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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Actinidia argutaTara Vine50
Actinidia chinensisKiwi42
Actinidia deliciosaKiwi Fruit51
Actinidia kolomiktaKiwi40
Actinidia polygamaSilver Vine42
Adansonia digitataBaobab, Judas Fruit, Monkey Bread Tree33
Aegle marmelosBael Tree, Golden Apple, Bengal Quince33
Allium fistulosumWelsh Onion52
Berberis aristataChitra, Indian Barberry or Tree Turmeric43
Berberis vulgarisEuropean Barberry, Common barberry33
Boscia senegalensisAizen, Boscia42
Brassica rapa campestrisWild Turnip21
Cakile maritimaSea Rocket, European searocket20
Campanula latifoliaLarge Campanula, Giant bellflower31
Campanula persicifoliaHarebell, Peachleaf bellflower40
Campanula rapunculoidesCreeping Bellflower, Rampion bellflower31
Campanula rapunculusRampion40
Campanula versicolor 50
Capsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's Purse32
Capsicum frutescensTabasco Pepper, Cayenne pepper34
Cardamine glacialis 20
Cardamine pratensisCuckoo Flower32
Cercis canadensisRedbud, Eastern redbud, Mexican redbud,Texas redbud32
Chrysanthemum coronarium spatiosumChop-Suey Greens32
Citrus aurantiumBitter Orange, Sour orange, Bergamot orange33
Citrus hystrixKaffir Lime32
Citrus ichangensisIchang Papeda22
Citrus latifoliaCitrus Tahitian Lime42
Citrus limonLemon45
Citrus reticulataMandarin, Tangerine, Unshu orange, Satsuma Orange,Temple Orange, Tangerine33
Citrus sinensisSweet Orange43
Citrus x meyeriLemon35
Claytonia perfoliataMiner's Lettuce41
Cochlearia anglicaLong Leaved Scurvy Grass10
Cochlearia danicaDanish Scurvy Grass11
Cochlearia officinalisScurvy Grass, Spoonwort12
Crataegus cuneataSanzashi, Chinese hawthorn33
Crataegus lobulataRed Haw22
Crithmum maritimumRock Samphire22
Cyphomandra betaceaTree Tomato30
Dioscorea batatasChinese Yam55
Diospyros virginianaAmerican Persimmon, Common persimmon, Persimmon51
Draba muralisWall Whitlow Grass11
Drimys winteriWinter's Bark32
Duchesnea indicaMock Strawberry, Indian strawberry22
Elaeagnus umbellataAutumn Olive42
Eugenia unifloraBrazil Cherry43
Fortunella japonicaRound Kumquat31
Fragaria virginianaScarlet Strawberry, Virginia strawberry32
Hemerocallis altissima 41
Hemerocallis aurantiaca 41
Hemerocallis bulbiferum 41
Hemerocallis citrinaCitron daylily41
Hemerocallis coreana 41
Hemerocallis darrowianaDay Lily41
Hemerocallis dumortieriDumortier's daylily41
Hemerocallis exaltata 41
Hemerocallis fulva longituba 41
Hemerocallis graminea 41
Hemerocallis hakunensis 41
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelusYellow Day Lily42
Hemerocallis littoreaCoastal Day Lily41
Hemerocallis micrantha 41
Hemerocallis middendorffiiAmur daylily, Middendorf, Daylily51
Hemerocallis middendorffii esculenta 51
Hemerocallis minorGrassleaf Day Lily, Small daylily41
Hemerocallis multiflora 41
Hemerocallis pedicellata 41
Hemerocallis plicata 41
Hemerocallis thunbergii 41
Hemerocallis yezoensis 41
Hesperis matronalisSweet Rocket, Dames rocket,21
Hippophae goniocarpa 33
Hippophae gyantsensis 33
Hippophae neurocarpa 33
Hippophae rhamnoidesSea Buckthorn, Seaberry55
Hippophae rhamnoides turkestanicaSea Buckthorn55
Hippophae salicifoliaWillow-Leaved Sea Buckthorn53
Hippophae sinensisChinese Sea Buckthorn53
Hippophae tibetanaTibetan Sea Buckthorn43
Hylocereus megalanthusYellow Pitaya43
Juglans regiaWalnut, English walnut, Persian Walnut,43
Kerria japonicaBachelor's Button, Japanese rose, Jew's Mallow, Japanese Kerria11
Lepidium oleraceum 20
Lepidium sativumCress, Gardencress pepperweed31
Lepidium virginicumWild Pepper Grass, Virginia pepperweed, Intermediate pepperweed, Menzies' pepperweed, Hairy pepperwe22
Litchi chinensisLychee, Litchi52
Lomatium nudicaulePestle Parsnip, Barestem biscuitroot42
Malpighia emarginataAcerola, Barbados Cherry40
Malpighia glabraEscobillo, Acerola41
Mangifera indicaMango, Bowen Mango53
Manihot esculentaCassava, Tapioca Plant, Yuca52
Mauritia flexuosaBuriti Palm, Aguaje Palm42
Muntingia calaburaCalabura, Panama berry, Capulin32
Myrica nagiBox Myrtle23
Nasturtium officinaleWatercress43
Nasturtium x sterileBrown Watercress43
Oxalis corniculataYellow Sorrel, Creeping woodsorrel22
Oxalis exilisLeast Yellow Sorrel, Shady woodsorrel22
Oxyria digynaMountain Sorrel, Alpine mountainsorrel31
Papaver nudicauleArctic Poppy, Icelandic poppy11
Parinari curatellifoliaMbola, Grys Appel42
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Parthenocissus himalayana 20
Passiflora laurifoliaYellow Granadilla42
Petroselinum crispumParsley44
Petroselinum crispum tuberosumHamburg Parsley43
Phyllanthus emblicaEmblica, Indian Gooseberry35
Physalis alkekengiWinter Cherry, Strawberry groundcherry,Ground Cherry, Chinese Lantern22
Physalis alkekengi franchetiiWinter Cherry22
Physalis minimaSunberry, Pygmy groundcherry31
Physalis peruvianaGoldenberry, Peruvian groundcherry51
Physalis pubescensGround Cherry, Husk tomato41
Picea abiesNorway Spruce21
Picea asperataChinese Spruce20
Picea brachytylaSargent Spruce20
Picea brewerianaWeeping Spruce, Brewer spruce20
Picea engelmanniiMountain Spruce, Engelmann spruce22
Picea glaucaWhite Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, Canadian Spruce22
Picea glehniiSakhalin Spruce20
Picea jezoensisYezo Spruce21
Picea marianaBlack Spruce, Swamp Spruce22
Picea omorikaSerbian Spruce20
Picea orientalisCaucasian Spruce20
Picea pungensBlue Spruce, Colorado Spruce20
Picea purpureaPurple-Coned Spruce20
Picea rubensRed Spruce21
Picea sitchensisSitka Spruce22
Picea smithianaMorinda Spruce20
Pinus strobusWhite Pine, Eastern white pine23
Plinia caulifloraJaboticaba40
Poncirus trifoliataBitter Orange, Hardy orange, Trifoliat Orange, Japanese Hardy Orange32
Populus albaWhite Poplar12
Prunus armeniacaApricot43
Prunus armeniaca mandschuricaManchurian apricot43
Prunus persicaPeach, Flowering Peach, Ornamental Peach, Common Peach53
Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas Fir, Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir22
Psidium guajavaGuava, Tropical Guava, Goiaba, Araçá-goiaba52
Pterocarpus soyauxiiAfrican Coralwood22
Ranunculus ficariaLesser Celandine - Pilewort, Fig buttercup12
Ribes nigrumBlackcurrant, European black currant53
Ribes sativumRedcurrant30
Ribes x culverwelliiJostaberry50
Rosa acicularisPrickly Rose22
Rosa arkansanaLow Prairie Rose21
Rosa caninaDog Rose33
Rosa coriifolia 21
Rosa corymbiferaDog rose31
Rosa davuricaAmur rose21
Rosa dumalis 21
Rosa fedtschenkoana 21
Rosa hemsleyana 21
Rosa laxa 21
Rosa majalisCinnamon Rose, Double cinnamon rose21
Rosa mancaMancos rose21
Rosa maracandica 21
Rosa micranthaSmallflower sweetbrier21
Rosa moyesii 21
Rosa multifloraJapanese Rose, Multiflora rose22
Rosa nutkanaNootka Rose, Bristly Nootka rose32
Rosa obtusifolia 21
Rosa palustrisSwamp rose32
Rosa pimpinellifoliaBurnet Rose, Scotch rose21
Rosa rubiginosaSweet Briar, Sweetbriar rose23
Rosa rugosaRamanas Rose, Rugosa rose52
Rosa setigeraPrairie rose, Climbing Wild Rose32
Rosa setipoda 21
Rosa sherardiiSherard's downy rose21
Rosa sweginzowiiSweginzow's rose21
Rosa tomentosaWhitewoolly rose21
Rosa villosaApple Rose41
Rubus chamaemorusCloudberry41
Rubus leucodermisWhitebark Raspberry41
Rubus parviflorusThimbleberry33
Rungia klossiiMushroom Plant40
Salix alaxensisFeltleaf Wiillow12
Salix daphnoidesViolet Willow, Daphne willow12
Salix pulchraTealeaf Willow12
Sambucus nigra spp canadensisAmerican Elder43
Sambucus racemosaRed Elder, Red elderberry, Rocky Mountain elder, European Red Elderberry32
Sambucus racemosa kamtschaticaRed Elder32
Saxifraga punctataDotted Saxifrage10
Saxifraga spicataSpiked Saxifrage10
Sclerocarya birreaMarula33
Sedum acreCommon Stonecrop, Goldmoss stonecrop, Gold Moss Sedum12
Smilacina stellataStar-Flowered Lily Of The Valley42
Solanum ajanhuiriAjanhuiri20
Solanum andigenumAndigena20
Solanum melongenaAubergine, Eggplant32
Solanum muricatumPepino40
Solanum phurejaPhureja, Nightshade30
Solanum stenotomumPitiquiña30
Solanum stenotomum goniocalyxLimeña30
Sonchus arvensisField Milk Thistle, Field sowthistle, Moist sowthistle21
Sonchus oleraceusSow Thistle, Common sowthistle22
Sorbus americanaAmerican Mountain Ash12
Sorbus aucupariaMountain Ash, European mountain ash22
Sorbus torminalisWild Service Tree, Checkertree40
Spiraea salicifoliaBridewort, Willowleaf meadowsweet11
Talinum fruticosumTahitian Spinach, Waterleaf, Ceylon Spinach32
Taraxacum officinaleDandelion - Kukraundha, Kanphool, Common dandelion, Dandelion43
Terminalia ferdinandianaBilly Goat Plum42
Thuja occidentalisAmerican Arbor-Vitae, Arborvitae, Eastern Arborvitae, Siberian Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, Wh23
Trollius europaeusGlobeflower, Common Globeflower, European Globeflower02
Tropaeolum majusNasturtium, Indian Cress43
Tropaeolum minusDwarf Nasturtium43
Tropaeolum tuberosumMashua, Anu42
Ullucus tuberosusOlluco30
Vaccinium australeNorthern Blueberry41
Vaccinium caespitosumDwarf Bilberry31
Vaccinium corymbosumHigh-Bush Blueberry, American Blueberry, Swamp Blueberry, Blueberry41
Vaccinium macrocarponAmerican Cranberry, Cranberry31
Vaccinium membranaceumMountain Huckleberry, Thinleaf huckleberry31
Vaccinium ovalifoliumBlack Huckleberry, Oval-leaf blueberry31
Vaccinium uliginosumBog Bilberry31
Veronica anagallis-aquaticaWater Speedwell22
Viburnum trilobumAmerican Cranberry, Highbush Cranberry, Cranberrybush, American Cranberrybush Viburnum31
Viola sororiaWooly Blue Violet, Common blue violet31
Wolffia globosaKhai Nam40
Yucca giganteaSpineless yucca, Izote30
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