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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acacia farnesianaSweet Acacia, Perfume Acacia, Huisache22
Achyranthes asperaDevil's Horsewhip23
Achyranthes bidentataNiu Xi23
Alnus glutinosaAlder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder03
Alnus viridis crispaAmerican Green Alder12
Althaea officinalisMarsh Mallow, Common marshmallow55
Ammi visnagaVisnaga. Khella. Bishop's Weed, Toothpickweed15
Cornus amomumSilky Dogwood12
Cornus floridaFlowering Dogwood22
Cornus sericeaRed Osier Dogwood, Western dogwood22
Erigeron affinis 01
Fagus sylvaticaBeech, European beech, Common Beech42
Fragaria vescaWild Strawberry, Woodland strawberry, California strawberry33
Fragaria vesca 'Semperflorens'Alpine Strawberry53
Fragaria virginianaScarlet Strawberry, Virginia strawberry32
Juglans regiaWalnut, English walnut, Persian Walnut,43
Liquidambar styracifluaSweet Gum, Red Gum, American Sweet Gum, Red Sweet Gum,23
Lythrum salicariaPurple Loosestrife23
Malus domesticaApple52
Malva neglectaDwarf Mallow, Common mallow42
Malva pusillaDwarf Mallow, Low mallow42
Pimpinella anisumAniseed (Saunf - Hindi), Anise burnet saxifrage43
Ranunculus ficariaLesser Celandine - Pilewort, Fig buttercup12
Rumex aquaticusRed Dock, Western dock13
Rumex hydrolapathumGreat Water Dock11
Salix exiguaCoyote Willow, Narrowleaf willow12
Salix wallichiana 12
Salvia officinalisSage, Kitchen sage, Small Leaf Sage, Garden Sage45
Zanthoxylum alatumWinged Prickly Ash32
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Camellia sinensis assamicaTea Plant, Assam Tea44
Couma macrocarpaBarca, Milk Tree, Couba, Sorva, Sorva grande42
Diospyros mespiliformisWest African Ebony, Monkey guava, jackalberry43
Faidherbia albidaWhite Acacia. White-thorn. Apple ring acacia12
Garcinia kolaBitter Kola34
Garcinia mangostanaMangosteen, Manggis52
Gigantochloa verticillataWhorled bamboo, Giant stripy bamboo30
Gymnanthemum amygdalinumBitterleaf43
Indigofera arrectaBengal Indigo, Java indigo, Natal indigo22
Indigofera tinctoriaIndigo, True Indigo, dye indigo22
Irvingia gabonensisDika Nut43
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Mangifera indicaMango, Bowen Mango53
Manilkara zapotaSapodilla, Nispero52
Mimusops elengiSpanish Cherry, Bakul32
Mondia whiteiMondia, White's Ginger34
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Myrianthus arboreusGiant yellow mulberry, Monkeyfruit43
Nypa fruticansNipa Palm, Mangrove Palm32
Parinari curatellifoliaMbola, Grys Appel42
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Peltophorum pterocarpumCopperpod, Yellow Poinciana02
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Piper nigrumBlack Pepper43
Pongamia pinnataPongam, Karum Tree, Poonga-Oil Tree, Indian Beech03
Psidium guajavaGuava, Tropical Guava, Goiaba, Araçá-goiaba52
Quercus brantiiBarro, Brant's oak32
Solanum lycopersicumTomato, Garden Tomato53
Synsepalum dulciferumMiracle Berry40
Syzygium aromaticumClove, Zanzibar Redhead44
Syzygium cuminiJambolan, Java Plum, Malabar Plum, Jambu33
Treculia africanaAfrican Breadfruit or Breadnut42
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vitellaria paradoxaShea Butter Tree45
Vitex donianaBlack Plum43
Baikiaea plurijugaRhodesian Teak, Zambesi Redwood12
Baphia nitidaCamwood, Baphia22
Brassica juncea integrifolia crispifoliaCurled Mustard42
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Cassia sieberianaWest African Laburnum14
Cinchona calisayaPeruvian Bark, Quinine25
Cinchona micranthaHuannco24
Cinchona officinalisLojabark25
Cinchona pubescensQuinine tree, Red Bark, Cinchona, Quina, Quinquina, Quinine Bark, Peruvian Bark, Jesuit's Bark25
Combretum imberbeLeadwood Tree, Ivory tree22
Commiphora myrrhaMyrrh, Myrrh Gum24
Commiphora wightiiGuggul, Indian bdellium-tree23
Euclea divinorumMagic Guarri22
Gouania lupuloidesChew Stick22
Griffonia simplicifoliaGriffonia24
Guaiacum officinaleLignum Vitae, Guaiacum, Guayacan23
Guiera senegalensisMoshi medicine, guier du Senegal14
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Lawsonia inermisHenna, Mignonette Tree03
Nauclea latifoliaAfrican Peach34
Palaquium guttaGutta-Percha20
Pentadiplandra brazzeanaJoy perfume tree, j'oubli44
Spirostachys africanaAfrican mahogany tree, African sandalwood00
Swartzia benthamianaWamara02
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