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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Agropyron elongatumTall Wheatgrass00
Alnus maritimaSeaside Alder, Beach Alder00
Arachis hypogaeaPeanut42
Arundo donaxGiant Reed, Giant Reed Grass32
Atriplex hortensisOrach, Garden orache42
Avena sativaOats, Common oat33
Beta vulgaris altissimaSugar Beet42
Cichorium intybusChicory, Radicchio, Succory, Witloof43
Crambe abyssinicaAbyssinian Kale, Crambe10
Cynodon dactylonBermuda Grass03
Eichhornia crassipesWater Hyacinth, Common water hyacinth20
Eragrostis curvulaWeeping Love Grass10
Euphorbia lathyrisCaper Spurge, Moleplant12
Glycine maxSoya Bean42
Helianthus tuberosusJerusalem Artichoke41
Hordeum bulbosumBulbous Barley20
Hordeum deficiens 30
Hordeum distichonTwo-Rowed Barley43
Hordeum hexastichonSix-Row Barley, Common barley30
Hordeum intermedium 20
Hordeum trifurcatumEgyptian Barley20
Hordeum vulgareBarley, Common barley43
Hordeum zeocritonSprat Barley20
Ipomoea batatasSweet Potato, Black Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Vine50
Linum usitatissimumFlax, Common flax43
Lolium perennePerennial Ryegrass, Italian ryegrass, Darnel, Lyme Grass, Terrell Grass, English Ryegrass, Strand Wh11
Medicago sativaAlfalfa, Yellow alfalfa43
Miscanthus sinensisEulalia, Chinese silvergrass, Silver Feather, Eulalia Grass, Japanese Silver Grass, Ornamental Grass12
Morus albaWhite Mulberry, Common Mulberry,43
Phalaris arundinaceaCanary Grass, Reed canarygrass, Gardener's Garter Grass, Ribbon Grass00
Phaseolus vulgarisFrench Bean, Kidney bean52
Phleum pratenseTimothy01
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Polygonum japonicumJapanese Knotweed, Mexican Bamboo, Japanese Knotweed33
Polygonum sachalinenseGiant Knotweed20
Populus deltoidesEastern Cottonwood, Plains cottonwood, Rio Grande cottonwood, Necklace Poplar22
Pteridium aquilinumBracken, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern22
Pteridium aquilinum esculentumBracken22
Salsola kaliSaltwort, Russian thistle32
Secale cerealeRye, Cereal rye41
Solanum tuberosumPotato, Irish potato52
Sorghum bicolorSorghum, Common wild sorghum, Grain sorghum, Sudangrass42
Sorghum halepenseJohnson Grass31
Symphytum asperumPrickly Comfrey32
Symphytum officinaleComfrey, Common comfrey35
Symphytum uplandicumComfrey35
Triticum aestivumBread Wheat, Common wheat42
Triticum aestivum compactumClub Wheat20
Triticum aestivum machaMakha Wheat20
Triticum aestivum speltaSpelt Wheat40
Triticum aestivum sphaerococcumShot Wheat20
Triticum bicorne 20
Triticum georgicum 20
Triticum monococcumEinkorn30
Triticum monococcum aegilopoidesWild Einkorn20
Triticum sovieticum 20
Triticum timopheeviiSanduri, Timopheev's wheat20
Triticum turgidumRivet Wheat40
Triticum turgidum carthlicumPersian Wheat20
Triticum turgidum dicoccoidesWild Emmer20
Triticum turgidum dicocconEmmer30
Triticum turgidum durumDurum Wheat30
Triticum turgidum polonicumPolish Wheat30
Triticum turgidum turanicumKhurasan Wheat20
Triticum vaviloviVavilov's Wheat20
Typha angustifoliaSmall Reed Mace, Narrowleaf cattail53
Typha bungeana 43
Typha davidiana 43
Typha domingensisSouthern Cattail43
Typha glaucaHybrid cattail40
Typha latifoliaReedmace, Broadleaf cattail, Bullrush, Nailrod53
Typha laxmannii 41
Typha orientalisBroadleaf Cumbungi43
Urtica dioicaStinging Nettle, California nettle55
Corylus cornuta californicaCalifornia Hazel30
Acacia angustissimaPrairie acacia. Timbre. Fernleaf Acacia23
Albizia lebbeckSiris Tree, Woman's Tongue, East Indian Walnut12
Alchornea cordifoliaChristmas Bush24
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Bambusa atraClumping Bamboo. Long pipe bamboo.20
Bambusa bambosGiant Thorny Bamboo33
Bambusa heterostachyaMalay Dwarf Green00
Bambusa nutansNodding Bamboo, Mai bong20
Bambusa oldhamiiRyoku-Chiku, Giant Timber Bamboo, Oldham's Bamboo20
Bambusa pervariabilisClumping Bamboo30
Bambusa polymorphaBurmese bamboo, Jama Betua20
Bambusa textilisClumping Bamboo. Weaver's bamboo30
Bambusa tuldaBengal Bamboo. Spineless Indian bamboo20
Bambusa vulgarisCommon Bamboo32
Calliandra calothyrsusRed Calliandra, Powderpuff, Kaliandra00
Carex meyerianaSedge, Wu la cao 00
Cephalostachyum pergracileTinwa Bamboo30
Chrysopogon zizanioidesVetiver, Vetiver Root, Khus Khus22
Corymbia citriodoraLemon-Scented Gum, blue spotted gum, lemon eucalyptus, eucalyptus citriodora.23
Crotalaria junceaSun Hemp11
Croton megalocarpusCroton tree02
Dacryodes edulisBush Butter Tree, Butterfruit, African Plum, bush pear, bush plum, safou52
Dendrocalamus asperGiant Bamboo, Dragon bamboo, Sweet bamboo40
Dendrocalamus brandesiiVelvet Leaf Bamboo, Clumping Bamboo30
Dendrocalamus giganteusGiant Bamboo, Bhalu bans, Dhungre bans21
Dendrocalamus hamiltoniiTama Bamboo. Tufted bamboo30
Dendrocalamus latiflorusSweet Bamboo, Sweet bamboo shoot, Taiwan giant bamboo40
Dendrocalamus membranaceusWhite bamboo30
Dendrocalamus strictusMale Bamboo. Calcutta Stricta or Bamboo31
Dichrostachys cinereaMarabou Thorn, Sickle Bush22
Gigantochloa albociliataClumping bamboo30
Gigantochloa hasskarlianaAwi Tela40
Gigantochloa levisBulo semilang, Buloh seremai, Bolo32
Gigantochloa verticillataWhorled bamboo, Giant stripy bamboo30
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Guadua angustifoliaClumping Bamboo. Guadua00
Helianthus hybridsPerennial Sunflower42
Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind32
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Melocanna bacciferaBerry Bamboo. Mali bamboo32
Oxytenanthera abyssynicaSavanah Bamboo22
Parkinsonia aculeataJerusalem Thorn32
Pithecellobium dulceManila Tamarind, Madras Thorn42
Populus hybridsHybrid poplar33
Saccharum officinarumSugarcane, Purple Sugar Cane42
Salix hybridsHybrid willows33
Sapium sebiferumVegetable Tallow, Chinese tallow, Popcorn Tree, Chinese Tallow Tree22
Schizolobium parahybaGuapiruvu00
Senna siameaSiamese Senna, Kassod Tree11
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Stenocereus stellatusJoconostle cactus, Baja organ pipe cactus30
Tephrosia candidaWhite Tephrosia00
Thyrsostachys siamensisMonastery Bamboo40
Typha elephantinaBora. Elephant grass, Indian reed-mace.33
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
Bursera simarubaGum Tree, Gumbo Limbo22
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus grandisFlooded Gum, Gum, Rose Eucalyptus02
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Sorghum bicolorSorghum, Common wild sorghum, Grain sorghum, Sudangrass42
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
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