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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acacia coleiCole's wattle, Candelabra Wattle, Soap wattle, 32
Acacia cowleanaHall’s Creek wattle32
Acacia mearnsiiBlack Wattle, Late black wattle13
Acer campestreField Maple, Hedge maple21
Acer pseudoplatanusSycamore, Great Maple, Scottish Maple, Planetree Maple21
Adenanthera pavoninaRed Sandalwood, Coral Tree32
Afzelia africanaAfrican Mahogany22
Albizia lebbeckSiris Tree, Woman's Tongue, East Indian Walnut12
Albizia proceraWhite Siris, Tall Albizia, Forest Siris12
Allocasuarina littoralisBlack She Oak, Bull Oak, Wayetuck10
Alnus acuminataAlder02
Alnus glutinosaAlder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder03
Alnus hirsuta 00
Alnus japonicaJapanese Alder01
Alnus jorullensisMexican alder, Evergreen Alder00
Alnus maximowiczii 00
Alnus rubraRed Alder, Oregon Alder22
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Annona salzmanniiBeach Sugar Apple40
Anogeissus leiocarpaAfrican Birch24
Aquilaria crassnaAgar Wood, Agarwood03
Arbutus arizonicaArizona Maderone21
Arbutus menziesiiMadrona, Pacific madrone, Pacific Madrone32
Arbutus texanaTexas Madrone21
Argania spinosaArgan Tree, Spiny Argania, Morocco Ironwood42
Aristotelia serrata 31
Astronium balansaeAstronium00
Attalea funiferaBahia Piassava, Conquilla Nut, Piassaba Palm10
Attalea speciosaBabassu, American Oil Palm, Motacu, Motacuchi42
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Baikiaea plurijugaRhodesian Teak, Zambesi Redwood12
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Betula pendulaSilver Birch, European white birch, Common Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch33
Betula populifoliaGrey Birch21
Betula pubescensWhite Birch, Downy birch33
Blighia sapidaAkee, ackee apple or ayee32
Borassus aethiopumAfrican Fan Palm, Palmyra Palm42
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Buchanania lanzanAlmondette, Charoli Nut42
Bursera simarubaGum Tree, Gumbo Limbo22
Byrsonima crassifoliaGolden Spoon, Nance, Nancy Tree42
Caesalpinia echinataPau Brasil, Brazil Wood, Indian Savin02
Calliandra calothyrsusRed Calliandra, Powderpuff, Kaliandra00
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Canarium ovatumPili Nut43
Caryocar brasiliensePequi, Souari nut42
Cassia fistulaGolden Shower, Purging Cassia, Golden Chain Tree, Indian Laburnum14
Casuarina equisetifoliaShe Oak, Common Ru, Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina12
Casuarina oligodonShe-oak, kilu00
Cedrelopsis greveiKatrafay, Kathrafay24
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Combretum imberbeLeadwood Tree, Ivory tree22
Cordia alliodoraEcuador laurel, Cypre, Onion Cordia, Laurel Blanco22
Cornus australis 10
Cornus iberica 20
Cornus macrophyllaLarge-Leaf Dogwood22
Cornus sanguineaDogwood, Bloodtwig dogwood21
Corylus avellanaCommon Hazel, Common filbert, European Filbert, Harry Lauder's Walking Stick, Corkscrew Hazel, Hazel52
Corylus avellana pontica 40
Corylus maximaFilbert, Giant filbert50
Corymbia citriodoraLemon-Scented Gum, blue spotted gum, lemon eucalyptus, eucalyptus citriodora.23
Coula edulisAfrican Walnut30
Coutarea hexandraCoutarea04
Crataegus laevigataMidland Hawthorn, Smooth hawthorn, English Hawthorn35
Croton megalocarpusCroton tree02
Cunninghamia lanceolataChinese Fir02
Cynometra alexandriUganda ironwood, Muhimbi00
Dalbergia cochinchinensisSiam Rosewood, Thailand Rosewood00
Dalbergia melanoxylonAfrican Blackwood, Grenadilla, Mpingo02
Diospyros mespiliformisWest African Ebony, Monkey guava, jackalberry43
Dipterocarpus alatusApitong, baume de gurjun, gurjun balsam02
Elaeocarpus lanceaefolius 10
Entandrophragma angolenseTiama Mahogany12
Entandrophragma cylindricumSapele Mahogany02
Entandrophragma utileSipo Mahogany02
Erythrophleum ivorenseOrdealtree, sasswoodtree13
Erythrophleum suaveolensErun, ordealtree, Sasswood Tree03
Eucalyptus grandisFlooded Gum, Gum, Rose Eucalyptus02
Eucalyptus robustaSwamp Mahogany, Eucalyptus Gum03
Eucryphia cordifoliaUlmo00
Euonymus europaeusSpindle Tree, European spindletree12
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Fagraea fragransIronwood, Tembusu02
Fagus grandifoliaAmerican Beech22
Fagus sylvaticaBeech, European beech, Common Beech42
Faidherbia albidaWhite Acacia. White-thorn. Apple ring acacia12
Falcataria moluccanaBatai00
Gigantochloa verticillataWhorled bamboo, Giant stripy bamboo30
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Gmelina arboreaGmelina, Snapdragon, White Teak22
Gymnanthemum amygdalinumBitterleaf43
Hevea brasiliensisPara Rubber Tree, Brazilian Rubber Tree20
Himatanthus sucuubaPlumeria sucuuba04
Hippophae rhamnoidesSea Buckthorn, Seaberry55
Hippophae rhamnoides turkestanicaSea Buckthorn55
Hymenaea courbarilWest Indian Locust33
Juglans neotropicaAndean Walnut32
Khaya anthothecaWhite Mahogany, East African Mahogany02
Khaya senegalensisDryzone Mahogany23
Leplaea cedrataScented Guarea02
Leplaea thompsoniiBlack Guarea02
Ligustrum vulgarePrivet, European privet , Common Privet01
Lyonia ovalifolia 01
Mangifera indicaMango, Bowen Mango53
Melicytus ramiflorusWhitey Wood10
Milicia excelsaAfrican Teak23
Milicia regiaOroko, Iroko22
Moringa stenopetalaAfrican horseradish tree, cabbagetree43
Morus mesozygiaAfrican mulberry23
Myrcianthes pungensGuabiyu41
Myrtus communisMyrtle, Foxtail Myrtle33
Ocotea kenyensisTransvaal stinkwood, stinkhout02
Ostrya carpinifoliaHop Hornbeam00
Oxytenanthera abyssynicaSavanah Bamboo22
Parinari curatellifoliaMbola, Grys Appel42
Parkinsonia aculeataJerusalem Thorn32
Paulownia tomentosaFoxglove Tree, Princesstree, Empress Tree, Royal Paulownia,12
Pentaclethra macrophyllaAfrican Oil Bean. Oil Bean Tree, Owala Oil32
Pericopsis angolensisEast African afrormosia02
Peumus boldusBoldu, Boldo23
Phillyrea latifolia 11
Phyllanthus emblicaEmblica, Indian Gooseberry35
Picea engelmanniiMountain Spruce, Engelmann spruce22
Picea smithianaMorinda Spruce20
Pinus caribaeaCaribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine22
Pinus palustrisPitch Pine, Longleaf pine, Southern Pine12
Pinus pumilaDwarf Siberian Pine32
Pinus pungensPrickle Pine, Table Mountain pine12
Pinus rigidaNorthern Pitch Pine, Pitch pine12
Pinus roxburghiiChir Pine22
Piptadenia gonoacanthaPau jacaré - alligator stick00
Piptadenia stipulaceaPiptadenia bearing stipules00
Pityrocarpa moniliformisNecklace Pityrocarpa00
Plinia caulifloraJaboticaba40
Populus tremulaAspen Poplar, European aspen, Aspen12
Poraqueiba sericeaUmari40
Pouteria altissimaAbam, Apotro, Gomu00
Pouteria pierreiAningeria20
Prosopis albaWhite carob tree, Algarrobo blanco32
Prosopis cinerariaJandi, Ghaf32
Prosopis julifloraMesquite, Honey Mesquite32
Psidium guajavaGuava, Tropical Guava, Goiaba, Araçá-goiaba52
Pterocarpus erinaceusAfrican Kino03
Pterodon emarginatusFaveiro, sucupira, sucupira-branca04
Quercus acutissimaSawthorn Oak22
Quercus leucotrichophora 22
Quercus marilandicaBlackjack Oak22
Quercus mongolicaMongolian oak22
Quercus petraeaSessile Oak, Durmast oak23
Quercus phellosWillow Oak22
Quercus roburPedunculate Oak, English oak43
Quercus semecarpifolia 22
Raphia hookeriIvory Coast Raffia Palm32
Rhamnus frangulaAlder Buckthorn03
Rhamnus triquetra 01
Rhododendron arboreum 12
Salix albaWhite Willow13
Salix alba caeruleaCricket Bat Willow13
Salix alba vitellinaGolden Willow13
Salix amygdaloidesPeach Leaved Willow02
Salix bebbianaBeak Willow, Bebb Willow02
Salix capreaGoat Willow, Kilmarnock Willow, Pink Pussy Willow, Pussy Willow12
Salix fragilisCrack Willow13
Salix lasiolepisArroyo willow, Bigelow's willow02
Salix nigraBlack Willow13
Samanea samanRain Tree, False Powder Puff, Monkey Pod32
Sapindus mukorossiChinese Soapberry, Soap Berry, Chinese Soapberry, Soapnut Tree12
Schleichera oleosaMalay Lac Tree. Lac tree, Ceylon oak32
Securidaca longipedunculataViolet Tree14
Senefeldera verticillataSenefeldera00
Senegalia catechuBlack Catechu23
Senegalia senegalGum Arabic32
Senna siameaSiamese Senna, Kassod Tree11
Senna singueanaWinter cassia, Sticky pod23
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Simarouba amaraParadise tree, bitterwood34
Simarouba glaucaParadise Tree, Bitterwood, Dysentery-bark34
Swietenia mahagoniMahogany, West Indies Mahogany02
Syzygium jambosJambos, Rose Apple, Plum Rose32
Tabernaemontana hystrixTabernaemontana00
Tamarindus indicaTamarind43
Tectona grandisTeak22
Terminalia ivorensisBlack Afara02
Terminalia sambesiaca 04
Terminalia superbaShinglewood02
Theobroma cacaoCacao, Cocoa Tree53
Tilia cordataSmall Leaved Lime, Littleleaf linden53
Tilia platyphyllosLarge Leaved Lime, Largeleaf linden, Bigleaf Linden53
Tilia x europaeaLinden, Common Lime53
Treculia africanaAfrican Breadfruit or Breadnut42
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
Trichanthera giganteaGiant trichanthera, Nacadero22
Trichilia dregeanaCape Mahogany43
Turraeanthus africanusAvodire02
Uapaca kirkianaWild Loquat42
Vachellia karrooCape Thorn Tree21
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vachellia seyalShittim Wood22
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
Vitellaria paradoxaShea Butter Tree45
Vitex cannabifolia 02
Vitex donianaBlack Plum43
Vitex madiensisEkarukei, Murukukwe42
Vitex pinnataKeleban02
Warburgia salutarisPepperbark Tree24
Ziziphus jujubaJujube43
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