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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abies balsameaBalsam Fir35
Apium australe 30
Apium prostratumSea Celery, Prostrate marshwort30
Arctostaphylos uva-ursiBearberry34
Betula alleghaniensisYellow Birch, Swamp Birch32
Betula occidentalisWater Birch32
Betula papyriferaPaper Birch, Mountain paper birch, Kenai birch32
Betula pendulaSilver Birch, European white birch, Common Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch33
Betula pubescensWhite Birch, Downy birch33
Betula utilisIndian Paper Birch, Whitebarked Himilayan Birch, Jacquemontii Birch02
Encelia farinosaBrittle Bush, Brittlebush, Incienso21
Picea glaucaWhite Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, Canadian Spruce22
Picea marianaBlack Spruce, Swamp Spruce22
Picea sitchensisSitka Spruce22
Pinus contortaBeach Pine, Lodgepole pine, Bolander beach pine, Beach pine, Sierra lodgepole pine, Yukon pine, Shor32
Pinus muricataBishop's Pine22
Pinus strobusWhite Pine, Eastern white pine23
Populus trichocarpaWestern Balsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Urtica dioicaStinging Nettle, California nettle55
Yucca baccataSpanish Bayonet, Banana yucca, Blue Yucca, Spanish Yucca41
Alchornea cordifoliaChristmas Bush24
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Artocarpus altilisBreadfruit54
Artocarpus mariannensisSeeded breadfruit, Marianas bread43
Bauhinia thonningiiCamel's foot tree, monkey bread32
Bertholletia excelsaBrazil Nut52
Bombax ceibaRed Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree22
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Canarium indicumCanarium Nut, Ngali, Galip nut, kenari nut42
Canarium luzonicumManila Elemi43
Canarium ovatumPili Nut43
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Canarium vulgareJava Almond, Kenari Nut41
Caryota urensJaggary Palm, Toddy Palm, Fishtail Wine Palm42
Couma macrocarpaBarca, Milk Tree, Couba, Sorva, Sorva grande42
Couma utilisSorva, Milk Tree42
Dacryodes edulisBush Butter Tree, Butterfruit, African Plum, bush pear, bush plum, safou52
Dipterocarpus alatusApitong, baume de gurjun, gurjun balsam02
Garcinia kolaBitter Kola34
Platonia insignisBakuri, Bacuri42
Quercus brantiiBarro, Brant's oak32
Ricinodendron heudelotiiManketti nut, Zambezi almond, African oil-nut-tree33
Talipariti tiliaceumBeach Hibiscus, Sea Hibiscus, Cottontree, Mahoe32
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Typha domingensisSouthern Cattail43
Typha elephantinaBora. Elephant grass, Indian reed-mace.33
Vernicia montanaAbrasin oil tree03
Agathis mooreiPacific Kauri, Moore Kauri10
Diospyros malabaricaIndian Persimmon, Gaub, Timbiri, Mountain ebony13
Gluta lacciferaLacquer tree00
Gluta usitataBurmese Varnish Tree02
Neobalanocarpus heimiiChengal00
Shorea balangeranRed Balau00
Shorea johorensisSeraya majau, Meranti majau00
Shorea obtusaTaengwood Balau, teng02
Shorea robustaSal Tree43
Shorea siamensisDark red meranti, Light red meranti, Red lauan02
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
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