Salix purpurea lambertianaPurple Osier13
Salix repensCreeping Willow12
Salix viminalisOsier. Basket Willow12
Sanguisorba minorSalad Burnet, Small burnet42
Sapindus mukorossiChinese Soapberry, Soap Berry, Chinese Soapberry, Soapnut Tree12
Sapium sebiferumVegetable Tallow, Chinese tallow, Popcorn Tree, Chinese Tallow Tree22
Sasa kurilensisChishima Zasa41
Sasaella ramosaAzuma-Zasa00
Schizolobium parahybaGuapiruvu00
Secale cerealeRye, Cereal rye41
Senegalia senegalGum Arabic32
Senna siameaSiamese Senna, Kassod Tree11
Setaria italicaFoxtail Millet42
Shepherdia argenteaBuffalo Berry, Silver Buffaloberry,31
Simarouba amaraParadise tree, bitterwood34
Simarouba glaucaParadise Tree, Bitterwood, Dysentery-bark34
Sonneratia caseolarisFirefly mangrove, mangrove apple22
Spartina anglicaCord Grass, Common cordgrass00
Spartina x townsendiiTownsend's Cord Grass00
Spiraea salicifoliaBridewort, Willowleaf meadowsweet11
Staphylea trifoliaAmerican Bladder Nut31
Stylosanthes guianensisEstilo00
Symphoricarpos albus laevigatusSnowberry12
Symphoricarpos occidentalisWolfberry, Western snowberry11
Symphoricarpos orbiculatusCoralberry11
Syzygium jambosJambos, Rose Apple, Plum Rose32
Talipariti tiliaceumBeach Hibiscus, Sea Hibiscus, Cottontree, Mahoe32
Tamarix anglicaEnglish Tree11
Tamarix gallicaManna Plant, French tamarisk12
Tamarix hispidaKashgar Tree00
Tamarix ramosissimaTamarisk, Saltcedar10
Tarchonanthus camphoratusCamphor Bush, Wild Camphor Bush13
Tephrosia candidaWhite Tephrosia00
Terminalia catappaIndian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree42
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
Thyrsostachys siamensisMonastery Bamboo40
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
Trichanthera giganteaGiant trichanthera, Nacadero22
Tussilago farfaraColtsfoot33
Typha angustifoliaSmall Reed Mace, Narrowleaf cattail53
Typha bungeana 43
Typha davidiana 43
Typha domingensisSouthern Cattail43
Typha elephantinaBora. Elephant grass, Indian reed-mace.33
Typha glaucaHybrid cattail40
Typha latifoliaReedmace, Broadleaf cattail, Bullrush, Nailrod53
Typha laxmannii 41
Typha orientalisBroadleaf Cumbungi43
Uapaca kirkianaWild Loquat42
Ulex europaeusGorse, Common gorse11
Uniola paniculataSea Oats, Sea Oats Grass20
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vachellia seyalShittim Wood22
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
Vetiveria zizanioidesVetiveria, Vetivergrass20
Vigna angularisAdzuki Bean42
Vigna hoseiSarawak Bean00
Vitex negundoHuang Ping, Chinese chastetree, Cut Leaf Vitex, Cut-leaf Chastetree23
Woodfordia fruticosaFire-flame bush22
Zannichellia palustrisHorned Pondweed00
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