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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Calystegia sepiumHedge Bindweed, Hedge false bindweed, Appalachia false bindweed, Bingham's false bindweed21
Calystegia soldanellaSea Bindweed, Seashore false bindweed11
Caragana decorticans 00
Caragana pygmaeaPygmy Peashrub10
Convolvulus arvensisField Bindweed12
Corylus cornutaBeaked Hazel, California hazelnut, Turkish Filbert, Turkish Hazel31
Dirca occidentalisLeather Wood, Western leatherwood00
Dirca palustrisLeather Wood, Eastern leatherwood02
Edgeworthia chrysanthaOriental paperbush01
Edgeworthia gardneriNepalese Paper Bush00
Edgeworthia papyriferaPaperbush, Oriental Paperbush10
Fraxinus excelsiorAsh, European ash, Common Ash22
Juglans mandschuricaManchurian Walnut31
Juncus effususSoft Rush, Common rush, Lamp rush, Pacific rush12
Lupinus arboreusTree Lupin, Yellow bush lupine00
Picea glaucaWhite Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, Canadian Spruce22
Picea marianaBlack Spruce, Swamp Spruce22
Picea sitchensisSitka Spruce22
Pinus banksianaJack Pine22
Pinus contortaBeach Pine, Lodgepole pine, Bolander beach pine, Beach pine, Sierra lodgepole pine, Yukon pine, Shor32
Populus trichocarpaWestern Balsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Prunus emarginataBitter Cherry22
Ribes divaricatumCoastal Black Gooseberry, Spreading gooseberry, Parish's gooseberry, Straggly gooseberry41
Ribes lacustrePrickly Blackcurrant, Prickly currant31
Ribes lobbiiGummy Gooseberry11
Ripogonum scandensSupple Jack21
Salix albaWhite Willow13
Salix alba caeruleaCricket Bat Willow13
Salix alba vitellinaGolden Willow13
Salix exiguaCoyote Willow, Narrowleaf willow12
Salix fluviatilisRiver Willow02
Salix piperiDune Willow12
Salix scoulerianaScouler's Willow02
Serenoa repensSaw Palmetto23
Ulmus alataWinged Elm20
Ulmus americanaAmerican Elm, Gray Elm, Water Elm22
Ulmus wallichiana 11
Viburnum lantanaWayfaring Tree, Wayfaring Tree Viburnum10
Vicia americanaAmerican Vetch, Mat vetch21
Vitis californicaCalifornia Grape, California wild grape20
Yucca aloifoliaSpanish Bayonet, Aloe yucca, Dagger Plant, Yucca, Spanish Bayonet31
Yucca baccataSpanish Bayonet, Banana yucca, Blue Yucca, Spanish Yucca41
Yucca glaucaSoapweed, Soapweed yucca, Gurney's yucca, American Vetch, Yucca, Narrowleaf Yucca, Soapweed22
Ancylobotrys petersianaMbohoya, Mwungo-wungo.40
Annona squamosaSugar Apple, Sweetsop, Custard Apple52
Antidesma buniusBignay, Bignai42
Artocarpus altilisBreadfruit54
Artocarpus heterophyllusJackfruit52
Artocarpus integerChampedak40
Artocarpus mariannensisSeeded breadfruit, Marianas bread43
Attalea butyraceaWine Palm40
Bambusa atraClumping Bamboo. Long pipe bamboo.20
Bambusa bambosGiant Thorny Bamboo33
Bambusa heterostachyaMalay Dwarf Green00
Bauhinia petersianaWhite bauhinia, Zambezi coffee32
Bauhinia thonningiiCamel's foot tree, monkey bread32
Bauhinia vahliiMalu Creeper, Adda Leaf, Pahur Camel's Foot Creeper23
Bixa orellanaAnnatto (Lipstick Plant, Urucum, Colorau, Achiote )33
Bombax ceibaRed Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree22
Borassus aethiopumAfrican Fan Palm, Palmyra Palm42
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Bromelia karatasAnanas pingouin, Karatas, Camburito32
Bromelia pinguinPinuela. Pinguin30
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Cananga odorataYlang Ylang, Perfume Tree23
Caryota urensJaggary Palm, Toddy Palm, Fishtail Wine Palm42
Cecropia peltataTrumpet Tree, Snakewood, Congo pump, Wild pawpaw, Pop-a-gun33
Cedrela odorataCedar Wood, West Indian Cedar, SpanishCedar, Cigar-box Cedar, Cedro Hembra12
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Copernicia pruniferaBrazilian Wax Palm, Carnauba Palm, Carnauba Wax33
Corypha utanGebang Palm. Corypha palm, Sugar palm32
Crotalaria junceaSun Hemp11
Dendrocalamus hamiltoniiTama Bamboo. Tufted bamboo30
Dichrostachys cinereaMarabou Thorn, Sickle Bush22
Elaeis guineensisAfrican Oil Palm52
Entada phaseoloidesSt. Thomas Bean32
Gnetum africanumEru, African Jointfir42
Gnetum buchholzianumJointfir42
Gnetum gnemonJointfir, Melinjo, Meninjau31
Hibiscus cannabinusKenaf, Brown Indianhemp42
Hibiscus sabdariffaRoselle33
Mauritia flexuosaBuriti Palm, Aguaje Palm42
Mondia whiteiMondia, White's Ginger34
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Muntingia calaburaCalabura, Panama berry, Capulin32
Musa x paradisiacaBanana52
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Oenocarpus batauaPataua Palm. Bataua32
Phoenix dactyliferaDate Palm52
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Platonia insignisBakuri, Bacuri42
Pongamia pinnataPongam, Karum Tree, Poonga-Oil Tree, Indian Beech03
Pueraria montanaKudzu Vine45
Raphia fariniferaRaffia Palm30
Raphia hookeriIvory Coast Raffia Palm32
Sapindus saponariaSoapberry, Wild Chinaberry, Florida Soap Berry, Soap Nut, Soap Tree02
Schinziophyton rautaneniiMongongo Nut. Manketti Tree32
Sechium eduleChayote, Mirliton, Cho Ko, Cho-Cho, Vegetable Pear42
Senegalia senegalGum Arabic32
Sesbania bispinosaPrickly Sesban22
Talipariti tiliaceumBeach Hibiscus, Sea Hibiscus, Cottontree, Mahoe32
Theobroma cacaoCacao, Cocoa Tree53
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Typha domingensisSouthern Cattail43
Typha elephantinaBora. Elephant grass, Indian reed-mace.33
Vachellia karrooCape Thorn Tree21
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Aquilaria malaccensisAgar Wood, Eaglewood, Indian Aloewood, Aloeswood13
Aquilaria sinensisAgar Wood, Pak Muk Heung, White Wood Incense03
Attalea funiferaBahia Piassava, Conquilla Nut, Piassaba Palm10
Calamus caesiusRotan Sega20
Calamus radiatusRotan Rays. Radial Leaf Rotan00
Calamus rotangRattan, Rotang, Rattan Cane22
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Gossypium barbadenseSea Island Cotton32
Gossypium herbaceumLevant cotton33
Leopoldinia piassabaPiassaba24
Musa textilisAbaca00
Ochroma pyramidaleBalsa Wood02
Oreocnide integrifoliaWild Rhea00
Oryza sativaRice, Common Rice52
Securidaca longipedunculataViolet Tree14
Talipariti elatumBlue Mahoe02
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
Tinospora cordifoliaKanda Amrta24
Toona ciliataMountain Cedar, Australian Red Cedar, Toona22
Toona sureniSuren22
Touchardia latifoliaOlona00
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
Urera bacciferaNettle Tree, Chichaste, Ortiga02
Vachellia seyalShittim Wood22
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