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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus esculentusOkra43
Abroma augustaCotton Abroma. Perennial Indian Hemp.03
Acacia angustissimaPrairie acacia. Timbre. Fernleaf Acacia23
Acacia catechuCutch tree, Catechu acacia12
Acacia koaKoa Acacia02
Acacia koaiaKoai'a01
Acacia leucophloeaKuteera-Gum, White-barked acacia.21
Acanthocereus tetragonusPitahaya. Barbed-wire cactus.30
Acer saccharumSugar Maple, Florida Maple, Hard Maple, Rock Maple42
Acrocomia aculeataCoyoli Palm. Gru-Gru Palm, Macaw palm31
Adenanthera pavoninaRed Sandalwood, Coral Tree32
Aechmea magdalenaePingwing. Ixtle, Pita plant30
Afraegle paniculataNigerian Powder-Flask Fruit. African afraegle23
Agave americanaAgave, American century plant33
Agave cantala agaveAgave20
Agave lechuguillaIxtle, Chihuahua12
Agave salmianaPulque Agave, Giant Agave30
Agave tequilanaBlue Agave, Mescal, Tequila.40
Agave viviparaMescal Casero30
Albizia julibrissinMimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree,22
Albizia lucidiorPotka siris tree00
Aleurites moluccanusCandle Nut, Country Walnut33
Alnus acuminataAlder02
Alnus jorullensisMexican alder, Evergreen Alder00
Alnus nepalensisNepalese Alder01
Alnus rubraRed Alder, Oregon Alder22
Amphicarpaea edgeworthii 40
Apocynum pictumKendyr02
Apocynum venetum 02
Araucaria angustifoliaParana Pine. Brazilian-pine, Candelabra-tree.31
Araucaria araucanaMonkey Puzzle Tree51
Araucaria bidwilliiBunya-Bunya, Monkey Puzzle Tree, False Monkey Puzzle30
Artocarpus integerChampedak40
Artocarpus mariannensisSeeded breadfruit, Marianas bread43
Asclepias currasavicaBlood Flower01
Astrocaryum vulgareTucuma. Awarra palm, Tucum palm.42
Atriplex nummulariaGiant Saltbush, Bluegreen saltbush32
Atriplex truncataWedgescale Saltbush20
Attalea funiferaBahia Piassava, Conquilla Nut, Piassaba Palm10
Attalea maripaInaja, Maripa Palm32
Attalea speciosaBabassu, American Oil Palm, Motacu, Motacuchi42
Bactris gasipaesPeach Palm, Pupunha52
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Barringtonia edulisVutu kana, Cut nut42
Barringtonia novae hiberniaePao Nut42
Barringtonia proceraPao nuts, Cut nut42
Bauhinia thonningiiCamel's foot tree, monkey bread32
Blighia sapidaAkee, ackee apple or ayee32
Bombax ceibaRed Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree22
Borassus aethiopumAfrican Fan Palm, Palmyra Palm42
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Bromelia karatasAnanas pingouin, Karatas, Camburito32
Bromelia pinguinPinuela. Pinguin30
Bromelia serraBayonet bromeliad10
Brosimum alicastrumBreadnut. Maya nut32
Brosimum utileCow Tree, Palo De Vaca32
Broussonetia papyriferaPaper Mulberry42
Buchanania lanzanAlmondette, Charoli Nut42
Bursera simarubaGum Tree, Gumbo Limbo22
Caesalpinia digynaTeri pods, Udakiryaka22
Caesalpinia sappanSappanwood. Rainbow wood12
Calamus spp.Rattan Palm22
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Canarium indicumCanarium Nut, Ngali, Galip nut, kenari nut42
Canarium luzonicumManila Elemi43
Canarium ovatumPili Nut43
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Canavalia gladiataSword Bean32
Caragana microphyllaLittleleaf Peashrub00
Carex meyerianaSedge, Wu la cao 00
Carex morrowiiIwashiba, Japanese Sedge 00
Carya cathayensisChinese Hickory30
Carya laciniosaShellbark Hickory31
Carya ovataShagbark Hickory31
Caryocar brasiliensePequi, Souari nut42
Caryocar nuciferumSouari Nut. Butter Nut42
Caryota urensJaggary Palm, Toddy Palm, Fishtail Wine Palm42
Cassia fistulaGolden Shower, Purging Cassia, Golden Chain Tree, Indian Laburnum14
Cassia grandisCoral shower, Horse Cassia12
Castanea crenataJapanese Chestnut30
Castanopsis acuminatissimaCastanopsis chestnut, White oak30
Castanopsis inermisBraided Chestnut, Berangan30
Castanopsis javanicaSpiny oak, Java chinkapin tree20
Castanopsis tribuloides 20
Castanospermum australeMoreton Bay Chestnut41
Castilla elasticaPanama Rubber Tree. Mastate blanco20
Castilla uleiCaucho Negro20
Ceiba aesculifoliaPochote21
Cephalostachyum pergracileTinwa Bamboo30
Cercocarpus ledifoliusMountain Mahogany, Curl-leaf mountain mahogany12
Cereus hildmannianusHildmania cactus, Hedge cactus30
Cereus repandusPeruvian apple cactus30
Ceroxylon alpinumWax Palm10
Chamaerops humilisDwarf Fan Palm, European fan palm, Hair Palm, Mediterranean Fan Palm20
Chrysobalanus icacoCoco Plum, Paradise Plum42
Cistus ladaniferLabdanum, Common gum cistus22
Citrullus colocynthisPerennial egusi, Bitter-apple32
Clappertonia ficifoliaBolo Bolo01
Copaifera officinalisCopaiba Balsam, Medicinal Copaiba24
Copernicia pruniferaBrazilian Wax Palm, Carnauba Palm, Carnauba Wax33
Cornus sericeaRed Osier Dogwood, Western dogwood22
Corylus colurnaTurkish Hazel, Chinese hazelnut, Turkish Filbert, Turkish Hazel31
Corylus heterophyllaSiberian Filbert31
Corylus maximaFilbert, Giant filbert50
Corylus sieboldianaJapanese Hazel, Manchurian hazel30
Corypha utanGebang Palm. Corypha palm, Sugar palm32
Coula edulisAfrican Walnut30
Couma utilisSorva, Milk Tree42
Croton tigliumCroton Oil Plant. Croton, Purging croton.03
Cucurbita ficifoliaMalabar Gourd, Figleaf gourd32
Cyperus cephalotesBhada, Flat Sedges, Nut Sedges or Umbrella Sedge.01
Cyperus giganteusPiripiri, Mexican Papyrus02
Cyperus papyrusPapyrus. Papyrus sedge22
Cyperus textilisFlat sedge, Basket grass,00
Dacryodes edulisBush Butter Tree, Butterfruit, African Plum, bush pear, bush plum, safou52
Daniellia ogeaAccra copal, Ogea copal00
Daniellia oliveriAfrican Copaiba Balsam Tree22
Duboisia myoporoidesCorkwood03
Dyera costulataHill Jelutong01
Elaeis oleiferaAmerican Oil Palm30
Ensete ventricosumEthiopian Banana, Abyssinian banana20
Entada phaseoloidesSt. Thomas Bean32
Enterolobium cyclocarpumDevil's Ear. Earpod tree22
Erythrina edulisBalu. Andean tree bean32
Erythrina sandwicensisWiliwili, Hawaiian coral tree02
Erythrina subumbransDadap. December tree22
Escontria chiotillaChiotilla, Jiotilla40
Eugeissona utilisStilt-root Palm. Wild Borneo sago palm20
Eulaliopsis binataBabui, Sabaigrass00
Euphorbia intisyIntisy, Pencil Plant00
Euryale feroxFoxnut, Euryale32
Faidherbia albidaWhite Acacia. White-thorn. Apple ring acacia12
Ficus annulataHuan wen rong, Nizhangde20
Ficus racemosaCluster Fig32
Firmiana simplexChinese Parasol Tree, Chinese parasoltree, Japanese Varnish Tree, Chinese Parasol Tree11
Funtumia elasticaWest African Rubber Tree. Lagos silk rubber02
Furcraea acaulisCocuiza00
Furcraea andinaPacpa, Fique11
Furcraea cabuyaCabuya00
Furcraea foetidaMauritius Hemp02
Furcraea hexapetalaFique, Cuban Hemp01
Garcinia hanburyiSiam gamboge. Hanbury's garcinia01
Garcinia xanthochymusMysore Gamboge. Gamboge, Himalayan garcinia20
Gigantochloa albociliataClumping bamboo30
Gigantochloa apusWatho. Tabashir Bamboo20
Gigantochloa atroviolaceaBlack Bamboo. Giant Black bamboo20
Gigantochloa baluiClumping Bamboo20
Gigantochloa hasskarlianaAwi Tela40
Gigantochloa levisBulo semilang, Buloh seremai, Bolo32
Gigantochloa verticillataWhorled bamboo, Giant stripy bamboo30
Gnetum gnemonJointfir, Melinjo, Meninjau31
Gossypium arboreumTree Cotton21
Gossypium barbadenseSea Island Cotton32
Gossypium herbaceumLevant cotton33
Gossypium hirsutumUpland Cotton21
Guadua angustifoliaClumping Bamboo. Guadua00
Guazuma ulmifoliaBastard Cedar. West Indian elm, Guasimo23
Guibourtia copalliferaKobo Tree, Sierra Leone gum copal01
Gustavia superbaMembrillo30
Gynerium sagittatumUva Grass02
Haloxylon sppSaxaul32
Hancornia speciosaMangaba Rubber Tree, Mangabiera32
Hevea benthamianaHevea30
Hymenaea courbarilWest Indian Locust33
Hymenaea verrucosaEast African Copal. Zanzibar copal tree00
Hyphaene thebaicaDoum Palm. Gingerbread palm.22
Inga edulisIce Cream Bean, Monkey Tamarind42
Inocarpus fagiferTahiti Chestnut, Polynesian Chestnut42
Irvingia gabonensisDika Nut43
Jubaea chilensisChilean Wine Palm, Chile cocopalm30
Juglans ailanthifolia cordiformisHeartseed Walnut41
Juglans cinereaButternut - White Walnut, Butternut33
Juglans neotropicaAndean Walnut32
Juglans nigraBlack Walnut33
Juglans olanchanaOlancho walnut, Central American walnut20
Landolphia heudelotiiGuinea gumvine, Landolphia rubber32
Landolphia kirkiiSand apricot-vine, Coast rubber vine, Wildpeach20
Lawsonia inermisHenna, Mignonette Tree03
Lecythis corrugataMahot rouge, Guacharaco30
Lecythis minorCoco de mono40
Lecythis ollariaMonkey Pot. Sapucaia nut, Pot nut30
Lecythis pisonisParadise Nut. Brazilian Monkey Pot32
Lecythis zabucajoSapucaia. Sapucaia nut, Paradise nut, Monkey nut31
Leontice leontopetalumRakaf11
Leontice leontopetalumRakaf11
Leopoldinia piassabaPiassaba24
Lepironia articulataGrey sedge, Cicao00
Licania rigidaOiticica00
Lingnania chungiiClumping Bamboo, white bamboo, tropical blue bamboo00
Litsea calophyllaTagutugan30
Litsea glutinosaIndian Laurel. Brown bollygum, Maida lakri22
Maclura pomiferaOsage Orange, Bois D'Arc12
Madhuca longifoliaButter Tree. Mahua, Illipe32
Manihot caerulescensManicoba00
Manihot carthaginensis glazioviiCeara Rubber Tree, Tree cassava22
Manihot dichotomaJequie manicoba, Manihot rubber tree00
Manihot heptaphyllaManicoba de Sao Francisco00
Manilkara bidentataBalata, bulletwood, bully tree22
Manilkara huberiCow Tree, Massaranduba. Black balata30
Mauritia flexuosaBuriti Palm, Aguaje Palm42
Melaleuca alternifoliaTea Tree05
Melocanna bacciferaBerry Bamboo. Mali bamboo32
Mesua ferreaSurli nut, Poached Egg Tree32
Metroxylon amicarumCaroline Ivory Nut Palm31
Metroxylon saguSago Palm40
Mimosa pudicaMorivivir, Sensitive Plant22
Moringa peregrinaMoringa22
Moringa stenopetalaAfrican horseradish tree, cabbagetree43
Musa basjooJapanese Banana22
Myrica pensylvanicaNorthern Bayberry31
Newtonia buchananiiEast African Newtonia, Forest Newtonia02
Nicotiana glaucaTree Tobacco12
Nopalea cochenilliferaCochineal plant.22
Nypa fruticansNipa Palm, Mangrove Palm32
Ochlandra spp.Elephant grass, Clumping Bamboo00
Oenocarpus distichusPataua, Bacaba, White bacaba32
Opuntia dilleniiDillen prickly pear, 30
Opuntia tomentosaVelvet prickly pear, Woollyjoint Pricklypear30
Oxytenanthera abyssynicaSavanah Bamboo22
Pachycereus hollianusBaboso, Acompes00
Pandanus conoideusMarita, Red fruit, Pandan41
Pandanus julianettiiKaruka40
Panicum virgatumSwitch Grass00
Parajubaea cocoidesQuito Palm10
Parinari curatellifoliaMbola, Grys Appel42
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Pavonia spinifexGingerbush00
Payena leeriBalam suntei tree, Getah sundek20
Pennisetum setaceumFountain grass30
Pentaclethra macrophyllaAfrican Oil Bean. Oil Bean Tree, Owala Oil32
Pereskia sacharosaGuayapa, Sacharosa, Cuguchi20
Phoenix canariensisCanary Island Date Palm30
Phytelephas macrocarpaVegetable Ivory, Tagua, Nut Palm, Ivory nut palm20
Pinus cembroidesMexican Pine Nut, Pinyon Pine42
Pinus halepensisAleppo Pine22
Pinus massonianaChinese Red Pine22
Pinus merkusiiSumatran pine, Merkus Pine12
Pinus pinasterMaritime Pine22
Pinus roxburghiiChir Pine22
Pinus wallichianaHimalayan Blue Pine, Bhutan pine, Himalayan Pine22
Pistacia lentiscusMastic Tree - Pistachier Lentisque22
Pistacia terebinthusTerebinth, Cyprus turpentine22
Plukenetia conophoraConophor. Nigerian walnut. Awusa nut,42
Populus euphratica 01
Porteresia coarctataWild rice. Uri. Tropical wild rice30
Pouteria guianensisAsepoko.20
Prinsepia utilisCherry prinsepia42
Prosopis africanaPau Carvão. Mesquite. Iron tree22
Prosopis albaWhite carob tree, Algarrobo blanco32
Prosopis chilensisChilean algarrobo, Chilean mesquite20
Prosopis cinerariaJandi, Ghaf32
Prosopis tamarugoTamarugo10
Prunus armeniaca mandschuricaManchurian apricot43
Prunus sibiricaSiberian Apricot32
Prunus spinosaSloe - Blackthorn32
Quercus acutissimaSawthorn Oak22
Quercus brantiiBarro, Brant's oak32
Quercus ilexHolly Oak, Evergreen Oak52
Quercus suberCork Oak22
Raphia fariniferaRaffia Palm30
Raphia hookeriIvory Coast Raffia Palm32
Raphia viniferaWine Raffia Palm. Wine Palm30
Rhus succedaneaWax Tree12
Robinia neomexicanaNew Mexico Locust, Rusby's locust, Locust11
Salix bonplandianaSauce, Bonpland willow00
Salix eriocephalaMissouri Willow, Missouri River willow02
Salix miyabeana 02
Salix purpureaPurple Osier. purpleosier willow13
Salix viminalisOsier. Basket Willow12
Samanea samanRain Tree, False Powder Puff, Monkey Pod32
Sambucus nigra spp canadensisAmerican Elder43
Saraca asocaAsoka Tree. Sorrow-less Tree03
Schizostachyum sppClumping Bamboo23
Schleichera oleosaMalay Lac Tree. Lac tree, Ceylon oak32
Schoenoplectiella mucronataRicefield bulrush, Bog bulrush11
Schoenoplectus californicus tatoraTotora20
Semecarpus anacardiumMarking Nut Tree. Oriental Cashew23
Senegalia senegalGum Arabic32
Senna singueanaWinter cassia, Sticky pod23
Setaria palmifoliaHighland Pitpit. Palm Grass32
Spartium junceumSpanish Broom, Weaver's Broom, Spanish Broom02
Sphenostylis stenocarpaAfrican Yam Bean40
Sporobolus fimbriatusPerennial Dropseed. Dropseed grass20
Stenocereus griseusCactaceae. Pitaya, Organpipe cactus30
Stenocereus stellatusJoconostle cactus, Baja organ pipe cactus30
Stipa tenacissimaEsparto Grass, Esparto00
Syagrus coronataLicuri Palm, Ouricury palm32
Taxus baccataYew, English yew, Common Yew34
Taxus brevifoliaPacific Yew34
Telfairia occidentalisFluted Gourd42
Telfairia pedataOysternut42
Terminalia belliricaBeleric Myrobalan23
Terminalia kaernbachiiOkari Nut50
Theobroma grandiflorumCupuassu, Cupuacu43
Thyrsostachys siamensisMonastery Bamboo40
Torreya grandisChinese Nutmeg Tree21
Torreya nuciferaKaya, Japanese torreya52
Toxicodendron sylvestreYame-haze00
Toxicodendron vernicifluumLacquer Tree01
Trachomitum sarmatienseSarmatian Dogbane, Sarmatian Kendry 01
Trachomitum scabrumKendry, Rough Kendry00
Trachycarpus fortuneiChusan Palm, Chinese windmill palm, Windmill Palm22
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
Trichilia emeticaBanket mahogany, Natal mahogany, 23
Typha elephantinaBora. Elephant grass, Indian reed-mace.33
Urtica dioicaStinging Nettle, California nettle55
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vachellia seyalShittim Wood22
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
Vernicia montanaAbrasin oil tree03
Virola sebiferaVirola Nut. Red Ucuba. Pintri, 02
Willughbeia coriaceaHeaven fruit, Borneo rubber, Akar gerit-gerit besi21
Willughbeia edulisGedraphol, Kuy32
Wissadula periplocifoliaWhite velvetleaf00
Xanthoceras sorbifoliumYellowhorn30
Yucca elataSoap Tree, Soaptree yucca, Soapweed, Soapweed Yucca20
Yucca filamentosaSpoonleaf Yucca, Adam's needle, Desert Candle, Needle Palm, St. Peter's Palm, Spanish Bayonet, Comm31
Yucca giganteaSpineless yucca, Izote30
Yucca gloriosaSpanish Dagger, moundlily yucca, Palm Lily, Roman Candle, Mound Lily Yucca, Spanish Dagger21
Yucca whippleiOur Lord's Candle30
Zizania latifoliaManchurian Wild Rice41
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