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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Rubus lineatus 20
Corylus cornuta californicaCalifornia Hazel30
Argania spinosaArgan Tree, Spiny Argania, Morocco Ironwood42
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Bambusa blumeanaSpiny Bamboo. Spiny bamboo, Thorny bamboo20
Bambusa nutansNodding Bamboo, Mai bong20
Bambusa vulgarisCommon Bamboo32
Bixa orellanaAnnatto (Lipstick Plant, Urucum, Colorau, Achiote )33
Borassus aethiopumAfrican Fan Palm, Palmyra Palm42
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Bromelia karatasAnanas pingouin, Karatas, Camburito32
Bromelia pinguinPinuela. Pinguin30
Bromelia serraBayonet bromeliad10
Caryocar brasiliensePequi, Souari nut42
Caryocar villosumPiquia30
Caryota urensJaggary Palm, Toddy Palm, Fishtail Wine Palm42
Casuarina equisetifoliaShe Oak, Common Ru, Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina12
Casuarina oligodonShe-oak, kilu00
Cedrela odorataCedar Wood, West Indian Cedar, SpanishCedar, Cigar-box Cedar, Cedro Hembra12
Copernicia pruniferaBrazilian Wax Palm, Carnauba Palm, Carnauba Wax33
Dichrostachys cinereaMarabou Thorn, Sickle Bush22
Diospyros mespiliformisWest African Ebony, Monkey guava, jackalberry43
Dipteryx odorataTonka Bean, Brazilian Teak32
Elaeis guineensisAfrican Oil Palm52
Erythrina edulisBalu. Andean tree bean32
Erythrina fuscaCoral Bean, Swamp Immortelle22
Escontria chiotillaChiotilla, Jiotilla40
Flemingia macrophyllaEnoki-mame12
Garcinia gardnerianaBacupari, achacha40
Gigantochloa albociliataClumping bamboo30
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Gymnanthemum amygdalinumBitterleaf43
Inga edulisIce Cream Bean, Monkey Tamarind42
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind32
Mauritia flexuosaBuriti Palm, Aguaje Palm42
Metroxylon amicarumCaroline Ivory Nut Palm31
Metroxylon saguSago Palm40
Mimosa scabrellaabaracaatinga, bracaatinga, bracatinga00
Mondia whiteiMondia, White's Ginger34
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Moringa stenopetalaAfrican horseradish tree, cabbagetree43
Morus mesozygiaAfrican mulberry23
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Myrianthus arboreusGiant yellow mulberry, Monkeyfruit43
Opuntia dilleniiDillen prickly pear, 30
Opuntia tomentosaVelvet prickly pear, Woollyjoint Pricklypear30
Oxytenanthera abyssynicaSavanah Bamboo22
Passiflora edulisPassion Flower, Purple granadilla41
Pentaclethra macrophyllaAfrican Oil Bean. Oil Bean Tree, Owala Oil32
Phoenix canariensisCanary Island Date Palm30
Phoenix dactyliferaDate Palm52
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Piptadenia stipulaceaPiptadenia bearing stipules00
Pithecellobium dulceManila Tamarind, Madras Thorn42
Prosopis julifloraMesquite, Honey Mesquite32
Psidium guajavaGuava, Tropical Guava, Goiaba, Araçá-goiaba52
Raphia hookeriIvory Coast Raffia Palm32
Ricinodendron heudelotiiManketti nut, Zambezi almond, African oil-nut-tree33
Salacca zalaccaSalak Palm, Snake Palm50
Salix hybridsHybrid willows33
Samanea samanRain Tree, False Powder Puff, Monkey Pod32
Sauropus androgynusSweet Leaf, Sweetleaf Bush, Katuk52
Schinziophyton rautaneniiMongongo Nut. Manketti Tree32
Senegalia senegalGum Arabic32
Senna siameaSiamese Senna, Kassod Tree11
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Spondias dulcisGolden Apple, Ambarella,42
Spondias mombinYellow Mombin, Hog Plum, Caja Fruit, Taperebá42
Spondias purpureaPurple Mombin Red Mombin, Spanish Plum, Ciruela42
Stenocereus griseusCactaceae. Pitaya, Organpipe cactus30
Stenocereus stellatusJoconostle cactus, Baja organ pipe cactus30
Talipariti tiliaceumBeach Hibiscus, Sea Hibiscus, Cottontree, Mahoe32
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Tithonia diversifoliaMexican Sunflower03
Treculia africanaAfrican Breadfruit or Breadnut42
Trichanthera giganteaGiant trichanthera, Nacadero22
Uapaca kirkianaWild Loquat42
Aloe feroxCape Aloe, Bitter Aloe, Red Aloe, Cape Aloe, Alligator Jaw Aloe25
Baikiaea plurijugaRhodesian Teak, Zambesi Redwood12
Baphia nitidaCamwood, Baphia22
Bursera simarubaGum Tree, Gumbo Limbo22
Caesalpinia spinosaSpiny Holdback, Tara22
Cassia fistulaGolden Shower, Purging Cassia, Golden Chain Tree, Indian Laburnum14
Centrolobium microchaeteYellow tarara00
Copernicia albaCaranday Palm, Caranda Palm, Caranda Palm Wax20
Cordia bicolorMuneco10
Cupressus lusitanicaMexican Cypress02
Dalbergia melanoxylonAfrican Blackwood, Grenadilla, Mpingo02
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus robustaSwamp Mahogany, Eucalyptus Gum03
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Guiera senegalensisMoshi medicine, guier du Senegal14
Handroanthus serratifoliusYellow Trumpet Tree02
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Millettia laurentiiWenge04
Millettia stuhlmanniiPanga-panga, Partridge wood02
Ptaeroxylon obliquumSneezewood02
Pterocarpus angolensisAmbila03
Pterocarpus erinaceusAfrican Kino03
Senegalia catechuBlack Catechu23
Sorghum bicolorSorghum, Common wild sorghum, Grain sorghum, Sudangrass42
Syzygium jambosJambos, Rose Apple, Plum Rose32
Tectona grandisTeak22
Terminalia ivorensisBlack Afara02
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
Vachellia seyalShittim Wood22
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