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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Achillea millefoliumYarrow, Boreal yarrow, California yarrow, Giant yarrow, Coast yarrow, Western yarrow, Pacific yarrow34
Achillea sibiricaSiberian Yarrow11
Achyranthes bidentataNiu Xi23
Achyranthes japonicaJapanese Chaff Flower03
Acmella oleraceaToothache plant, Paracress33
Aconitum balfourii 01
Aconitum carmichaeliiJapanese Aconite, Carmichael's monkshood02
Aconitum heterophyllum 12
Aconitum violaceum 11
Adenanthera pavoninaRed Sandalwood, Coral Tree32
Aesculus hippocastanumHorse Chestnut, European Horsechestnut, Common Horsechestnut34
Ageratum conyzoidesGoatweed, Tropical whiteweed03
Agrimonia pilosaHairy Agrimony23
Akebia trifoliataAkebia, Threeleaf Akebia42
Alcea roseaHollyhock32
Alchornea castaneifoliaIporuru04
Alchornea cordifoliaChristmas Bush24
Aletris farinosaUnicorn Root - Colic Root, White colicroot13
Allium cepaOnion, Garden onion53
Allium cepa aggregatumPotato Onion43
Allium cepa ascalonicumShallot53
Allium cepa proliferumTree Onion, Walking Onion53
Alnus acuminataAlder02
Alocasia macrorrhizosGiant Taro, Giant Elephant Ear32
Aloe arborescensCandelabra Aloe, Tree Aloe, Mountain Bush Aloe25
Andrographis paniculataGreen Chireta, Creat, Nilavembu, Kirayat, Chuan Xin Lian, King of Bitters14
Angelica laxiflora 01
Angelica pubescensDu Huo23
Angelica sinensisDang Gui - Dong Quai - Chinese Angelica05
Anredera cordifoliaMadeira Vine, Heartleaf madeiravine20
Aralia cordataUdo42
Arisaema consanguineumTian Nan Xing13
Aristolochia clematitisBirthwort02
Aristolochia debilisMa Dou Ling13
Aristolochia serpentariaVirginia Snakeroot03
Asparagus cochinchinensisChinese Asparagus33
Aster amellusIalian Aster22
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Baccharis genistelloidesCarqueja04
Baphia nitidaCamwood, Baphia22
Barringtonia proceraPao nuts, Cut nut42
Belamcanda chinensisLeopard Lily, Blackberry lily, Leopard Flower13
Berberis chengii 12
Betula lentaCherry Birch, Sweet birch, Black Birch, Cherry Birch33
Betula pendulaSilver Birch, European white birch, Common Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch33
Betula platyphyllaWhite Birch, Asian white birch,22
Bidens pilosaBeggar's Ticks, Blackjack, Hairy beggarticks22
Bletilla striataHyacinth Orchid, Urn orchid, Hyacinth Bletilla, Hardy Orchid, Chinese Ground Orchid03
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Brassica juncea integrifolia crispifoliaCurled Mustard42
Brassica juncea integrifolia rugosaHead Mustard42
Brassica juncea integrifolia strumataLarge Petiole Mustard42
Brassica juncea integrifolia subintegrifoliaLeaf Mustard42
Brassica juncea tsatsai multicepsGreen In The Snow42
Brassica juncea tsatsai tumidaSwollen-Stem Mustard42
Bupleurum chinenseBei Chai Hu23
Bupleurum falcatumThorow-Wax22
Byrsonima crassifoliaGolden Spoon, Nance, Nancy Tree42
Canavalia gladiataSword Bean32
Caragana sinicaChinese Pea Shrub12
Carapa guianensisAndiroba04
Cassia sieberianaWest African Laburnum14
Castanea sativaSweet Chestnut, European chestnut52
Cecropia peltataTrumpet Tree, Snakewood, Congo pump, Wild pawpaw, Pop-a-gun33
Centella asiaticaGotu Kola, Spadeleaf25
Chaenomeles speciosaJapanese Quince, Flowering quince32
Chamaecrista nigricansDiola, Diala12
Chamaemelum nobileChamomile, Roman chamomile25
Chrysophyllum cainitoStar Apple, Caimito42
Chrysosplenium carnosum 02
Cibotium barometzScythian Lamb11
Cirsium japonicumNo-Azami, Japanese thistle22
Citrus latifoliaCitrus Tahitian Lime42
Citrus reticulataMandarin, Tangerine, Unshu orange, Satsuma Orange,Temple Orange, Tangerine33
Clerodendrum bungeiGlory Flower, Rose glorybower, Cashmere Bouquet, Mexican Hydrangea, Glory Bower01
Cnidium officinale 12
Codonopsis nervosa 02
Coix lacryma-jobiJob's Tears33
Combretum imberbeLeadwood Tree, Ivory tree22
Commiphora myrrhaMyrrh, Myrrh Gum24
Copaifera coriaceaSapucaia tree24
Copaifera guyanensisHoepel, Guyanense Copaiba24
Copaifera langsdorffiiCopaiba, Langsdorf's copaifera14
Copaifera multijugaHayne oil, Copaiba,14
Copaifera officinalisCopaiba Balsam, Medicinal Copaiba24
Copaifera reticulataCopaiba, Reticulated Copaiba, Copaiba Balsam04
Coptis japonica 02
Coptis trifoliaGoldthread, Threeleaf goldthread22
Corydalis govaniana 02
Corymbia citriodoraLemon-Scented Gum, blue spotted gum, lemon eucalyptus, eucalyptus citriodora.23
Costus aferSpiral Ginger, Ginger lily, White spiral costus.24
Coutarea hexandraCoutarea04
Croton lechleriSangre De Grado, Dragon's blood04
Croton palanostigmaSangre De Grado, Dragon's blood04
Croton salutarisSangre De Grado, Dragon's blood04
Curculigo orchioidesStar grass, Golden-eyed grass14
Cydonia oblongaQuince42
Dalbergia melanoxylonAfrican Blackwood, Grenadilla, Mpingo02
Datura stramoniumThorn Apple, Jimsonweed, Jamestown Weed04
Dioscorea bulbiferaAerial Yam, Air Potato42
Dioscorea villosaWild Yam24
Diplazium esculentumVegetable Fern43
Dryopteris filix-masMale Fern24
Echinops latifolius 01
Echinops ritroGlobe Thistle, Southern globethistle, Small Globe Thistle01
Eleutherococcus senticosusSiberian Ginseng25
Eleutherococcus sessiliflorus 23
Epilobium angustifoliumWillow Herb32
Epilobium latifoliumRiver Beauty32
Equisetum hyemaleDutch Rush, Scouringrush horsetail, Horsetail, Scouring Rush, Rough Horsetail22
Erythrina vernaMulungu04
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Euodia ruticarpaWu Zhu Yu03
Euphrasia officinalisEyebright13
Fagopyrum dibotrysPerennial Buckwheat42
Ficus racemosaCluster Fig32
Filipendula rubraQueen Of The Prairie, Meadowsweet01
Filipendula ulmariaMeadowsweet, Queen of the meadow, Double Lady of the Meadow, European Meadowsweet33
Foeniculum vulgareFennel, Sweet fennel53
Foeniculum vulgare azoricumFlorence Fennel33
Foeniculum vulgare dulceSweet Fennel43
Fraxinus bungeanaXiao Ye Qin02
Fraxinus chinensis rhynchophyllaHua Qu Liu02
Gaultheria procumbensCheckerberry, Eastern teaberry, Teaberry, Creeping Wintergreen43
Gentiana acaulisGentian03
Gentiana crassicaulis 03
Gentiana dahurica 03
Gentiana kurroo 03
Gentiana luteaYellow Gentian15
Gentiana macrophyllaQin Jiao13
Gentiana pannonica 13
Gentiana punctataSpotted Gentian13
Gentiana purpurea 13
Gentiana scabraLong Dan Cao13
Gentiana scabra buergeri 13
Gentiana straminea 03
Gentiana tubiflora 02
Geranium pratenseMeadow Crane's Bill, Meadow geranium, Geranium02
Geum rivaleWater Avens, Purple avens32
Geum urbanumWood Avens, Bennet's Root - Old man's whiskers, Herb bennet33
Gleditsia koraiensisKorean Honey Locust22
Gloriosa superbaGloriosa Lily, Climbing Lily, Flame Lily04
Glycyrrhiza glabraLiquorice, Cultivated licorice44
Gnaphalium uliginosumMarsh Cudweed02
Gossypium herbaceumLevant cotton33
Grindelia camporumGumplant, Great Valley gumweed, Bract gumweed03
Guiera senegalensisMoshi medicine, guier du Senegal14
Handroanthus impetiginosusPau D'Arco, Pink Trumpet Tree24
Heracleum lallii 02
Herpetospermum pedunculosum 12
Himatanthus sucuubaPlumeria sucuuba04
Houttuynia cordataTsi, Chameleon, Rainbow Plant, Chameleon Plant43
Ilex pubescens 02
Indigofera suffruticosaAnil Indigo, Anil de pasto02
Iris versicolorBlue Flag, Harlequin blueflag03
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Juglans nigraBlack Walnut33
Juglans regiaWalnut, English walnut, Persian Walnut,43
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Leptadenia hastataAkamongot, Anvara43
Lilium lancifoliumTiger Lily, Devil Lily42
Linum hybridsPerennial Flax44
Liquidambar orientalisOriental Sweet Gum23
Liriope muscariLilyturf, Big blue lilyturf, Border Grass, Blue Lilyturf, Liriope21
Lonicera japonicaJapanese Honeysuckle23
Lotus corniculatusBird's Foot Trefoil11
Malva neglectaDwarf Mallow, Common mallow42
Matricaria recutitaGerman Camomile15
Maytenus obtusifoliaBlunt folia Maytenus24
Menyanthes trifoliataBogbean, Buckbean, Marsh Trefoil,23
Milicia excelsaAfrican Teak23
Milicia regiaOroko, Iroko22
Mimosa pudicaMorivivir, Sensitive Plant22
Mondia whiteiMondia, White's Ginger34
Morinda citrifoliaNoni, Indian Mulberry34
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Murraya koenigiiCurry tree, Curry leaf tree33
Nicandra physaloidesShoo Fly12
Oldenlandia diffusaSnake-Needle Grass03
Ophioglossum reticulatumAdder's tongue fern42
Orthosiphon aristatusJava Tea, Cat's Whiskers04
Paederia foetidaSkunk Vine24
Paeonia delavayiTree Peony, Dian mu dan13
Paeonia japonicaYama-Shakuyaku11
Paeonia lactifloraChinese Peony, Peony13
Paeonia luteaTree Peony, Dian mu dan13
Paeonia obovata 03
Paeonia ostiiTree Peony12
Paeonia potaniniiTree Peony12
Paeonia suffruticosaMoutan, Moutan peony, Tree Peony, Japanese Tree Peony12
Paeonia szechuanicaTree Peony12
Paeonia veitchii 03
Panax pseudoginsengGinseng, Japanese ginseng13
Panax pseudoginseng notoginsengSan Qi15
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Patrinia villosa 11
Pelargonium graveolensRose Geranium, Sweet scented geranium23
Peltophorum pterocarpumCopperpod, Yellow Poinciana02
Pentaclethra macrophyllaAfrican Oil Bean. Oil Bean Tree, Owala Oil32
Petiveria alliaceaGuinea Hen Weed04
Pfaffia paniculataPfaffia04
Phytolacca americanaPokeweed, American pokeweed, Garnet, Pigeon Berry, Poke33
Phytolacca dodecandraEndod, Pokeberry23
Phytolacca esculenta 22
Picea marianaBlack Spruce, Swamp Spruce22
Picrorhiza kurroaKuru03
Pimpinella majorGreater Burnet Saxifrage, Hollowstem burnet saxifrage12
Pinus koraiensisKorean Nut Pine, Chinese pinenut42
Piper sarmentosumBetel Leaf, Wild Betel32
Pithecellobium dulceManila Tamarind, Madras Thorn42
Plantago asiaticaChe Qian Zi13
Polygonum hydropiperSmartweed, Marshpepper knotweed22
Polygonum tinctorium 12
Populus 'Balsam Spire'Tacatricho 3203
Populus albaWhite Poplar12
Populus angustifoliaNarrowleaf Cottonwood12
Populus balsamiferaBalsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Populus ciliataHimalayan Poplar02
Populus deltoidesEastern Cottonwood, Plains cottonwood, Rio Grande cottonwood, Necklace Poplar22
Populus deltoides moniliferaPlains Cottonwood12
Populus deltoides wislizeniiRio Grande Cottonwood21
Populus euphratica 01
Populus fremontiiCottonwood, Fremont cottonwood, Fremont Poplar, Western Cottonwood12
Populus grandidentataCanadian Aspen, Bigtooth aspen11
Populus heterophyllaSwamp Cottonwood01
Populus hybridsHybrid poplar33
Populus maximowicziiDoronoki, Japanese poplar01
Populus nigraBlack Poplar, Lombardy poplar13
Populus pseudosimonii 11
Populus sieboldiiJapanese Aspen11
Populus simoniiSimon poplar, Chinese Poplar11
Populus tremulaAspen Poplar, European aspen, Aspen12
Populus tremuloidesAmerican Aspen - Poplar, Quaking aspen13
Populus trichocarpaWestern Balsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Populus x canadensisCanadian Poplar, Carolina Poplar01
Populus x canescensGrey Poplar01
Populus x jackiiBalm Of Gilead03
Primula macrophylla 02
Primula verisCowslip, Cowslip primrose33
Prunus armeniaca mandschuricaManchurian apricot43
Psidium guajavaGuava, Tropical Guava, Goiaba, Araçá-goiaba52
Pterocarpus angolensisAmbila03
Pterocarpus soyauxiiAfrican Coralwood22
Pulsatilla cernua 12
Pulsatilla chinensisBai Tou Weng03
Pulsatilla dahurica 03
Pulsatilla koreanaKorean Pasque Flower02
Quercus brantiiBarro, Brant's oak32
Ribes americanumAmerican Blackcurrant21
Ribes aureumGolden Currant41
Rubus idaeusRaspberry, American red raspberry, Grayleaf red raspberry53
Ruta graveolensRue, Common rue, Herb of Grace, Garden Rue13
Salix albaWhite Willow13
Salix alba caeruleaCricket Bat Willow13
Salix alba vitellinaGolden Willow13
Salix gooddingiiGoodding's Willow12
Salix nigraBlack Willow13
Salix purpureaPurple Osier. purpleosier willow13
Salix purpurea lambertianaPurple Osier13
Sambucus nigraElderberry - European Elder, Black elderberry, American black elderberry, Blue elderberry, Europea43
Saussurea roylei 02
Scrophularia buergerianaBuerger's Figwort02
Scrophularia nodosaKnotted Figwort, Woodland figwort13
Scutellaria galericulataCommon Skullcap, Marsh skullcap03
Securidaca longipedunculataViolet Tree14
Sedum albumSmall Houseleek, White stonecrop, Sedum, Stonecrop11
Senna alataRingworm Bush, Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant24
Sesbania bispinosaPrickly Sesban22
Smilax aristolochiifoliaMexican Sarsaparilla24
Smilax febrifugaEcuadorian Sarsaparilla34
Smilax officinalisHonduran sarsaparilla24
Solanum torvumPea Eggplant, Turkey berry33
Solidago virgaureaGoldenrod13
Sonchus arvensisField Milk Thistle, Field sowthistle, Moist sowthistle21
Sophora japonicaJapanese Pagoda Tree, Scholar Tree23
Sophora tonkinensis 02
Sporobolus indicusSmut Grass, Rat-tail grass, West Indian dropseed11
Swertia petiolata 02
Tabebuia roseaApamate, Pink Poui, Pink Tecoma, Rosy Trumpet Tree02
Tachia guianensisTachia04
Tanacetum partheniumFeverfew, Matricaria25
Tectona grandisTeak22
Terminalia chebulaBlack Myrobalan, Chebulic Myroblan,35
Terminalia ivorensisBlack Afara02
Teucrium chamaedrysWall Germander, Germander12
Thlaspi arvensePennycress, Field pennycress22
Thuja occidentalisAmerican Arbor-Vitae, Arborvitae, Eastern Arborvitae, Siberian Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, Wh23
Tithonia diversifoliaMexican Sunflower03
Trichilia dregeanaCape Mahogany43
Trichosanthes kirilowiiChinese Cucumber24
Trichosanthes kirilowii japonica 33
Trigonella foenum-graecumFenugreek, Sicklefruit fenugreek45
Uncaria guianensisCat's Claw24
Uncaria tomentosaCat's Claw24
Vangueria infaustaAfrican medlar42
Viola odorataSweet Violet, English Violet, Garden Violet, Sweet Violet, Florist's Violet53
Viola tricolorHeartsease, Johnny jumpup, Field Pansy,23
Viola yezoensisChinese Violet32
Vitellaria paradoxaShea Butter Tree45
Vitis viniferaGrape, Wine grape, Purpleleaf Grape, Common Grape52
Wisteria venustaSilky Wisteria12
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