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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Achnatherum hymenoidesIndian Millet, Indian ricegrass30
Araucaria angustifoliaParana Pine. Brazilian-pine, Candelabra-tree.31
Araucaria araucanaMonkey Puzzle Tree51
Araucaria bidwilliiBunya-Bunya, Monkey Puzzle Tree, False Monkey Puzzle30
Artocarpus camansiBreadnut, Kamansi41
Artocarpus heterophyllusJackfruit52
Artocarpus integerChampedak40
Artocarpus mariannensisSeeded breadfruit, Marianas bread43
Astrebla squarrosaBull Mitchell grass40
Bactris gasipaesPeach Palm, Pupunha52
Barringtonia edulisVutu kana, Cut nut42
Barringtonia novae hiberniaePao Nut42
Barringtonia proceraPao nuts, Cut nut42
Bauhinia thonningiiCamel's foot tree, monkey bread32
Brosimum alicastrumBreadnut. Maya nut32
Brosimum utileCow Tree, Palo De Vaca32
Castanea crenataJapanese Chestnut30
Castanea mollissimaChinese Chestnut32
Castanea sativaSweet Chestnut, European chestnut52
Castanea speciesChestnut Hybrids42
Castanopsis acuminatissimaCastanopsis chestnut, White oak30
Castanopsis inermisBraided Chestnut, Berangan30
Castanopsis javanicaSpiny oak, Java chinkapin tree20
Castanopsis tribuloides 20
Ceratonia siliquaCarob, St. john's bread32
Chenopodium bonus-henricusGood King Henry42
Coix lacryma-jobiJob's Tears33
Cordeauxia edulisYeheb. Yeheb nut32
Distichlis palmeriNipa. Palmer saltgrass, NyPa Wild Wheat40
Elymus hispidusWild triga, Pubescent wheatgrass,40
Euryale feroxFoxnut, Euryale32
Fagopyrum spp.Perennial Buckwheat43
Faidherbia albidaWhite Acacia. White-thorn. Apple ring acacia12
Ginkgo bilobaMaidenhair Tree, Ginkgo55
Gleditsia triacanthosHoney Locust32
Glyceria fluitansFloating Manna Grass, Water mannagrass30
Gnetum africanumEru, African Jointfir42
Gnetum gnemonJointfir, Melinjo, Meninjau31
Hordeum vulgareBarley, Common barley43
Inocarpus fagiferTahiti Chestnut, Polynesian Chestnut42
Leymus arenariusLyme Grass, Sand ryegrass20
Nelumbo luteaAmerican Water Lotus, American lotus41
Nelumbo nuciferaSacred Water Lotus, Sacred lotus43
Oryza hybridsPerennial Rice42
Oryza longistaminataPerennial wild rice20
Panicum decompositumNative Millet, Australian millet20
Panicum turgidumDesert Grass. Turgid panic grass, Afezu20
Pennisetum setaceumFountain grass30
Phleum pratenseTimothy01
Porteresia coarctataWild rice. Uri. Tropical wild rice30
Prosopis albaWhite carob tree, Algarrobo blanco32
Prosopis chilensisChilean algarrobo, Chilean mesquite20
Prosopis glandulosaHoneypod mesquite. Glandular mesquite32
Prosopis pallidaAlgaroba22
Quercus acutissimaSawthorn Oak22
Quercus brantiiBarro, Brant's oak32
Quercus emoryiBlack Oak, Emory oak32
Quercus ilexHolly Oak, Evergreen Oak52
Quercus insignisChicalaba12
Quercus kelloggiiCalifornian Black Oak, Black Oak32
Quercus x hybridBurgambel oak32
Rhynchoryza subulataArroz bravo30
Rumex acetosaSorrel, Garden sorrel53
Rumex patientiaHerb Patience31
Samanea samanRain Tree, False Powder Puff, Monkey Pod32
Secale hybridsPerennial cereal rye51
Setaria palmifoliaHighland Pitpit. Palm Grass32
Sorghum hybridsPerennial Sorghum41
Sporobolus fimbriatusPerennial Dropseed. Dropseed grass20
Stipagrostis pungensDrinn31
Triticum aestivumBread Wheat, Common wheat42
Urochloa mosambicensisSabi grass, Gonya grass, Bushveld signal grass20
Zea hybridsPerennial corn, Perennial Maize53
Zizania latifoliaManchurian Wild Rice41
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