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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acacia farnesianaSweet Acacia, Perfume Acacia, Huisache22
Alnus glutinosaAlder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder03
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Aquilegia karelinii 20
Bletilla striataHyacinth Orchid, Urn orchid, Hyacinth Bletilla, Hardy Orchid, Chinese Ground Orchid03
Blighia sapidaAkee, ackee apple or ayee32
Byrsonima crassifoliaGolden Spoon, Nance, Nancy Tree42
Caesalpinia digynaTeri pods, Udakiryaka22
Canarium luzonicumManila Elemi43
Canarium ovatumPili Nut43
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Centaurea cyanusCornflower, Garden cornflower, Blue Bottle, Cornflower22
Consolida regalisLarkspur, Royal knight's-spur03
Coriaria microphylla 01
Coriaria myrtifoliaRedoul00
Coriaria napalensisMasuri Berry21
Cornus floridaFlowering Dogwood22
Delphinium nuttallianumLarkspur, Twolobe larkspur00
Dipterocarpus alatusApitong, baume de gurjun, gurjun balsam02
Fraxinus longicuspis 01
Fuchsia colensoi 20
Fuchsia excorticataKonini20
Iris pseudacorusYellow Flag, Paleyellow iris12
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Ligustrum vulgarePrivet, European privet , Common Privet01
Mahonia trifoliolataMexican Barberry, Algerita32
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Papaver rhoeasCorn Poppy, Field Poppy, Shirley Poppy23
Phyllanthus emblicaEmblica, Indian Gooseberry35
Phytolacca acinosaIndian Poke23
Phytolacca americanaPokeweed, American pokeweed, Garnet, Pigeon Berry, Poke33
Phytolacca esculenta 22
Pinus edulisRocky Mountain Piñon, Twoneedle pinyon, Nut Pine, Pinyon Pine, Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Singlelea42
Pinus roxburghiiChir Pine22
Pistacia atlanticaBetoum, Mt. Atlas mastic tree, Mount Atlas Mastic21
Prunus spinosaSloe - Blackthorn32
Punica granatumPomegranate, Dwarf Pomegranate44
Quercus brantiiBarro, Brant's oak32
Quercus infectoriaAleppo Oak, Oak22
Quercus ithaburensis macrolepisValonia Oak42
Quercus palustrisPin Oak, Swamp Oak32
Quercus petraeaSessile Oak, Durmast oak23
Quercus roburPedunculate Oak, English oak43
Rhus chinensisChinese Gall, Chinese sumac23
Rhus diversilobaWestern Poison Oak, Pacific poison oak02
Rhus potaninii 02
Rhus radicansPoison Ivy01
Rhus toxicodendronEastern Poison Oak02
Rhus typhinaStag's Horn Sumach, Velvet Sumac, Staghorn Sumac42
Rhus vernixPoison Sumach01
Ricinodendron heudelotiiManketti nut, Zambezi almond, African oil-nut-tree33
Sambucus ebulusDwarf Elder, Dwarf elderberry12
Shorea balangeranRed Balau00
Shorea johorensisSeraya majau, Meranti majau00
Tamarindus indicaTamarind43
Terminalia catappaIndian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree42
Terminalia chebulaBlack Myrobalan, Chebulic Myroblan,35
Vaccinium myrtillusBilberry, Whortleberry43
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vachellia seyalShittim Wood22
Vernicia montanaAbrasin oil tree03
Viburnum opulusGuelder Rose, Cramp Bark, European cranberrybush, American cranberrybush, Crampbark, European Highb33
Vitex donianaBlack Plum43
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