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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Agrimonia pilosaHairy Agrimony23
Alisma plantago-aquaticaGreat Water Plantain, ZE-XIE, European water plantain, American water plantain, Northern water plan13
Allium cepaOnion, Garden onion53
Allium cepa aggregatumPotato Onion43
Allium cepa ascalonicumShallot53
Allium cepa proliferumTree Onion, Walking Onion53
Allium sativumGarlic, Cultivated garlic55
Aloe arborescensCandelabra Aloe, Tree Aloe, Mountain Bush Aloe25
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Andrographis paniculataGreen Chireta, Creat, Nilavembu, Kirayat, Chuan Xin Lian, King of Bitters14
Anemarrhena asphodeloidesZhi Mu03
Aquilaria crassnaAgar Wood, Agarwood03
Archidendron jiringaJengkol, Jiringa42
Arctium lappaGreat Burdock, Gobo45
Arctium minusLesser Burdock35
Astragalus membranaceusHuang Qi05
Atractylodes japonicaJapanese Atractylodes23
Avena sativaOats, Common oat33
Baccharis genistelloidesCarqueja04
Bauhinia forficataBrazilian Orchid Tree04
Bombax ceibaRed Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree22
Bowdichia virgilioidesAlcornoco02
Carex arenariaSand Sedge22
Catharanthus roseusMadagascar Periwinkle, Jasmine, Cayenne Old Maid Periwinkle14
Cichorium intybusChicory, Radicchio, Succory, Witloof43
Cirsium ochrocentrumYellow Spined Thistle22
Coccinia grandisIvy Gourd22
Coix lacryma-jobiJob's Tears33
Conyza canadensisCanada Fleabane, Canadian horseweed13
Costus aferSpiral Ginger, Ginger lily, White spiral costus.24
Coutarea hexandraCoutarea04
Cyamopsis tetragonolobaGuar, Cluster Bean43
Cynara scolymusGlobe Artichoke35
Drosera rotundifoliaSundew, Roundleaf sundew13
Eleutherococcus senticosusSiberian Ginseng25
Epimedium grandiflorumBarrenwort, Bishop's Hat, Longspur Epimedium23
Eucalyptus globulusTasmanian Blue Gum, Eurabbie, Blue Gum, Blue Eucalyptus14
Euonymus alatusWinged Spindle Tree, Burningbush, Corky spindletree12
Galega officinalisGoat's Rue, Professor-weed23
Gymnema sylvestreGurmar, Gymnema34
Gynostemma pentaphyllumSweet Tea Vine25
Gynura procumbensLongevity Spinach, Sambung Nyawa43
Hordeum vulgareBarley, Common barley43
Houttuynia cordataTsi, Chameleon, Rainbow Plant, Chameleon Plant43
Ipomoea aquaticaKangkong, Swamp Morning Glory42
Lablab purpureusHyacinth Bean, Bonavist-bean42
Lactuca sativaLettuce, Garden lettuce33
Lotus corniculatusBird's Foot Trefoil11
Lupinus albusWhite Lupin41
Lycium barbarumGoji, Box Thorn, Matrimony vine43
Lycium chinenseChinese Boxthorn, Chinese desert-thorn43
Lycopus virginicusBugleweed, Virginia water horehound23
Lythrum salicariaPurple Loosestrife23
Medicago sativaAlfalfa, Yellow alfalfa43
Moringa stenopetalaAfrican horseradish tree, cabbagetree43
Morus albaWhite Mulberry, Common Mulberry,43
Morus alba multicaulisWhite Mulberry43
Morus nigraBlack Mulberry53
Musa acuminataDwarf Banana, Edible banana52
Nasturtium officinaleWatercress43
Nasturtium x sterileBrown Watercress43
Nauclea latifoliaAfrican Peach34
Olea europaeaOlive, African olive, European olive43
Oplopanax horridusDevil's Club22
Oplopanax japonicus 21
Orthosiphon aristatusJava Tea, Cat's Whiskers04
Panax ginsengGinseng, Chinese ginseng25
Panax pseudoginsengGinseng, Japanese ginseng13
Panax pseudoginseng notoginsengSan Qi15
Pandanus amaryllifoliusFragrant Pandan32
Pericopsis elataAfrican-teak, golden afrormosia, kokrodua02
Phaseolus vulgarisFrench Bean, Kidney bean52
Phellodendron amurenseAmur Cork Tree, Chinese Corktree13
Phellodendron chinenseChinese Cork Tree03
Phyllanthus emblicaEmblica, Indian Gooseberry35
Platycodon grandiflorusBalloon Flower23
Polygonatum odoratumSolomon's Seal23
Polygonum multiflorumHe Shou Wu, Tuber fleeceflower23
Pongamia pinnataPongam, Karum Tree, Poonga-Oil Tree, Indian Beech03
Potentilla erectaTormentil, Erect cinquefoil13
Psidium guajavaGuava, Tropical Guava, Goiaba, Araçá-goiaba52
Pueraria montanaKudzu Vine45
Pueraria montana lobataKudzu Vine45
Pycnanthus angolensisAfrican Nutmeg23
Rehmannia glutinosaChinese Foxglove - Di Huang13
Rosa multifloraJapanese Rose, Multiflora rose22
Scoparia dulcisSweet Broom, Licorice Weed, Vassourinha24
Scrophularia buergerianaBuerger's Figwort02
Scrophularia ningpoensis 03
Senecio nemorensis 11
Senna alataRingworm Bush, Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant24
Solidago virgaureaGoldenrod13
Sorbus aucupariaMountain Ash, European mountain ash22
Sorbus torminalisWild Service Tree, Checkertree40
Spinacia oleraceaSpinach32
Stevia rebaudianaStevia, Candyleaf40
Syzygium cuminiJambolan, Java Plum, Malabar Plum, Jambu33
Talinum fruticosumTahitian Spinach, Waterleaf, Ceylon Spinach32
Tamarindus indicaTamarind43
Taraxacum officinaleDandelion - Kukraundha, Kanphool, Common dandelion, Dandelion43
Teucrium polium 11
Tithonia diversifoliaMexican Sunflower03
Trigonella foenum-graecumFenugreek, Sicklefruit fenugreek45
Urtica dioicaStinging Nettle, California nettle55
Urtica piluliferaRoman Nettle33
Urtica urensAnnual Nettle33
Vaccinium caespitosumDwarf Bilberry31
Vaccinium macrocarponAmerican Cranberry, Cranberry31
Vaccinium membranaceumMountain Huckleberry, Thinleaf huckleberry31
Vaccinium myrtillusBilberry, Whortleberry43
Vaccinium ovalifoliumBlack Huckleberry, Oval-leaf blueberry31
Vaccinium ovatumEvergreen Huckleberry, Florist's Huckleberry, Shot Huckleberry, Californian Huckleberry31
Vaccinium parvifoliumRed Bilberry, Red huckleberry31
Vaccinium scopariumGrouseberry, Grouse whortleberry21
Vaccinium uliginosumBog Bilberry31
Vitis vulpinaFrost Grape31
Xanthium strumariumCocklebur, Rough cocklebur, Canada cocklebur13
Zea maysSweet Corn, Corn53
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