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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acer argutum 20
Acer carpinifoliumHornbeam Maple20
Acer circinatumVine Maple21
Acer distylum 20
Acer interiusBox Elder20
Acer macrophyllumOregon Maple, Bigleaf maple, Oregon Maple31
Acer negundoBox Elder31
Acer platanoidesNorway Maple, Harlequin Maple20
Acer pseudoplatanusSycamore, Great Maple, Scottish Maple, Planetree Maple21
Acer rubrumRed Maple, Drummond's maple, Swamp Maple31
Acer saccharinumSilver Maple, River Maple, Soft Maple31
Acer saccharumSugar Maple, Florida Maple, Hard Maple, Rock Maple42
Acer saccharum grandidentatumBig-Tooth Maple, Canyon Maple, Rocky Mountain Sugar Maple40
Acer saccharum nigrumBlack Maple41
Acer spicatumMountain Maple22
Acer tataricumTatarian Maple20
Arenga pinnataSolitary Sugar Palm41
Asclepias asperulaAntelope Horns, Spider milkweed, Trailing Milkweed21
Asclepias halliiPurple Silkweed, Hall's milkweed31
Asclepias incarnataSwamp Milkweed, Swamp Butterfly Weed, Marsh Milkweed32
Asclepias lanceolataPurple Silkweed, Fewflower milkweed21
Asclepias ovalifoliaOval-leaf milkweed20
Asclepias pumilaLow Milkweed, Plains milkweed21
Asclepias purpurascensPurple Milkweed21
Asclepias quadrifoliaFourleaf Milkweed22
Asclepias rubraRed Silkweed31
Asclepias speciosaShowy Milkweed32
Asclepias syriacaCommon Milkweed, Silkweed, Milkweed32
Asclepias tuberosaPleurisy Root, Butterfly milkweed, Rolfs' milkweed, Indian Paintbrush33
Asclepias viridifloraGreen Milkweed, Green comet milkweed32
Beta lomatogonaBeet20
Beta vulgaris altissimaSugar Beet42
Betula alleghaniensisYellow Birch, Swamp Birch32
Betula lentaCherry Birch, Sweet birch, Black Birch, Cherry Birch33
Betula nigraRiver Birch, Black Birch, Red Birch, Water Birch, River Birch32
Betula papyriferaPaper Birch, Mountain paper birch, Kenai birch32
Borassus aethiopumAfrican Fan Palm, Palmyra Palm42
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Boscia senegalensisAizen, Boscia42
Carya laciniosaShellbark Hickory31
Caryota urensJaggary Palm, Toddy Palm, Fishtail Wine Palm42
Cassia fistulaGolden Shower, Purging Cassia, Golden Chain Tree, Indian Laburnum14
Castanea sativaSweet Chestnut, European chestnut52
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Cordyline australisCabbage Tree30
Cordyline indivisaCabbage Tree30
Corypha utanGebang Palm. Corypha palm, Sugar palm32
Couma utilisSorva, Milk Tree42
Dahlia pinnataDahlia, Pinnate dahlia10
Dahlia roseaDahlia, Pinnate dahlia11
Dioscoreophyllum cumminsiiSerendipity Berry, Guinea potato40
Diospyros kakiPersimmon, Japanese persimmon43
Diospyros virginianaAmerican Persimmon, Common persimmon, Persimmon51
Gleditsia triacanthosHoney Locust32
Glycyrrhiza echinataWild Liquorice, Chinese licorice43
Glycyrrhiza glabraLiquorice, Cultivated licorice44
Glycyrrhiza uralensisGan Cao34
Helianthus tuberosusJerusalem Artichoke41
Heracleum sphondyliumCow Parsnip, Eltrot32
Heracleum sphondylium sibiricum 32
Hordeum distichonTwo-Rowed Barley43
Hordeum vulgareBarley, Common barley43
Hovenia dulcisJapanese Raisin Tree32
Hydrangea anomalaHydrangea31
Hydrangea macrophyllaFrench hydrangea , Florist's Hydrangea, Bigleaf Hydrangea32
Hydrangea serrata amagiana 40
Hydrangea serrata thunbergiiTea of heaven, Ama-tsja,30
Juglans cinereaButternut - White Walnut, Butternut33
Juglans nigraBlack Walnut33
Juglans regiaWalnut, English walnut, Persian Walnut,43
Juncus balticusBaltic Rush10
Larix occidentalisWestern Larch22
Melianthus majorHoney Flower31
Melianthus minorHoney Flower30
Nypa fruticansNipa Palm, Mangrove Palm32
Parthenocissus tricuspidataBoston Ivy, Japanese Ivy, Japanese Creeper10
Passiflora antioquiensisBanana Passionfruit40
Passiflora edulisPassion Flower, Purple granadilla41
Passiflora laurifoliaYellow Granadilla42
Passiflora ligularisSweet Grenadilla, Passion Flower50
Passiflora popenoviiGranadilla de Quijos40
Passiflora quadrangularisGiant Granadilla, Badea42
Passiflora tarminianabanana passionfruit, banana poka40
Passiflora tripartita mollissimaBanana Passionfruit40
Pentadiplandra brazzeanaJoy perfume tree, j'oubli44
Phoenix canariensisCanary Island Date Palm30
Phoenix dactyliferaDate Palm52
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Pinus lambertianaSugar Pine32
Platanus occidentalisButtonwood, American sycamore, American Planetree, Sycamore, American Sycamore12
Polymnia edulisYacon Strawberry40
Populus angustifoliaNarrowleaf Cottonwood12
Prosopis albaWhite carob tree, Algarrobo blanco32
Prosopis julifloraMesquite, Honey Mesquite32
Pteridium aquilinumBracken, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern22
Pteridium aquilinum esculentumBracken22
Raphia fariniferaRaffia Palm30
Raphia hookeriIvory Coast Raffia Palm32
Rhus ovataSugar Bush, Sugar sumac21
Saccharum officinarumSugarcane, Purple Sugar Cane42
Salix fragilisCrack Willow13
Secale cerealeRye, Cereal rye41
Sorghum bicolorSorghum, Common wild sorghum, Grain sorghum, Sudangrass42
Stevia rebaudianaStevia, Candyleaf40
Synsepalum dulciferumMiracle Berry40
Thaumatococcus danielliiSweet Prayer Plant, Katemfe40
Tilia americanaAmerican Basswood, Carolina basswood, Basswood, AmericanBasswood, American Linden33
Tilia x europaeaLinden, Common Lime53
Vachellia seyalShittim Wood22
Vitex donianaBlack Plum43
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