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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus manihotAibika41
Achillea millefoliumYarrow, Boreal yarrow, California yarrow, Giant yarrow, Coast yarrow, Western yarrow, Pacific yarrow34
Achillea ptarmicaSneeze-Wort, Sneezeweed21
Achillea sibiricaSiberian Yarrow11
Achyranthes asperaDevil's Horsewhip23
Achyranthes bidentataNiu Xi23
Acinos arvensisBasil Thyme21
Acorus calamusSweet Flag - Calamus34
Aesculus californicaCalifornian Buckeye, California Horsechestnut31
Aesculus paviaRed Buckeye21
Agave americanaAgave, American century plant33
Ageratina altissimaWhite Snakeroot, Richweed02
Alnus rugosaSpeckled Alder02
Althaea officinalisMarsh Mallow, Common marshmallow55
Anacyclus pyrethrumMount Atlas Daisy, Chamomile Spanish, Pellitory02
Anemone vitifolia 02
Aristolochia serpentariaVirginia Snakeroot03
Aristolochia tomentosaDutchman's Pipe, Woolly dutchman's pipe02
Artemisia dracunculusTarragon, French Tarragon42
Asarum sieboldiiWild Ginger02
Asclepias involucrataDwarf Milkweed21
Balsamorhiza sagittataOregon Sunflower, Arrowleaf balsamroot42
Berberis asiaticaChutro, Rasanjan (Nep); marpyashi (Newa); Daruharidra, Darbi (Sans)43
Buxus sempervirensBox, Common box, American Boxwood12
Cephalanthus occidentalisButton Bush, Common buttonbush, Button Willow, Honey Bells, Buttonbush02
Chenopodium albumFat Hen, Lambsquarters32
Chrysothamnus nauseosusRubber Rabbitbrush12
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorusGreen Rabbitbrush, Yellow rabbitbrush21
Cinnamomum camphoraCamphor, Camphortree23
Cirsium acaulonStemless Thistle01
Clematis buchananiana 12
Clematis ligusticifoliaWhite Clematis, Western white clematis, California clematis,02
Comptonia peregrinaSweet Fern33
Comptonia peregrina asplenifoliaSweet Fern33
Corylus cornutaBeaked Hazel, California hazelnut, Turkish Filbert, Turkish Hazel31
Datisca cannabinaAcalbir, Akalbir01
Delphinium denudatum 01
Delphinium staphisagriaStavesacre02
Dentaria diphyllaCrinkleroot42
Descurainia pinnataTansy Mustard, Western tansymustard, Menzies' tansymustard.21
Dodonaea viscosaNative Hops, Florida hopbush, Hopseed Bush, Varnish Leaf, Hopbush, Narrow-leaf hopbush, Wedge-leaf h22
Dryopteris marginalisMarginal Woodfern, Leather Wood Fern04
Emilia sonchifoliaCupid's Shaving Brush, Lilac tasselflower32
Encelia farinosaBrittle Bush, Brittlebush, Incienso21
Erigenia bulbosaHarbinger Of Spring21
Erigeron affinis 01
Eriogonum atrorubensRed Wild Buckwheat, Red buckwheat10
Erysimum capitatumCoastal Wallflower, Sanddune wallflower, Contra Costa wallflower, San Luis Obispo wallflower, Pursh'02
Eschscholzia californicaCalifornian Poppy13
Euphorbia serpyllifoliaThymeleaf Sandmat22
Fagus sylvaticaBeech, European beech, Common Beech42
Fragaria chiloensisBeach Strawberry, Pacific beach strawberry, Sandwich beach strawberry31
Fragaria virginianaScarlet Strawberry, Virginia strawberry32
Geranium wallichianum 02
Gillenia stipulataAmerican Ipecacuanna, American ipecac03
Gillenia trifoliataIndian Physic, Bowman's root03
Glycyrrhiza lepidotaAmerican Liquorice43
Goodyera pubescensDowny Rattlesnake Plantain02
Haplopappus spinulosusSpiny Ironplant01
Heracleum sphondylium montanumCow Parsnip32
Hosta ventricosaBlue plantain lily, Hosta21
Illicium anisatumStar Anise, Chinese Anise,Japanese Anise12
Iris missouriensisRocky Mountain Iris12
Iris pseudacorusYellow Flag, Paleyellow iris12
Juglans cinereaButternut - White Walnut, Butternut33
Juniperus monospermaOne-Seed Juniper32
Juniperus occidentalisWestern Juniper32
Juniperus osteospermaDesert Juniper, Utah juniper22
Lagenaria sicerariaBottle Gourd32
Larrea tridentataCreosote Bush - Chaparral22
Laserpitium siler 11
Laurelia novae-zealandiaePukatea01
Liquidambar formosanaFormosan Gum, Chinese Sweet Gum, Formosa Sweet Gum03
Lithocarpus densiflorusTanbark Oak21
Lobelia tupaDevil's Tobacco01
Lycium pallidumPale Wolfberry, Pale desert-thorn, Rabbit thorn32
Lycium torreyiSquawthorn, Torrey wolfberry22
Lycopersicon esculentumTomato43
Lycopersicon pimpinellifoliumCurrant Tomato42
Magnolia macrophyllaBigleaf Magnolia01
Mahonia confusa 32
Mahonia fortuneiFortune's Mahonia32
Mahonia ganpinensis 12
Malus domesticaApple52
Mentzelia albicaulisWhitestem Blazing Star21
Mentzelia multifloraManyflowered Mentzelia, Adonis blazingstar21
Mentzelia pumilaDwarf Mentzelia21
Micromeria bifloraLemon Scented Thyme22
Monotropa unifloraIndian Pipe23
Morus albaWhite Mulberry, Common Mulberry,43
Morus alba multicaulisWhite Mulberry43
Morus nigraBlack Mulberry53
Myoporum laetumNgaio, Ngaio tree, Mousehole Tree11
Nasturtium officinaleWatercress43
Nasturtium x sterileBrown Watercress43
Origanum vulgareOregano, Pot Marjoram43
Petroselinum crispumParsley44
Peucedanum ostruthiumMasterwort22
Picea marianaBlack Spruce, Swamp Spruce22
Pistacia lentiscusMastic Tree - Pistachier Lentisque22
Plantago mediaHoary Plantain22
Plumbago europaeaPlumbago02
Poncirus trifoliataBitter Orange, Hardy orange, Trifoliat Orange, Japanese Hardy Orange32
Populus angustifoliaNarrowleaf Cottonwood12
Potentilla anserinaSilverweed33
Potentilla erectaTormentil, Erect cinquefoil13
Potentilla reptansCinquefoil, Creeping cinquefoil12
Potentilla supina 11
Psoralea corylifoliaBu Gu Zhi14
Ranunculus hirtus 01
Rhus trilobataSkunk Bush, Basketbush, Squawbush, Three Leaf Sumac42
Rubus odoratusThimbleberry, Purpleflowering raspberry32
Rubus spectabilisSalmonberry32
Sagina japonicaJapanese pearlwort12
Sanguinaria canadensisBlood Root, Red Puccoon, Bloodroot03
Sarcobatus vermiculatusGreasewood21
Sempervivum arachnoideumCobweb Houseleek02
Sempervivum tectorumHouseleek, Common houseleek, Hen and Chickens23
Stanleya pinnataPrince's Plume, Desert princesplume, Bipinnate princesplume, Golden princesplume, Inyo princesplume22
Symplocarpus foetidusSkunk Cabbage23
Thuja plicataWestern Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar12
Verbascum thapsusGreat Mullein, Common mullein, Aaron's Rod, Flannel Plant, Hag Taper, Mullein, Torches, Velvet Plant13
Vernonia glaucaIronweed, Broadleaf ironweed01
Viburnum eduleMooseberry, Squashberry31
Zanthoxylum alatumWinged Prickly Ash32
Zanthoxylum americanumPrickly Ash - Northern, Common pricklyash, Northern Prickly Ash23
Zanthoxylum clava-herculisHercules Club. Prickly Ash - Southern, Hercules' club, Southern Prickly Ash23
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Baillonella toxispermaAfrican Pearwood, False Shea Butternut33
Crescentia cujeteCalabash Tree32
Dichrostachys cinereaMarabou Thorn, Sickle Bush22
Diospyros mespiliformisWest African Ebony, Monkey guava, jackalberry43
Irvingia womboluBitter bush-mango42
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Lagenaria sicerariaBottle Gourd32
Landolphia heudelotiiGuinea gumvine, Landolphia rubber32
Mangifera indicaMango, Bowen Mango53
Manilkara zapotaSapodilla, Nispero52
Mimusops elengiSpanish Cherry, Bakul32
Morinda citrifoliaNoni, Indian Mulberry34
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Myrianthus arboreusGiant yellow mulberry, Monkeyfruit43
Nypa fruticansNipa Palm, Mangrove Palm32
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Piper nigrumBlack Pepper43
Pongamia pinnataPongam, Karum Tree, Poonga-Oil Tree, Indian Beech03
Solanum lycopersicumTomato, Garden Tomato53
Syzygium aromaticumClove, Zanzibar Redhead44
Tarchonanthus camphoratusCamphor Bush, Wild Camphor Bush13
Treculia africanaAfrican Breadfruit or Breadnut42
Vangueria infaustaAfrican medlar42
Vitellaria paradoxaShea Butter Tree45
Vitex donianaBlack Plum43
Vitex madiensisEkarukei, Murukukwe42
Piper sarmentosumBetel Leaf, Wild Betel32
Caesalpinia echinataPau Brasil, Brazil Wood, Indian Savin02
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Cassia sieberianaWest African Laburnum14
Cedrelopsis greveiKatrafay, Kathrafay24
Commiphora myrrhaMyrrh, Myrrh Gum24
Croton lechleriSangre De Grado, Dragon's blood04
Croton palanostigmaSangre De Grado, Dragon's blood04
Croton salutarisSangre De Grado, Dragon's blood04
Cullen corylifoliumBu Gu Zhi14
Eclipta prostrataHan Lian Cao, False daisy13
Euclea divinorumMagic Guarri22
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Gloriosa superbaGloriosa Lily, Climbing Lily, Flame Lily04
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Lawsonia inermisHenna, Mignonette Tree03
Melaleuca leucadendraPaperbark, Weeping Paperbark24
Palaquium guttaGutta-Percha20
Pericopsis angolensisEast African afrormosia02
Petiveria alliaceaGuinea Hen Weed04
Pterocarpus angolensisAmbila03
Pterocarpus erinaceusAfrican Kino03
Pterocarpus soyauxiiAfrican Coralwood22
Pycnanthus angolensisAfrican Nutmeg23
Quassia amaraBitterwood, Amargo Bark24
Sapindus mukorossiChinese Soapberry, Soap Berry, Chinese Soapberry, Soapnut Tree12
Securidaca longipedunculataViolet Tree14
Senegalia catechuBlack Catechu23
Shorea robustaSal Tree43
Solanum pimpinellifoliumCurrant Tomato42
Spirostachys africanaAfrican mahogany tree, African sandalwood00
Swartzia benthamianaWamara02
Tabernanthe ibogaIboga04
Tectona grandisTeak22
Tieghemella heckeliiBaku42
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
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