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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abies amabilisRed Fir,Pacific silver fir12
Abies balsameaBalsam Fir35
Abies fraseriShe Balsam, Fraser fir, Southern Balsam Fir13
Abies grandisGrand Fir, Giant Fir, Lowland White Fir22
Abies lasiocarpaSubalpine Fir, Alpine Fir22
Abies lasiocarpaSubalpine Fir, Alpine Fir22
Acacia aneuraMulga Acacia30
Acacia dealbataMimosa, Silver wattle20
Acacia decurrensGreen Wattle21
Acacia farnesianaSweet Acacia, Perfume Acacia, Huisache22
Acacia farnesianaSweet Acacia, Perfume Acacia, Huisache22
Acacia pycnanthaGolden Wattle20
Acacia salignaBlue-Leaved Wattle, Orange wattle10
Acacia victoriaeBramble wattle. Gundabluey, Bardi bush42
Aciphylla colensoiWild Spaniard20
Aciphylla squarrosaSpeargrass20
Aciphylla squarrosaSpeargrass20
Acrocarpus fraxinifoliusPink Cedar, Shingle Tree00
Aegle marmelosBael Tree, Golden Apple, Bengal Quince33
Agoseris aurantiacaMountain Dandelion, Orange agoseris21
Agoseris glaucaMountain Dandelion, Pale agoseris, False agoseris11
Albizia julibrissinMimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree,22
Albizia lebbeckSiris Tree, Woman's Tongue, East Indian Walnut12
Albizia proceraWhite Siris, Tall Albizia, Forest Siris12
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Angophora cordifoliaSmooth-Barked Apple01
Angophora floribundaRough-Barked Apple00
Anogeissus leiocarpaAfrican Birch24
Apocynum cannabinumIndian Hemp22
Artocarpus altilisBreadfruit54
Artocarpus heterophyllusJackfruit52
Artocarpus mariannensisSeeded breadfruit, Marianas bread43
Asclepias asperulaAntelope Horns, Spider milkweed, Trailing Milkweed21
Asclepias californicaCalifornia Milkweed, Greene's milkweed21
Asclepias decumbens 20
Asclepias eriocarpaWoollypod Milkweed22
Asclepias erosaDesert Milkweed20
Asclepias halliiPurple Silkweed, Hall's milkweed31
Asclepias involucrataDwarf Milkweed21
Asclepias lanceolataPurple Silkweed, Fewflower milkweed21
Asclepias ovalifoliaOval-leaf milkweed20
Asclepias pumilaLow Milkweed, Plains milkweed21
Asclepias purpurascensPurple Milkweed21
Asclepias quadrifoliaFourleaf Milkweed22
Asclepias rubraRed Silkweed31
Asclepias speciosaShowy Milkweed32
Asclepias syriacaCommon Milkweed, Silkweed, Milkweed32
Asclepias viridifloraGreen Milkweed, Green comet milkweed32
Astragalus adscendensPersian Manna20
Astragalus adscendensPersian Manna20
Astragalus brachycalyx 20
Astragalus brachycalyx 20
Astragalus carduchorum 20
Astragalus carduchorum 20
Astragalus creticus 20
Astragalus creticus 20
Astragalus densissimus 20
Astragalus densissimus 20
Astragalus florulentus 20
Astragalus florulentus 20
Astragalus globiflorus 20
Astragalus globiflorus 20
Astragalus gummiferTragacanth, Gum tragacanth milkvetch23
Astragalus gummiferTragacanth, Gum tragacanth milkvetch23
Astragalus kurdicus 20
Astragalus kurdicus 20
Astragalus leioclados 20
Astragalus leioclados 20
Astragalus massiliensis 30
Astragalus massiliensis 30
Astragalus microcephalus 20
Astragalus microcephalus 20
Astragalus parnassi cylleneus 20
Astragalus parnassi cylleneus 20
Astragalus piletocladus 20
Astragalus piletocladus 20
Astragalus pycnocladus 20
Astragalus pycnocladus 20
Astragalus sirinicus 20
Astragalus sirinicus 20
Astragalus stenonychioides 20
Astragalus stenonychioides 20
Astragalus strobiliferus 20
Astragalus strobiliferus 20
Astragalus stromatodes 20
Astragalus stromatodes 20
Astragalus turkmenorum 20
Astragalus turkmenorum 20
Atractylis gummifera 10
Atractylis gummifera 10
Bauhinia purpureaOrchid Tree, Purple Butterfly Tree, Mountain Ebony, Geranium Tree, Purple Bauhinia22
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
Bletilla striataHyacinth Orchid, Urn orchid, Hyacinth Bletilla, Hardy Orchid, Chinese Ground Orchid03
Bombax ceibaRed Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree22
Brachyglottis repandaBushman's Toilet Paper11
Brosimum alicastrumBreadnut. Maya nut32
Brosimum parinarioidesLeite de amapa, Brosimum32
Buchanania lanzanAlmondette, Charoli Nut42
Bumelia lanuginosaChittamwood20
Bumelia lanuginosaChittamwood20
Bursera simarubaGum Tree, Gumbo Limbo22
Caesalpinia spinosaSpiny Holdback, Tara22
Calligonum aphyllum 20
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Cassia fistulaGolden Shower, Purging Cassia, Golden Chain Tree, Indian Laburnum14
Ceratonia siliquaCarob, St. john's bread32
Chenopodium californicumCalifornia Goosefoot21
Chrysothamnus nauseosusRubber Rabbitbrush12
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorusGreen Rabbitbrush, Yellow rabbitbrush21
Chukrasia tabularisChickrassy, Chittagong Wood, Indian Redwood.12
Cistus ladaniferLabdanum, Common gum cistus22
Combretum imberbeLeadwood Tree, Ivory tree22
Commiphora myrrhaMyrrh, Myrrh Gum24
Commiphora wightiiGuggul, Indian bdellium-tree23
Copernicia pruniferaBrazilian Wax Palm, Carnauba Palm, Carnauba Wax33
Couma macrocarpaBarca, Milk Tree, Couba, Sorva, Sorva grande42
Couma utilisSorva, Milk Tree42
Cyamopsis tetragonolobaGuar, Cluster Bean43
Cycas circinalisSago Palm, Queen sago, Fern Palm, Queen Sago Palm21
Cydonia oblongaQuince42
Dacrycarpus dacrydioidesKahikatea20
Dichrostachys cinereaMarabou Thorn, Sickle Bush22
Diospyros malabaricaIndian Persimmon, Gaub, Timbiri, Mountain ebony13
Diospyros mespiliformisWest African Ebony, Monkey guava, jackalberry43
Echinops spinosissimus 10
Elaeagnus angustifoliaOleaster, Russian olive42
Encelia farinosaBrittle Bush, Brittlebush, Incienso21
Enterolobium cyclocarpumDevil's Ear. Earpod tree22
Eremurus spectabilis 20
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus robustaSwamp Mahogany, Eucalyptus Gum03
Euphorbia antisyphiliticaCandelilla20
Euphorbia marginataMountain Snow, Ghost Spurge, Ghost Weed11
Faidherbia albidaWhite Acacia. White-thorn. Apple ring acacia12
Ferula assa-foetidaAsafoetida - Devil's Dung. Hing (Indian), Asafetida33
Ferula communisGiant Fennel11
Ferula foetidaAsafoetida23
Ferula marmarica 00
Ferula moschataMusk Root02
Ferula narthexFerula22
Ferula persica 01
Ferula schair 00
Ferula szowitziana 00
Ferula tingitana 00
Garcinia kolaBitter Kola34
Geodorum densiflorumNodding Swamp Orchid02
Gleditsia triacanthosHoney Locust32
Goodyera oblongifoliaWestern Rattlesnake Plantain11
Grevillea robustaSilky Oak20
Grindelia lanceolataRosin Weed, Narrowleaf gumweed, Texan gumweed13
Grindelia squarrosaRosin Weed, Curlycup gumweed23
Guiera senegalensisMoshi medicine, guier du Senegal14
Hakea sericeaSilky Hakea00
Helenium hoopesiiOwls Claws, Orange Sneezeweed11
Hymenaea courbarilWest Indian Locust33
Hymenoxys richardsoniiPingue Hymenoxys, Pingue rubberweed, Colorado rubberweed21
Juniperus monospermaOne-Seed Juniper32
Lactuca pulchellaBlue Lettuce22
Larix occidentalisWestern Larch22
Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind32
Linum usitatissimumFlax, Common flax43
Liquidambar orientalisOriental Sweet Gum23
Liquidambar styracifluaSweet Gum, Red Gum, American Sweet Gum, Red Sweet Gum,23
Lygodesmia junceaSkeleton Weed, Rush skeletonplant12
Mammea americanaMammee Apple, Mammey42
Manilkara bidentataBalata, bulletwood, bully tree22
Manilkara zapotaSapodilla, Nispero52
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Melicope ternata 11
Microseris proceraYam Daisy20
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Opopanax chironiumOpopanax01
Opuntia compressaEastern Prickly Pear, Prickly Pear Cactus31
Opuntia erinaceaMojave Prickly Pear20
Opuntia ficus-indicaPrickly Pear, Barbary fig32
Opuntia ficus-indicaPrickly Pear, Barbary fig32
Opuntia fragilisPrickly Pear, Brittle pricklypear21
Opuntia howeyi 20
Opuntia imbricataTree Chola20
Opuntia littoralisWestern Prickly Pear20
Opuntia macrorhizaTwist-Spine Prickly Pear20
Opuntia microdasysBunny Ears, Angel's-wings20
Opuntia phaeacanthaBastard Fig, Tulip pricklypear21
Opuntia polyacanthaPlains Prickly Pear, El Paso pricklypear, Grizzlybear pricklypear, Navajo Bridge pricklypear, Hairsp31
Opuntia ramosissimaBranched Pencil Cholla30
Oxalis corniculataYellow Sorrel, Creeping woodsorrel22
Passiflora tetrandra 10
Peucedanum officinaleHog's Fennel02
Phormium cookianumWharariki20
Phormium cookianumWharariki20
Phormium tenaxNew Zealand Flax, Coastal Flax, New Zealand Hemp20
Phormium tenaxNew Zealand Flax, Coastal Flax, New Zealand Hemp20
Picea glaucaWhite Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, Canadian Spruce22
Picea marianaBlack Spruce, Swamp Spruce22
Picea rubensRed Spruce21
Picea sitchensisSitka Spruce22
Picea smithianaMorinda Spruce20
Pinus caribaeaCaribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine22
Pinus contortaBeach Pine, Lodgepole pine, Bolander beach pine, Beach pine, Sierra lodgepole pine, Yukon pine, Shor32
Pinus edulisRocky Mountain Piñon, Twoneedle pinyon, Nut Pine, Pinyon Pine, Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Singlelea42
Pinus halepensisAleppo Pine22
Pinus lambertianaSugar Pine32
Pinus monticolaWestern White Pine22
Pinus ponderosaPonderosa Pine, Washoe pine32
Pinus sabinianaDigger Pine, California foothill pine, Bull Pine, Gray Pine, Digger Pine42
Pinus strobusWhite Pine, Eastern white pine23
Pistacia atlanticaBetoum, Mt. Atlas mastic tree, Mount Atlas Mastic21
Pistacia lentiscusMastic Tree - Pistachier Lentisque22
Pistacia terebinthusTerebinth, Cyprus turpentine22
Pithecellobium dulceManila Tamarind, Madras Thorn42
Pittosporum eugenioidesTarata11
Pittosporum eugenioidesTarata11
Pittosporum phillyreoidesWeeping Pittosporum, Narrow-leaf Pittosporum21
Pittosporum tenuifoliumTawhiwhi20
Polyscias sambucifoliaElderberry Panax00
Populus angustifoliaNarrowleaf Cottonwood12
Populus deltoides moniliferaPlains Cottonwood12
Populus deltoides wislizeniiRio Grande Cottonwood21
Populus fremontiiCottonwood, Fremont cottonwood, Fremont Poplar, Western Cottonwood12
Prosopis albaWhite carob tree, Algarrobo blanco32
Prosopis cinerariaJandi, Ghaf32
Prosopis julifloraMesquite, Honey Mesquite32
Prunus arabica 21
Prunus armeniacaApricot43
Prunus armeniaca mandschuricaManchurian apricot43
Prunus aviumWild Cherry, Sweet cherry42
Prunus cerasoidesWild Himalayan Cherry22
Prunus cerasusSour Cherry12
Prunus cerasusSour Cherry12
Prunus cerasus austeraMorello Cherry31
Prunus cerasus austeraMorello Cherry31
Prunus cerasus capronianaKentish Red Cherry31
Prunus cerasus capronianaKentish Red Cherry31
Prunus cerasus frutescensBush Sour Cherry31
Prunus cerasus frutescensBush Sour Cherry31
Prunus cerasus marascaMaraschino Cherry31
Prunus cerasus marascaMaraschino Cherry31
Prunus domesticaPlum, European plum52
Prunus dulcisAlmond, Sweet almond43
Prunus dulcisAlmond, Sweet almond43
Prunus pensylvanicaPin Cherry22
Prunus persicaPeach, Flowering Peach, Ornamental Peach, Common Peach53
Prunus persica nucipersicaNectarine43
Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas Fir, Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir22
Puya chilensis 10
Quercus engelmanniiEvergreen Oak, Engelmann oak, Mesa Oak22
Quercus petraeaSessile Oak, Durmast oak23
Quercus pungensSandpaper Oak, Pungent oak22
Quercus roburPedunculate Oak, English oak43
Salvia glutinosaJupiter's Distaff, Sticky Sage10
Samanea samanRain Tree, False Powder Puff, Monkey Pod32
Schinus molleCalifornia Peppertree, Peruvian peppertree21
Schisandra chinensisMagnolia Vine, Wu Wei Zi45
Senegalia catechuBlack Catechu23
Senegalia senegalGum Arabic32
Sesbania bispinosaPrickly Sesban22
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Seseli gummiferum 00
Silphium laciniatumCompass Plant, Robinson's compassplant22
Silphium terebinthinaceumPrairie Dockm, Prairie rosinweed, Lucy Braun's rosinweed02
Sonchus oleraceusSow Thistle, Common sowthistle22
Spondias purpureaPurple Mombin Red Mombin, Spanish Plum, Ciruela42
Styrax serrulatus 00
Swietenia macrophyllaBig Leaf Mahogany, Honduras Mahogany02
Symphytum asperumPrickly Comfrey32
Symphytum officinaleComfrey, Common comfrey35
Symphytum uplandicumComfrey35
Terminalia arjunaArjuna, Terminalia24
Terminalia catappaIndian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree42
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
Thuja plicataWestern Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar12
Tragopogon porrifoliusSalsify32
Triphasia trifoliaLime Berry21
Tsuga heterophyllaWestern Hemlock12
Vachellia karrooCape Thorn Tree21
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vachellia seyalShittim Wood22
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
Vitellaria paradoxaShea Butter Tree45
Woodfordia fruticosaFire-flame bush22
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