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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abies albaSilver Fir, Christmas Tree Fir, European Silver Fir, Silver23
Abies balsameaBalsam Fir35
Abies fraseriShe Balsam, Fraser fir, Southern Balsam Fir13
Agathis robustaQueensland Kauri00
Araucaria araucanaMonkey Puzzle Tree51
Azorella caespitosa 21
Azorella yareta 00
Callitris columellarisWhite Cypress-Pine00
Callitris endlicheriRed Cypress-Pine01
Cedrus libaniCedar Of Lebanon11
Chamaecyparis lawsonianaLawson Cypress, Port orford cedar, Oregon Cedar, Port Orford Cedar, Lawson's Cypress01
Cistus creticusRock Rose, Cretan rockrose22
Cistus ladaniferLabdanum, Common gum cistus22
Dacrycarpus dacrydioidesKahikatea20
Dorema ammoniacumAmmoniacum03
Encelia farinosaBrittle Bush, Brittlebush, Incienso21
Juniperus communisJuniper, Common juniper33
Juniperus communis nanaJuniper33
Lagarostrobus frankliniiHuon Pine20
Larix deciduaLarch, European Larch, Common Larch23
Larix gmeliniiDahurian Larch, Kurile larch00
Larix laricinaTamarack, Hackmatack, American Larch22
Larix x marschlinsiiDunkeld Hybrid Larch00
Liquidambar formosanaFormosan Gum, Chinese Sweet Gum, Formosa Sweet Gum03
Liquidambar orientalisOriental Sweet Gum23
Liquidambar styracifluaSweet Gum, Red Gum, American Sweet Gum, Red Sweet Gum,23
Myoporum platycarpumSugarwood11
Picea asperataChinese Spruce20
Picea jezoensisYezo Spruce21
Picea orientalisCaucasian Spruce20
Picea smithianaMorinda Spruce20
Pinus ayacahuiteMexican White Pine22
Pinus cembraSwiss Stone Pine, Swiss Pine, Arolla Pine42
Pinus edulisRocky Mountain Piñon, Twoneedle pinyon, Nut Pine, Pinyon Pine, Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Singlelea42
Pinus halepensisAleppo Pine22
Pinus jeffreyiJeffrey Pine32
Pinus johannisJohann's pine32
Pinus koraiensisKorean Nut Pine, Chinese pinenut42
Pinus leiophyllaSmooth-Leaf Pine, Chihuahuan pine22
Pinus massonianaChinese Red Pine22
Pinus montezumaeMontezuma Pine12
Pinus nelsonii 22
Pinus palustrisPitch Pine, Longleaf pine, Southern Pine12
Pinus parvifloraJapanese White Pine, Five-needle pine42
Pinus patulaMexican Weeping Pine12
Pinus pinasterMaritime Pine22
Pinus pineaItalian Stone Pine, Umbrella Pine, Stone Pine42
Pinus ponderosaPonderosa Pine, Washoe pine32
Pinus rigidaNorthern Pitch Pine, Pitch pine12
Pinus roxburghiiChir Pine22
Pinus serotinaPond Pine12
Pinus strobiformisSouthwestern White Pine22
Pinus sylvestrisScot's Pine, Scotch Pine23
Pinus taedaLoblolly Pine12
Pinus teocoteTwisted Leaf Pine12
Pinus veitchii 32
Pinus virginianaScrub Pine, Virginia pine, Jersey Pine,22
Pistacia atlanticaBetoum, Mt. Atlas mastic tree, Mount Atlas Mastic21
Pistacia lentiscusMastic Tree - Pistachier Lentisque22
Pistacia terebinthusTerebinth, Cyprus turpentine22
Pistacia veraPistachio, Pistachio Nut32
Pittosporum eugenioidesTarata11
Populus balsamiferaBalsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas Fir, Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir22
Rhus copallinaDwarf Sumach, Winged sumac, Flameleaf Sumac, Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac42
Schinus polygamusHuigen, Hardee peppertree11
Styrax officinalisStorax Tree11
Thapsia garganicaDrias Plant02
Triodia irritansPorcupine Grass00
Tsuga canadensisCanadian Hemlock, Eastern hemlock13
Tsuga carolinianaCarolina Hemlock12
Tsuga chinensisChinese Hemlock12
Tsuga heterophyllaWestern Hemlock12
Tsuga mertensianaMountain Hemlock12
Xanthorrhoea australisGrasstree21
Agathis dammaraAmboina Pine00
Agathis macrophyllaDakua00
Allanblackia floribundaVegetable Tallow. Tallow tree32
Artocarpus heterophyllusJackfruit52
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Canarium luzonicumManila Elemi43
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Corymbia citriodoraLemon-Scented Gum, blue spotted gum, lemon eucalyptus, eucalyptus citriodora.23
Dacryodes edulisBush Butter Tree, Butterfruit, African Plum, bush pear, bush plum, safou52
Dipterocarpus alatusApitong, baume de gurjun, gurjun balsam02
Elaeis guineensisAfrican Oil Palm52
Garcinia madrunoMadruno, Charichuela, Madrono42
Hymenaea courbarilWest Indian Locust33
Pinus caribaeaCaribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine22
Platonia insignisBakuri, Bacuri42
Populus hybridsHybrid poplar33
Prosopis julifloraMesquite, Honey Mesquite32
Ricinodendron heudelotiiManketti nut, Zambezi almond, African oil-nut-tree33
Samanea samanRain Tree, False Powder Puff, Monkey Pod32
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vitex donianaBlack Plum43
Warburgia salutarisPepperbark Tree24
Afzelia africanaAfrican Mahogany22
Agathis mooreiPacific Kauri, Moore Kauri10
Aquilaria crassnaAgar Wood, Agarwood03
Aquilaria malaccensisAgar Wood, Eaglewood, Indian Aloewood, Aloeswood13
Aquilaria sinensisAgar Wood, Pak Muk Heung, White Wood Incense03
Astronium urundeuvaUrunday04
Bursera simarubaGum Tree, Gumbo Limbo22
Commiphora myrrhaMyrrh, Myrrh Gum24
Commiphora wightiiGuggul, Indian bdellium-tree23
Copaifera coriaceaSapucaia tree24
Copaifera guyanensisHoepel, Guyanense Copaiba24
Copaifera langsdorffiiCopaiba, Langsdorf's copaifera14
Copaifera multijugaHayne oil, Copaiba,14
Copaifera officinalisCopaiba Balsam, Medicinal Copaiba24
Copaifera reticulataCopaiba, Reticulated Copaiba, Copaiba Balsam04
Entandrophragma cylindricumSapele Mahogany02
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Guaiacum officinaleLignum Vitae, Guaiacum, Guayacan23
Guaiacum sanctumLignum Vitae, Guaiacum, Holy Wood02
Myrocarpus frondosusBalsamo, incienso03
Nageia wallichianaNageia02
Neobalanocarpus heimiiChengal00
Peltogyne floribundaPurpleheart, pau-roxo, zapatero01
Peltogyne paniculataPurpleheart, pau-roxo, amaranttrad01
Peltogyne venosaPurpleheart01
Shorea balangeranRed Balau00
Shorea johorensisSeraya majau, Meranti majau00
Shorea obtusaTaengwood Balau, teng02
Shorea robustaSal Tree43
Shorea siamensisDark red meranti, Light red meranti, Red lauan02
Swartzia panacocoCoracao-de-Negro, panococo, Brazilian ebony02
Vateria indicaWhite Dammar32
Vernicia fordiiTung Tree, Tung Nut13
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