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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Achillea millefoliumYarrow, Boreal yarrow, California yarrow, Giant yarrow, Coast yarrow, Western yarrow, Pacific yarrow34
Achillea ptarmicaSneeze-Wort, Sneezeweed21
Adenanthera pavoninaRed Sandalwood, Coral Tree32
Aethusa cynapiumFool's Parsley11
Agrimonia eupatoriaAgrimony, Churchsteeples23
Ailanthus altissimaTree Of Heaven13
Albizia lebbeckSiris Tree, Woman's Tongue, East Indian Walnut12
Alchornea castaneifoliaIporuru04
Alchornea cordifoliaChristmas Bush24
Aleurites moluccanusCandle Nut, Country Walnut33
Alkanna tinctoriaAlkanet, Alkanna12
Allanblackia floribundaVegetable Tallow. Tallow tree32
Alocasia macrorrhizosGiant Taro, Giant Elephant Ear32
Althaea officinalisMarsh Mallow, Common marshmallow55
Amaranthus hypochondriacusPrince's Feather, Prince-of-wales feather43
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Andrographis paniculataGreen Chireta, Creat, Nilavembu, Kirayat, Chuan Xin Lian, King of Bitters14
Annona muricataSour Sop43
Annona squamosaSugar Apple, Sweetsop, Custard Apple52
Aquilaria crassnaAgar Wood, Agarwood03
Aquilaria malaccensisAgar Wood, Eaglewood, Indian Aloewood, Aloeswood13
Aquilaria sinensisAgar Wood, Pak Muk Heung, White Wood Incense03
Artocarpus heterophyllusJackfruit52
Artocarpus mariannensisSeeded breadfruit, Marianas bread43
Aspidosperma albumGuatambu02
Atractylodes lanceaCang Zhu13
Avena sativaOats, Common oat33
Baccharis genistelloidesCarqueja04
Baccharoides hymenolepisBaccharoides42
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Baphia nitidaCamwood, Baphia22
Bauhinia forficataBrazilian Orchid Tree04
Bauhinia petersianaWhite bauhinia, Zambezi coffee32
Bellis perennisDaisy, Lawndaisy, English Daisy23
Berberis vulgarisEuropean Barberry, Common barberry33
Bergenia crassifoliaSiberian Tea20
Blighia sapidaAkee, ackee apple or ayee32
Brucea antidysentericaWaginos14
Buchanania lanzanAlmondette, Charoli Nut42
Byrsonima crassifoliaGolden Spoon, Nance, Nancy Tree42
Caesalpinia echinataPau Brasil, Brazil Wood, Indian Savin02
Cajanus cajanPigeon Pea, Puerto Rico Bean, Gandul, Dhal, Congo Pea42
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Camellia sinensisTea Plant, Assam tea, Tea Tree Camellia44
Camellia sinensis assamicaTea Plant, Assam Tea44
Cananga odorataYlang Ylang, Perfume Tree23
Capsicum annuumSweet Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Chili Pepper, Christmas Pepper, Red Pepper, Ornamental Chili Pepper43
Carapa guianensisAndiroba04
Carica papayaPapaya, Mamo, Melon Tree53
Carmona retusaFukien Tea, Philippine tea tree24
Cassia sieberianaWest African Laburnum14
Castanea sativaSweet Chestnut, European chestnut52
Casuarina equisetifoliaShe Oak, Common Ru, Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina12
Catharanthus roseusMadagascar Periwinkle, Jasmine, Cayenne Old Maid Periwinkle14
Cedrelopsis greveiKatrafay, Kathrafay24
Ceiba pentandraKapok Tree, Cotton Tree, Suma'ma33
Centella asiaticaGotu Kola, Spadeleaf25
Ceratonia siliquaCarob, St. john's bread32
Chamaecrista nigricansDiola, Diala12
Chlorocardium rodieiGreenheart, Demerara Greenheart02
Chrysobalanus icacoCoco Plum, Paradise Plum42
Chrysophyllum cainitoStar Apple, Caimito42
Chukrasia tabularisChickrassy, Chittagong Wood, Indian Redwood.12
Citrus aurantiifoliaLime, Key Lime, Mexican Lime, Mexican Thornless Key Lime42
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Cola acuminataCola Nut, Kola, Bissy Nut34
Cola nitidaCola Nut, Kola, Bissy Nuts34
Combretum imberbeLeadwood Tree, Ivory tree22
Coriandrum sativumCoriander - Dhania - Cilantro, Coriander44
Cornus floridaFlowering Dogwood22
Corymbia citriodoraLemon-Scented Gum, blue spotted gum, lemon eucalyptus, eucalyptus citriodora.23
Corypha utanGebang Palm. Corypha palm, Sugar palm32
Costus aferSpiral Ginger, Ginger lily, White spiral costus.24
Couma utilisSorva, Milk Tree42
Crescentia cujeteCalabash Tree32
Cuminum cyminumCumin - Jeera43
Curculigo orchioidesStar grass, Golden-eyed grass14
Cynoglossum officinaleHound's Tongue, Gypsyflower12
Cypripedium calceolus parviflorumNerve Root03
Cypripedium calceolus pubescensNerve Root03
Dalbergia latifoliaBlack Rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Kala sheeshan, Satisal02
Dalbergia melanoxylonAfrican Blackwood, Grenadilla, Mpingo02
Dioscorea bulbiferaAerial Yam, Air Potato42
Diospyros malabaricaIndian Persimmon, Gaub, Timbiri, Mountain ebony13
Diospyros mespiliformisWest African Ebony, Monkey guava, jackalberry43
Diplazium esculentumVegetable Fern43
Dryas octopetalaMountain Avens, Eightpetal mountain-avens, Alaskan mountain-avens, Hooker's mountain-avens, Kamtsch11
Dysphania anthelminticaWormseed24
Embelia ribesFalse black pepper, White-flowered Embelia34
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Euclea divinorumMagic Guarri22
Euterpe oleraceaAcai, Assai Palm, Acai Palm52
Fagraea fragransIronwood, Tembusu02
Ficus racemosaCluster Fig32
Fragaria vescaWild Strawberry, Woodland strawberry, California strawberry33
Garcinia mangostanaMangosteen, Manggis52
Geranium maculatumSpotted Cranesbill, Spotted geranium, Crowfoot, Wild Geranium, Cranesbill03
Geranium robertianumHerb Robert, Robert geranium02
Geum rivaleWater Avens, Purple avens32
Geum urbanumWood Avens, Bennet's Root - Old man's whiskers, Herb bennet33
Glechoma hederaceaGround Ivy, Field Balm, Gill Over The Ground, Runaway Robin23
Gossypium barbadenseSea Island Cotton32
Guiera senegalensisMoshi medicine, guier du Senegal14
Gymnanthemum amygdalinumBitterleaf43
Gynura procumbensLongevity Spinach, Sambung Nyawa43
Hamamelis virginianaWitch Hazel, American witchhazel, Common Witchhazel, Virginian Witchhazel, Witchhazel15
Heracleum sphondyliumCow Parsnip, Eltrot32
Hordeum distichonTwo-Rowed Barley43
Hymenaea courbarilWest Indian Locust33
Indigofera suffruticosaAnil Indigo, Anil de pasto02
Inocarpus fagiferTahiti Chestnut, Polynesian Chestnut42
Intsia bijugaMoluccan Ironwood, Ipil12
Irvingia womboluBitter bush-mango42
Kadsura japonica 21
Lansium domesticumLangsat, Lansa, Lanzon42
Lawsonia inermisHenna, Mignonette Tree03
Leptadenia hastataAkamongot, Anvara43
Litchi chinensisLychee, Litchi52
Lysimachia nummulariaCreeping Jenny, Moneywort, Creeping Charlie12
Lysimachia vulgarisYellow Loosestrife, Garden yellow loosestrife12
Lythrum salicariaPurple Loosestrife23
Malpighia glabraEscobillo, Acerola41
Malus domesticaApple52
Mammea americanaMammee Apple, Mammey42
Mangifera indicaMango, Bowen Mango53
Manicaria sacciferaUbussu, Troolie Palm22
Manihot esculentaCassava, Tapioca Plant, Yuca52
Manilkara zapotaSapodilla, Nispero52
Marrubium vulgareWhite Horehound, Horehound13
Mauritia flexuosaBuriti Palm, Aguaje Palm42
Melicoccus bijugatusMamoncillo, Spanish Lime, Guayo42
Mentha aquaticaWater Mint33
Milicia excelsaAfrican Teak23
Milicia regiaOroko, Iroko22
Mimosa pudicaMorivivir, Sensitive Plant22
Mimusops elengiSpanish Cherry, Bakul32
Morinda citrifoliaNoni, Indian Mulberry34
Moringa stenopetalaAfrican horseradish tree, cabbagetree43
Morus mesozygiaAfrican mulberry23
Murraya koenigiiCurry tree, Curry leaf tree33
Musa acuminataDwarf Banana, Edible banana52
Musa x paradisiacaBanana52
Myrianthus arboreusGiant yellow mulberry, Monkeyfruit43
Myrtus communisMyrtle, Foxtail Myrtle33
Nelumbo nuciferaSacred Water Lotus, Sacred lotus43
Nephelium lappaceumRambutan, Hairy Lychee52
Nymphaea odorataFragrant Water Lily, American white waterlily33
Ocotea kenyensisTransvaal stinkwood, stinkhout02
Orchis italica 22
Oxytenanthera abyssynicaSavanah Bamboo22
Paederia foetidaSkunk Vine24
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Passiflora quadrangularisGiant Granadilla, Badea42
Paullinia cupanaGuarana42
Pentaclethra macrophyllaAfrican Oil Bean. Oil Bean Tree, Owala Oil32
Pericopsis angolensisEast African afrormosia02
Petiveria alliaceaGuinea Hen Weed04
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Phyllanthus emblicaEmblica, Indian Gooseberry35
Phytolacca dodecandraEndod, Pokeberry23
Piper nigrumBlack Pepper43
Piper sarmentosumBetel Leaf, Wild Betel32
Pithecellobium dulceManila Tamarind, Madras Thorn42
Plantago affraPsyllium13
Plantago ovataBlond Psyllium, Desert Indianwheat23
Platonia insignisBakuri, Bacuri42
Plectranthus rotundifoliusChinese Potato, Hausa Potato32
Polygonum bistortaBistort, Meadow bistort, Snakeweed33
Potentilla anserinaSilverweed33
Potentilla erectaTormentil, Erect cinquefoil13
Potentilla reptansCinquefoil, Creeping cinquefoil12
Prosopis cinerariaJandi, Ghaf32
Prunella vulgarisSelf-Heal, Common selfheal, Aleutian selfheal, Lance selfheal23
Prunus serotinaRum Cherry - Wild Cherry, Black Cherry, Wild Black Cherry42
Prunus spinosaSloe - Blackthorn32
Psidium cattleianumStrawberry Guava33
Psidium guajavaGuava, Tropical Guava, Goiaba, Araçá-goiaba52
Pterocarpus angolensisAmbila03
Pterocarpus erinaceusAfrican Kino03
Pterocarpus indicusAmboyna, Indian Padauk, Burmese Rosewood, Narra, Bloodwood22
Pueraria montanaKudzu Vine45
Pueraria montana lobataKudzu Vine45
Punica granatumPomegranate, Dwarf Pomegranate44
Quassia amaraBitterwood, Amargo Bark24
Quercus brantiiBarro, Brant's oak32
Quercus rubraRed Oak, Northern red oak32
Rhodomyrtus tomentosaCeylon Hill Gooseberry41
Ribes nigrumBlackcurrant, European black currant53
Ricinodendron heudelotiiManketti nut, Zambezi almond, African oil-nut-tree33
Rubus fruticosusBlackberry, Shrubby blackberry53
Ruta graveolensRue, Common rue, Herb of Grace, Garden Rue13
Salvia officinalisSage, Kitchen sage, Small Leaf Sage, Garden Sage45
Samanea samanRain Tree, False Powder Puff, Monkey Pod32
Sambucus nigra spp canadensisAmerican Elder43
Sanguisorba officinalisGreat Burnet23
Scoparia dulcisSweet Broom, Licorice Weed, Vassourinha24
Sempervivum tectorumHouseleek, Common houseleek, Hen and Chickens23
Senegalia catechuBlack Catechu23
Senegalia senegalGum Arabic32
Senna alataRingworm Bush, Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant24
Senna singueanaWinter cassia, Sticky pod23
Sesamum indicumSesame33
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Simarouba amaraParadise tree, bitterwood34
Simarouba glaucaParadise Tree, Bitterwood, Dysentery-bark34
Sophora japonicaJapanese Pagoda Tree, Scholar Tree23
Spondias dulcisGolden Apple, Ambarella,42
Spondias mombinYellow Mombin, Hog Plum, Caja Fruit, Taperebá42
Spondias purpureaPurple Mombin Red Mombin, Spanish Plum, Ciruela42
Strychnos potatorumClearing Nut22
Swartzia banniaBannia, Banya02
Swietenia macrophyllaBig Leaf Mahogany, Honduras Mahogany02
Swietenia mahagoniMahogany, West Indies Mahogany02
Symphytum officinaleComfrey, Common comfrey35
Syzygium cuminiJambolan, Java Plum, Malabar Plum, Jambu33
Syzygium jambosJambos, Rose Apple, Plum Rose32
Tacca leontopetaloidesPolynesian Arrowroot, Pia42
Tamarindus indicaTamarind43
Terminalia catappaIndian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree42
Terminalia catappaIndian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree42
Terminalia chebulaBlack Myrobalan, Chebulic Myroblan,35
Terminalia ivorensisBlack Afara02
Terminalia sambesiaca 04
Terminalia superbaShinglewood02
Teucrium scordiumWater Germander01
Theobroma cacaoCacao, Cocoa Tree53
Tinospora cordifoliaKanda Amrta24
Tinospora crispaPatawali, Akar Patawali04
Toona sureniSuren22
Trichilia dregeanaCape Mahogany43
Triphasia trifoliaLime Berry21
Tsuga canadensisCanadian Hemlock, Eastern hemlock13
Uapaca kirkianaWild Loquat42
Uncaria rhynchophylla 02
Vaccinium myrtillusBilberry, Whortleberry43
Vaccinium uliginosumBog Bilberry31
Vachellia karrooCape Thorn Tree21
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vachellia seyalShittim Wood22
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
Viscum albumMistletoe, European mistletoe13
Vitellaria paradoxaShea Butter Tree45
Vitex donianaBlack Plum43
Warburgia salutarisPepperbark Tree24
Willughbeia edulisGedraphol, Kuy32
Woodfordia fruticosaFire-flame bush22
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