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