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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Aconitum violaceum 11
Actaea spicataHerb Christopher, Baneberry01
Adenophora remotiflora 21
Adenophora verticillata 22
Amaranthus spinosusSpiny Amaranth23
Ambrosia artemesiifoliaRoman Wormwood, Bitterweed, Blackweed, Carrot Weed, Hay Fever Weed, Stickeweed, Tassel Weed, Wild Ta23
Ambrosia trifidaGiant Ragweed, Great ragweed, Texan great ragweed, Bitterweed, Bloodweed, Buffalo Weed, Horse Cane13
Anemone rivularisCao Yu Mei12
Angelica anomala 02
Angelica dahuricaBai Zhi23
Ardisia crispa 11
Ardisia japonicaMarlberry03
Aristolochia serpentariaVirginia Snakeroot03
Aristolochia tomentosaDutchman's Pipe, Woolly dutchman's pipe02
Aster diplostephioides 02
Atropa bella-donnaDeadly Nightshade, Belladonna03
Basella albaMalabar Spinach, Indian Spinach, Ceylon spinach,42
Belamcanda chinensisLeopard Lily, Blackberry lily, Leopard Flower13
Betula alnoides 21
Bidens parviflora 11
Boerhavia diffusaTar Vine, Red spiderling24
Brasenia schreberiWater Shield32
Castanea mollissimaChinese Chestnut32
Catalpa bignonioidesIndian Bean Tree, Southern catalpa02
Cedrus deodaraDeodar, Deodar cedar02
Celastrus dependens 12
Clematis chinensisWei Ling Xian12
Clematis ternifloraSennin-So, Sweet autumn virginsbower, Sweet Autumn Clematis, Fall Clematis11
Coptis chinensisHuang Lian03
Coptis deltoidea 02
Corydalis govaniana 02
Crataegus pinnatifidaChinese Haw33
Cunninghamia lanceolataChinese Fir02
Dioscorea batatasChinese Yam55
Drymaria cordataWest Indin Chickweed, Whitesnow22
Ephedra equisetinaMuzei Ma Huang, Ma huang14
Ephedra intermediaZhong Ma Huang14
Ephedra majorMa Huang14
Ephedra sinicaMa Huang, Chinese ephedra14
Epilobium latifoliumRiver Beauty32
Eryngium aquaticumButton Snakeroot, Rattlesnakemaster02
Eryngium creticumEryngo11
Eupatorium lindleyanum 02
Farfugium japonicumLeopard Plant11
Forsythia suspensaLian Qiao, Weeping forsythia13
Fritillaria verticillata 23
Gentiana andrewsiiClosed Bottle Gentian, Dakota gentian03
Gentiana puberulentaDowny gentian03
Gentiana saponariaHarvestbells03
Gentiana tubiflora 02
Glycine maxSoya Bean42
Glycine sojaWild Soya Bean32
Glyptostrobus pensilisChinese Swamp Cypress02
Hemerocallis altissima 41
Hemerocallis aurantiaca 41
Hemerocallis bulbiferum 41
Hemerocallis citrinaCitron daylily41
Hemerocallis coreana 41
Hemerocallis darrowianaDay Lily41
Hemerocallis dumortieriDumortier's daylily41
Hemerocallis exaltata 41
Hemerocallis forrestii 21
Hemerocallis fulvaCommon Day Lily, Orange daylily, Tawny Daylily, Double Daylily52
Hemerocallis fulva longituba 41
Hemerocallis graminea 41
Hemerocallis hakunensis 41
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelusYellow Day Lily42
Hemerocallis littoreaCoastal Day Lily41
Hemerocallis micrantha 41
Hemerocallis middendorffiiAmur daylily, Middendorf, Daylily51
Hemerocallis middendorffii esculenta 51
Hemerocallis minorGrassleaf Day Lily, Small daylily41
Hemerocallis multiflora 41
Hemerocallis pedicellata 41
Hemerocallis plicata 41
Hemerocallis thunbergii 41
Hemerocallis yezoensis 41
Houttuynia cordataTsi, Chameleon, Rainbow Plant, Chameleon Plant43
Hypericum hypericoidesSt. Andrews Cross02
Hypericum monogynum 02
Impatiens aurellaPaleyellow touch-me-not22
Impatiens capensisJewelweed32
Impatiens ecalcarata 22
Impatiens occidentalis 32
Impatiens parvifloraSmallflower touchmenot22
Iris ensataJapanese Water Iris11
Lablab purpureusHyacinth Bean, Bonavist-bean42
Lagenaria sicerariaBottle Gourd32
Larix deciduaLarch, European Larch, Common Larch23
Ledebouriella seseloidesFang Feng12
Leontice leontopetalumRakaf11
Lespedeza capitataRoundhead Lespedeza12
Ligusticum brachylobum 02
Liquidambar orientalisOriental Sweet Gum23
Marrubium vulgareWhite Horehound, Horehound13
Marsilea quadrifoliaWater Clover, European waterclover12
Matthiola incanaStock, Tenweeks stock, Gillyflower, Brompton Stock21
Melianthus majorHoney Flower31
Nabalus albusWhite Lettuce02
Nabalus serpentariusLion's Foot01
Paris quadrifoliaHerb Paris02
Patrinia scabiosifoliaEastern Valerian, Scabious Patrinia13
Perilla frutescensShiso, Beefsteakplant, Spreading Beefsteak Plant43
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Phytolacca acinosaIndian Poke23
Plantago lanceolataRibwort Plantain, Narrowleaf plantain23
Plantago majorCommon Plantain, Cart Track Plant,White Man's Foot ,Plantain23
Pleurospermum condollei 02
Polygala senegaSenega Snake Root03
Polygonum tinctorium 12
Potentilla cryptotaeniae 01
Prenanthes altissimusRattlesnake Root01
Prunus armeniacaApricot43
Pueraria montana lobataKudzu Vine45
Rhus diversilobaWestern Poison Oak, Pacific poison oak02
Rhus succedaneaWax Tree12
Ribes odoratumBuffalo Currant41
Rosa multifloraJapanese Rose, Multiflora rose22
Ruta graveolensRue, Common rue, Herb of Grace, Garden Rue13
Salix hookerianaDune Willow12
Sapium sebiferumVegetable Tallow, Chinese tallow, Popcorn Tree, Chinese Tallow Tree22
Solanum melongenaAubergine, Eggplant32
Stellaria alsineBog Stitchwort, Bog chickweed12
Thlaspi arvensePennycress, Field pennycress22
Tulipa edulis 22
Ulmus macrocarpa 21
Ulmus parvifoliaChinese Elm, Lacebark Elm21
Ulmus pumilaSiberian Elm, Hybrid elm22
Youngia japonicaJapanese Hawkweed, Oriental false hawksbeard11
Zanthoxylum simulansSzechuan Pepper, Chinese-pepper, Prickly Ash32
Ziziphus jujubaJujube43
Byrsonima crassifoliaGolden Spoon, Nance, Nancy Tree42
Garcinia kolaBitter Kola34
Gnetum africanumEru, African Jointfir42
Gnetum buchholzianumJointfir42
Gymnema sylvestreGurmar, Gymnema34
Ipomoea aquaticaKangkong, Swamp Morning Glory42
Irvingia womboluBitter bush-mango42
Maranta arundinaceaArrowroot43
Mimosa pudicaMorivivir, Sensitive Plant22
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Pueraria montanaKudzu Vine45
Ricinodendron heudelotiiManketti nut, Zambezi almond, African oil-nut-tree33
Talisia esculentaPitomba42
Vangueria infaustaAfrican medlar42
Citrus latifoliaCitrus Tahitian Lime42
Coffea arabicaCoffee Arabica33
Calamus rotangRattan, Rotang, Rattan Cane22
Carmona retusaFukien Tea, Philippine tea tree24
Diospyros malabaricaIndian Persimmon, Gaub, Timbiri, Mountain ebony13
Eclipta prostrataHan Lian Cao, False daisy13
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Gmelina arboreaGmelina, Snapdragon, White Teak22
Handroanthus serratifoliusYellow Trumpet Tree02
Okoubaka aubrevilleiOkoubaka tree04
Paederia foetidaSkunk Vine24
Pycnanthus angolensisAfrican Nutmeg23
Rauvolfia serpentinaRauwolfia, Ajmaline, Java devil-pepper04
Scoparia dulcisSweet Broom, Licorice Weed, Vassourinha24
Tinospora cordifoliaKanda Amrta24
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
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