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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Prinsepia utilisCherry prinsepia42
Parajubaea cocoidesQuito Palm10
Olea europaeaOlive, African olive, European olive43
Macadamia integrifoliaMacadamia, Macadamia nut40
Jubaea chilensisChilean Wine Palm, Chile cocopalm30
Gevuina avellanaChilean Hazel30
Cynara cardunculusCardoon35
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Caryocar brasiliensePequi, Souari nut42
Carya ovataShagbark Hickory31
Carya laciniosaShellbark Hickory31
Carya illinoinensisPecan41
Carya cathayensisChinese Hickory30
Canarium ovatumPili Nut43
Canarium luzonicumManila Elemi43
Canarium indicumCanarium Nut, Ngali, Galip nut, kenari nut42
Brassica carinataAbyssinian Cabbage42
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Borassus aethiopumAfrican Fan Palm, Palmyra Palm42
Allanblackia floribundaVegetable Tallow. Tallow tree32
Allanblackia parvifloraVegetable tallow tree, Ouotera32
Bactris gasipaesPeach Palm, Pupunha52
Caryocar nuciferumSouari Nut. Butter Nut42
Caryocar villosumPiquia30
Attalea speciosaBabassu, American Oil Palm, Motacu, Motacuchi42
Attalea maripaInaja, Maripa Palm32
Attalea funiferaBahia Piassava, Conquilla Nut, Piassaba Palm10
Moringa peregrinaMoringa22
Argania spinosaArgan Tree, Spiny Argania, Morocco Ironwood42
Allanblackia stuhlmanniiMkani, Msambo32
Elaeis guineensisAfrican Oil Palm52
Elaeis oleiferaAmerican Oil Palm30
Irvingia gabonensisDika Nut43
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Gossypium arboreumTree Cotton21
Leopoldinia piassabaPiassaba24
Mauritia flexuosaBuriti Palm, Aguaje Palm42
Carya hybridsHybrid and neohybrid hickories43
Iryanthera laevisCumala30
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Moringa stenopetalaAfrican horseradish tree, cabbagetree43
Pandanus julianettiiKaruka40
Macadamia hildebrandiiCelebes nut40
Macadamia ternifoliaMacadamia Nut, Gympie nut40
Pandanus conoideusMarita, Red fruit, Pandan41
Linum hybridsPerennial Flax44
Parinari curatellifoliaMbola, Grys Appel42
Persea americanaAvocado, Alligator Pear53
Raphia fariniferaRaffia Palm30
Raphia hookeriIvory Coast Raffia Palm32
Gossypium barbadenseSea Island Cotton32
Hippophae rhamnoidesSea Buckthorn, Seaberry55
Prunus sibiricaSiberian Apricot32
Acrocomia aculeataCoyoli Palm. Gru-Gru Palm, Macaw palm31
Afraegle paniculataNigerian Powder-Flask Fruit. African afraegle23
Astrocaryum vulgareTucuma. Awarra palm, Tucum palm.42
Gustavia superbaMembrillo30
Madhuca longifoliaButter Tree. Mahua, Illipe32
Syagrus coronataLicuri Palm, Ouricury palm32
Gossypium herbaceumLevant cotton33
Gossypium hirsutumUpland Cotton21
Prunus armeniaca mandschuricaManchurian apricot43
Lepidium spp.Perennial Lepidium53
Lesquerella hybridsPerennial Lesquerella20
Vitellaria paradoxaShea Butter Tree45
Mesua ferreaSurli nut, Poached Egg Tree32
Oenocarpus batauaPataua Palm. Bataua32
Oenocarpus distichusPataua, Bacaba, White bacaba32
Schleichera oleosaMalay Lac Tree. Lac tree, Ceylon oak32
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