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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Avena abyssinicaAbyssinian Oat20
Avena barbataSlender Oat20
Avena brevis 20
Avena byzantinaRed Oat20
Avena fatuaWild Oats21
Avena ludovicianaOats20
Avena nudaNaked Oat40
Avena nudibrevis 20
Avena orientalisHungarian Oat31
Avena sativaOats, Common oat33
Avena sterilisSterile Oats, Animated oat30
Avena strigosaBristle Oats, Black oats20
Avena wiestii 20
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
Pteridium aquilinumBracken, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern22
Sphagnum cymbilifoliumSphagnum Moss03
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
Acacia angustissimaPrairie acacia. Timbre. Fernleaf Acacia23
Canna edulisAchira, Indian shot30
Agave sisalanaSisal22
Alchornea cordifoliaChristmas Bush24
Artocarpus camansiBreadnut, Kamansi41
Artocarpus mariannensisSeeded breadfruit, Marianas bread43
Attalea speciosaBabassu, American Oil Palm, Motacu, Motacuchi42
Bauhinia thonningiiCamel's foot tree, monkey bread32
Calopogonium caeruleumWild jicama00
Calopogonium mucunoidesCalopo, Wild ground nut00
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Carica papayaPapaya, Mamo, Melon Tree53
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Croton megalocarpusCroton tree02
Desmodium cinereumRensoni. Tickclover00
Erythrina edulisBalu. Andean tree bean32
Faidherbia albidaWhite Acacia. White-thorn. Apple ring acacia12
Flemingia macrophyllaEnoki-mame12
Indigofera arrectaBengal Indigo, Java indigo, Natal indigo22
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Manihot esculentaCassava, Tapioca Plant, Yuca52
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Myrianthus arboreusGiant yellow mulberry, Monkeyfruit43
Neolamarckia cadambaAmboina, Kadam12
Pentaclethra macrophyllaAfrican Oil Bean. Oil Bean Tree, Owala Oil32
Pinus caribaeaCaribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine22
Quercus brantiiBarro, Brant's oak32
Senna siameaSiamese Senna, Kassod Tree11
Sesbania bispinosaPrickly Sesban22
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Simarouba glaucaParadise Tree, Bitterwood, Dysentery-bark34
Terminalia catappaIndian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree42
Tithonia diversifoliaMexican Sunflower03
Treculia africanaAfrican Breadfruit or Breadnut42
Vitellaria paradoxaShea Butter Tree45
Vitex donianaBlack Plum43
Vitex payosChocolate Berry42
Warburgia salutarisPepperbark Tree24
Coffea arabicaCoffee Arabica33
Dactyladenia barteriMonkey Fruit02
Dalbergia melanoxylonAfrican Blackwood, Grenadilla, Mpingo02
Erythrophleum suaveolensErun, ordealtree, Sasswood Tree03
Intsia bijugaMoluccan Ironwood, Ipil12
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Milicia excelsaAfrican Teak23
Milicia regiaOroko, Iroko22
Nauclea latifoliaAfrican Peach34
Peltophorum dasyrhachisPeltophorum, Soga02
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
Vitex keniensisFulu, Mkombachiko, Mufuu20
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