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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus esculentusOkra43
Abutilon theophrastiChina Jute, Velvetleaf, Butterprint Buttonweed Jute, China Mallow, Indian Velvet Leaf32
Acer crataegifoliumHawthorn-Leaved Maple00
Actinidia chinensisKiwi42
Actinidia deliciosaKiwi Fruit51
Agave americanaAgave, American century plant33
Agave parryiCentury Plant, Parry's agave, Mescal31
Agave utahensis discretaCentury Plant31
Agave utahensis eborispinaCentury Plant31
Alcea roseaHollyhock32
Ammophila arenariaMarram Grass, European beachgrass10
Ampelodesmos mauritanicusMauritanian grass00
Aphananthe aspera 10
Arctium minusLesser Burdock35
Artemisia tridentataSage Brush, Big sagebrush, Bonneville big sagebrush32
Arundo donaxGiant Reed, Giant Reed Grass32
Asclepias halliiPurple Silkweed, Hall's milkweed31
Asclepias purpurascensPurple Milkweed21
Asclepias speciosaShowy Milkweed32
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
Bambusa multiplexHedge Bamboo, Chinese Goddess Bamboo20
Betula alnoides 21
Betula papyriferaPaper Birch, Mountain paper birch, Kenai birch32
Betula pendulaSilver Birch, European white birch, Common Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch33
Betula pubescensWhite Birch, Downy birch33
Betula utilisIndian Paper Birch, Whitebarked Himilayan Birch, Jacquemontii Birch02
Boehmeria niveaRamie, Chinese Grass, Chinese Silk Plant22
Broussonetia papyriferaPaper Mulberry42
Canna indicaIndian Shot42
Cannabis sativaHemp, Marijuana44
Carduus nutansMusk Thistle, Nodding plumeless thistle22
Cirsium vulgareCommon Thistle, Bull thistle, Dodder, Boar Thistle, Bull Thistle21
Corchorus capsularisJute32
Cordyline australisCabbage Tree30
Cortaderia selloanaPampas Grass00
Corylus cornuta californicaCalifornia Hazel30
Cyperus longusGalingale21
Cytisus scopariusBroom, Scotch broom, Common Broom13
Daphne bholua 01
Daphne involucrata 00
Daphne papyracea 01
Daphne pseudomezereum 00
Dichelachne crinitaPlume Grass, Clovenfoot plumegrass00
Digitaria sanguinalisCrab Grass, Hairy crabgrass21
Dirca occidentalisLeather Wood, Western leatherwood00
Dirca palustrisLeather Wood, Eastern leatherwood02
Edgeworthia chrysanthaOriental paperbush01
Edgeworthia gardneriNepalese Paper Bush00
Edgeworthia papyriferaPaperbush, Oriental Paperbush10
Eleusine indicaWire Grass, Indian goosegrass, Yard Grass, Goose Grass31
Equisetum arvenseField Horsetail23
Equisetum hyemaleDutch Rush, Scouringrush horsetail, Horsetail, Scouring Rush, Rough Horsetail22
Eriophorum angustifoliumCotton Grass, Tall cottongrass21
Eriophorum gracileCotton Grass, Slender cottongrass20
Glycine maxSoya Bean42
Grewia oppositifolia 20
Hedychium coronariumButterfly Ginger, White garland-lily, Garland Flower, Butterfly Lily22
Helianthus annuusSunflower, Common sunflower52
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
Humulus lupulusHop, Common hop, European Hop,45
Hydrangea anomalaHydrangea31
Hydrangea paniculataPanicled hydrangea, Hybrid Hydrangea, PeeGee Hydrangea, Panicle Hydrangea12
Imperata cylindricaCogongrass, Japanese Blood Grass33
Iris douglasianaMountain Iris, Douglas iris00
Iris macrosiphonBowltube Iris01
Iris purdyiPurdy's Iris00
Jubaea chilensisChilean Wine Palm, Chile cocopalm30
Juncus effususSoft Rush, Common rush, Lamp rush, Pacific rush12
Linum perennePerennial Flax, Blue flax, Alpine flax32
Medicago sativaAlfalfa, Yellow alfalfa43
Phormium tenaxNew Zealand Flax, Coastal Flax, New Zealand Hemp20
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Phyllostachys aureaGolden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo50
Pueraria montana lobataKudzu Vine45
Rubus idaeusRaspberry, American red raspberry, Grayleaf red raspberry53
Salix albaWhite Willow13
Salix alba vitellinaGolden Willow13
Salix nigraBlack Willow13
Scirpus acutusHard Stem Bulrush31
Scirpus lacustrisBulrush31
Sequoia sempervirensCoastal Redwood, Redwood, California Redwood, Coast Redwood01
Stellera chamaejasme 01
Stipa splendensChee Grass00
Stipa tenacissimaEsparto Grass, Esparto00
Tetrapanax papyriferRice Paper Plant, Chinese Rice Paper Plant11
Thuja plicataWestern Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar12
Tilia cordataSmall Leaved Lime, Littleleaf linden53
Tilia platyphyllosLarge Leaved Lime, Largeleaf linden, Bigleaf Linden53
Tilia x europaeaLinden, Common Lime53
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
Ulmus americanaAmerican Elm, Gray Elm, Water Elm22
Urtica lyalliiStinging Nettle33
Wikstroemia japonica 00
Wikstroemia sikokiana 00
Wisteria sinensisChinese Wisteria11
Yucca filamentosaSpoonleaf Yucca, Adam's needle, Desert Candle, Needle Palm, St. Peter's Palm, Spanish Bayonet, Comm31
Zea maysSweet Corn, Corn53
Agave sisalanaSisal22
Albizia proceraWhite Siris, Tall Albizia, Forest Siris12
Aleurites moluccanusCandle Nut, Country Walnut33
Antidesma buniusBignay, Bignai42
Areca catechuBetel Palm, Betel Nut Palm33
Arenga pinnataSolitary Sugar Palm41
Bactris gasipaesPeach Palm, Pupunha52
Bambusa bambosGiant Thorny Bamboo33
Bambusa blumeanaSpiny Bamboo. Spiny bamboo, Thorny bamboo20
Bambusa nutansNodding Bamboo, Mai bong20
Bambusa oldhamiiRyoku-Chiku, Giant Timber Bamboo, Oldham's Bamboo20
Bambusa tuldaBengal Bamboo. Spineless Indian bamboo20
Bambusa vulgarisCommon Bamboo32
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Bromelia serraBayonet bromeliad10
Brosimum parinarioidesLeite de amapa, Brosimum32
Brosimum utileCow Tree, Palo De Vaca32
Calliandra calothyrsusRed Calliandra, Powderpuff, Kaliandra00
Casuarina equisetifoliaShe Oak, Common Ru, Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina12
Cecropia peltataTrumpet Tree, Snakewood, Congo pump, Wild pawpaw, Pop-a-gun33
Ceiba pentandraKapok Tree, Cotton Tree, Suma'ma33
Cephalostachyum pergracileTinwa Bamboo30
Chrysophyllum cainitoStar Apple, Caimito42
Chrysopogon zizanioidesVetiver, Vetiver Root, Khus Khus22
Crotalaria junceaSun Hemp11
Dendrocalamus asperGiant Bamboo, Dragon bamboo, Sweet bamboo40
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
Elaeis guineensisAfrican Oil Palm52
Enterolobium cyclocarpumDevil's Ear. Earpod tree22
Falcataria moluccanaBatai00
Ficus racemosaCluster Fig32
Gigantochloa albociliataClumping bamboo30
Gnetum gnemonJointfir, Melinjo, Meninjau31
Guadua angustifoliaClumping Bamboo. Guadua00
Hibiscus cannabinusKenaf, Brown Indianhemp42
Irvingia gabonensisDika Nut43
Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind32
Mauritia flexuosaBuriti Palm, Aguaje Palm42
Melocanna bacciferaBerry Bamboo. Mali bamboo32
Metroxylon saguSago Palm40
Moringa stenopetalaAfrican horseradish tree, cabbagetree43
Muntingia calaburaCalabura, Panama berry, Capulin32
Musa acuminataDwarf Banana, Edible banana52
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Neolamarckia cadambaAmboina, Kadam12
Pachira insignisMalabar Chestnut40
Pinus caribaeaCaribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine22
Pongamia pinnataPongam, Karum Tree, Poonga-Oil Tree, Indian Beech03
Prosopis julifloraMesquite, Honey Mesquite32
Pueraria montanaKudzu Vine45
Raphia hookeriIvory Coast Raffia Palm32
Ricinodendron heudelotiiManketti nut, Zambezi almond, African oil-nut-tree33
Saccharum officinarumSugarcane, Purple Sugar Cane42
Sesbania bispinosaPrickly Sesban22
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Spondias mombinYellow Mombin, Hog Plum, Caja Fruit, Taperebá42
Spondias purpureaPurple Mombin Red Mombin, Spanish Plum, Ciruela42
Spondias tuberosaImbu, Umbú, Brazil Plum40
Talipariti tiliaceumBeach Hibiscus, Sea Hibiscus, Cottontree, Mahoe32
Theobroma cacaoCacao, Cocoa Tree53
Thyrsostachys siamensisMonastery Bamboo40
Treculia africanaAfrican Breadfruit or Breadnut42
Triplochiton scleroxylonArere, Obeche, Samba22
Typha elephantinaBora. Elephant grass, Indian reed-mace.33
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vernicia montanaAbrasin oil tree03
Coffea arabicaCoffee Arabica33
Aquilaria crassnaAgar Wood, Agarwood03
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Carapa guianensisAndiroba04
Costus aferSpiral Ginger, Ginger lily, White spiral costus.24
Erythrina vernaMulungu04
Eucalyptus grandisFlooded Gum, Gum, Rose Eucalyptus02
Gmelina arboreaGmelina, Snapdragon, White Teak22
Gossypium herbaceumLevant cotton33
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Leplaea cedrataScented Guarea02
Leplaea thompsoniiBlack Guarea02
Musa textilisAbaca00
Ochroma pyramidaleBalsa Wood02
Oryza sativaRice, Common Rice52
Podocarpus neriifoliusOleander Podocarp, Brown Pine22
Pouteria altissimaAbam, Apotro, Gomu00
Pouteria pierreiAningeria20
Terminalia superbaShinglewood02
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
Urera bacciferaNettle Tree, Chichaste, Ortiga02
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