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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abies albaSilver Fir, Christmas Tree Fir, European Silver Fir, Silver23
Abies delavayi 00
Acacia angustissimaPrairie acacia. Timbre. Fernleaf Acacia23
Acacia catechuCutch tree, Catechu acacia12
Acacia concinnaShikakai, Soap-Pod21
Acacia dealbataMimosa, Silver wattle20
Acacia decurrensGreen Wattle21
Acacia farnesianaSweet Acacia, Perfume Acacia, Huisache22
Acacia mearnsiiBlack Wattle, Late black wattle13
Acacia melanoxylonBlackwood, Australia Acacia, Black Acacia, Blackwood Acacia21
Acacia pycnanthaGolden Wattle20
Acacia salignaBlue-Leaved Wattle, Orange wattle10
Acer ginnalaAmur Maple10
Acer spicatumMountain Maple22
Adansonia digitataBaobab, Judas Fruit, Monkey Bread Tree33
Aegle marmelosBael Tree, Golden Apple, Bengal Quince33
Aesculus hippocastanumHorse Chestnut, European Horsechestnut, Common Horsechestnut34
Afzelia xylocarpaMakha Tree, Cambodia Beng Tree22
Ailanthus altissimaTree Of Heaven13
Albizia lebbeckSiris Tree, Woman's Tongue, East Indian Walnut12
Albizia proceraWhite Siris, Tall Albizia, Forest Siris12
Alchornea cordifoliaChristmas Bush24
Aleurites moluccanusCandle Nut, Country Walnut33
Allocasuarina littoralisBlack She Oak, Bull Oak, Wayetuck10
Alnus acuminataAlder02
Alnus glutinosaAlder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder03
Alnus incanaGrey Alder, Speckled alder, Thinleaf alder, White Alder00
Alnus jorullensisMexican alder, Evergreen Alder00
Alnus rhombifoliaWhite Alder12
Alnus rubraRed Alder, Oregon Alder22
Alnus sinuataSitka Alder11
Alnus tenuifoliaMountain Alder, Thinleaf alder12
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Andromeda polifoliaMarsh Andromeda, Bog rosemary21
Anogeissus leiocarpaAfrican Birch24
Arbutus menziesiiMadrona, Pacific madrone, Pacific Madrone32
Arbutus unedoStrawberry Tree42
Arctostaphylos uva-ursiBearberry34
Areca catechuBetel Palm, Betel Nut Palm33
Artocarpus heterophyllusJackfruit52
Artocarpus integerChampedak40
Astronium balansaeAstronium00
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Baikiaea plurijugaRhodesian Teak, Zambesi Redwood12
Banksia integrifoliaCoast Banksia20
Bauhinia petersianaWhite bauhinia, Zambezi coffee32
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
Bauhinia variegataMountain Ebony12
Belamcanda chinensisLeopard Lily, Blackberry lily, Leopard Flower13
Berberis aristataChitra, Indian Barberry or Tree Turmeric43
Bergenia ciliata 12
Bergenia cordifoliaSiberian-tea, Pigsqueak, Heartleaf Bergenia00
Bergenia crassifoliaSiberian Tea20
Betula lentaCherry Birch, Sweet birch, Black Birch, Cherry Birch33
Betula pendulaSilver Birch, European white birch, Common Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch33
Betula pubescensWhite Birch, Downy birch33
Bombax ceibaRed Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree22
Buchanania lanzanAlmondette, Charoli Nut42
Byrsonima crassifoliaGolden Spoon, Nance, Nancy Tree42
Caesalpinia decapetalaMysore Thorn, Shoofly02
Caesalpinia digynaTeri pods, Udakiryaka22
Caesalpinia spinosaSpiny Holdback, Tara22
Callitris columellarisWhite Cypress-Pine00
Callitris endlicheriRed Cypress-Pine01
Calluna vulgarisHeather, Scotch Heather22
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Camellia sinensisTea Plant, Assam tea, Tea Tree Camellia44
Camellia sinensis assamicaTea Plant, Assam Tea44
Canarium luzonicumManila Elemi43
Carapa guianensisAndiroba04
Carpobrotus edulisHottentot Fig,22
Caryocar brasiliensePequi, Souari nut42
Cassia fistulaGolden Shower, Purging Cassia, Golden Chain Tree, Indian Laburnum14
Castanea alnifoliaBush Chinkapin30
Castanea crenataJapanese Chestnut30
Castanea dentataAmerican Sweet Chestnut31
Castanea henryi 30
Castanea mollissimaChinese Chestnut32
Castanea ozarkensisOzark Chinkapin30
Castanea pumilaChinquapin, Ozark chinkapin42
Castanea pumila asheiChinquapin41
Castanea sativaSweet Chestnut, European chestnut52
Castanea seguiniiChinese Chinquapin30
Castanea x neglectaChinknut30
Casuarina cristataBelah00
Casuarina cunninghamianaRiver She-Oak00
Casuarina equisetifoliaShe Oak, Common Ru, Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina12
Ceratonia siliquaCarob, St. john's bread32
Chrysobalanus icacoCoco Plum, Paradise Plum42
Chrysophyllum cainitoStar Apple, Caimito42
Chukrasia tabularisChickrassy, Chittagong Wood, Indian Redwood.12
Cneorum tricocconSpurge Olive01
Combretum imberbeLeadwood Tree, Ivory tree22
Copaifera coriaceaSapucaia tree24
Copaifera guyanensisHoepel, Guyanense Copaiba24
Copaifera langsdorffiiCopaiba, Langsdorf's copaifera14
Copaifera multijugaHayne oil, Copaiba,14
Copaifera officinalisCopaiba Balsam, Medicinal Copaiba24
Copaifera reticulataCopaiba, Reticulated Copaiba, Copaiba Balsam04
Coriaria microphylla 01
Coriaria myrtifoliaRedoul00
Coriaria napalensisMasuri Berry21
Cornus capitataBentham's Cornel41
Cornus hemsleyi 00
Cornus masCornelian Cherry, Cornelian Cherry Dogwood42
Cornus nuttalliiMountain Dogwood, Pacific dogwood, Western Dogwood12
Corylus avellanaCommon Hazel, Common filbert, European Filbert, Harry Lauder's Walking Stick, Corkscrew Hazel, Hazel52
Corymbia citriodoraLemon-Scented Gum, blue spotted gum, lemon eucalyptus, eucalyptus citriodora.23
Cotinus coggygriaSmoke Tree, European smoketree, Venetian Sumac, Wig Tree, Smoke Tree11
Crassocephalum crepidioidesOkinawa Spinach, Redflower Ragleaf, Fireweed42
Cucubalus bacciferBerry-Bearing Catchfly11
Cytisus scopariusBroom, Scotch broom, Common Broom13
Dacrydium cupressinumRimu, New zealand red pine20
Diospyros malabaricaIndian Persimmon, Gaub, Timbiri, Mountain ebony13
Dodonaea viscosaNative Hops, Florida hopbush, Hopseed Bush, Varnish Leaf, Hopbush, Narrow-leaf hopbush, Wedge-leaf h22
Dryopteris filix-masMale Fern24
Elaeocarpus dentatus 20
Entada phaseoloidesSt. Thomas Bean32
Entandrophragma cylindricumSapele Mahogany02
Enterolobium cyclocarpumDevil's Ear. Earpod tree22
Erythrophleum ivorenseOrdealtree, sasswoodtree13
Erythrophleum suaveolensErun, ordealtree, Sasswood Tree03
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus citriodoraLemon-Scented Gum, Lemon Scented Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus robustaSwamp Mahogany, Eucalyptus Gum03
Euclea divinorumMagic Guarri22
Eucryphia cordifoliaUlmo00
Eucryphia mooreiStinkwood00
Eugenia brasiliensisGrumichama, Brazilian Plum42
Eugenia unifloraBrazil Cherry43
Exocarpus cupressiformisNative Cherry21
Faidherbia albidaWhite Acacia. White-thorn. Apple ring acacia12
Falcataria moluccanaBatai00
Ficus racemosaCluster Fig32
Fraxinus excelsiorAsh, European ash, Common Ash22
Garcinia kolaBitter Kola34
Garcinia mangostanaMangosteen, Manggis52
Geranium dissectumCut-Leafed Cranesbill, Cutleaf geranium12
Geranium maculatumSpotted Cranesbill, Spotted geranium, Crowfoot, Wild Geranium, Cranesbill03
Geranium nepalenseNepalese Crane's Bill12
Geranium wallichianum 02
Geum urbanumWood Avens, Bennet's Root - Old man's whiskers, Herb bennet33
Gevuina avellanaChilean Hazel30
Gleditsia sinensisLocust33
Gleditsia triacanthosHoney Locust32
Guiera senegalensisMoshi medicine, guier du Senegal14
Gunnera tinctoriaGunnera, Chilean gunnera11
Hamamelis virginianaWitch Hazel, American witchhazel, Common Witchhazel, Virginian Witchhazel, Witchhazel15
Heuchera glabraAlpine Heuchera11
Hymenaea courbarilWest Indian Locust33
Hypericum perforatumSt. John's Wort, Common St. Johnswort24
Intsia bijugaMoluccan Ironwood, Ipil12
Iris pseudacorusYellow Flag, Paleyellow iris12
Irvingia gabonensisDika Nut43
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Juglans ailanthifoliaJapanese Walnut31
Juglans ailanthifolia cordiformisHeartseed Walnut41
Juglans neotropicaAndean Walnut32
Juglans nigraBlack Walnut33
Juglans regiaWalnut, English walnut, Persian Walnut,43
Juglans regia kamaoniaWalnut33
Khaya senegalensisDryzone Mahogany23
Lansium domesticumLangsat, Lansa, Lanzon42
Larix deciduaLarch, European Larch, Common Larch23
Larix gmeliniiDahurian Larch, Kurile larch00
Larix kaempferiJapanese Larch00
Larix laricinaTamarack, Hackmatack, American Larch22
Larix lyalliiSub-Alpine Larch10
Larix occidentalisWestern Larch22
Larix potaniniiLarch00
Larix sibiricaSiberian Larch00
Larix x marschlinsiiDunkeld Hybrid Larch00
Lecythis ollariaMonkey Pot. Sapucaia nut, Pot nut30
Ledum groenlandicumLabrador Tea, Bog Labrador tea23
Ledum palustreWild Rosemary, Marsh Labrador tea23
Limonium vulgareSea Lavender, Mediterranean sea lavender, Common Privet01
Litchi chinensisLychee, Litchi52
Lithocarpus densiflorusTanbark Oak21
Lithocarpus pachyphylla 21
Lophostemon confertusVinegar Tree, Brisbane Box00
Lythrum salicariaPurple Loosestrife23
Macadamia hildebrandiiCelebes nut40
Macadamia integrifoliaMacadamia, Macadamia nut40
Macadamia ternifoliaMacadamia Nut, Gympie nut40
Macadamia tetraphyllaQueensland Nut, Macadamia nut40
Maclura pomiferaOsage Orange, Bois D'Arc12
Mahonia trifoliolataMexican Barberry, Algerita32
Malpighia glabraEscobillo, Acerola41
Mammea americanaMammee Apple, Mammey42
Manilkara zapotaSapodilla, Nispero52
Mimusops elengiSpanish Cherry, Bakul32
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Morus albaWhite Mulberry, Common Mulberry,43
Myrica galeBog Myrtle, Sweetgale22
Myrica nagiBox Myrtle23
Nauclea latifoliaAfrican Peach34
Nephelium lappaceumRambutan, Hairy Lychee52
Nothofagus fuscaRed Beech00
Nothofagus menziesiiSilver Beech00
Nypa fruticansNipa Palm, Mangrove Palm32
Parinari curatellifoliaMbola, Grys Appel42
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Pausinystalia johimbeYohimbe05
Pausinystalia macrocerasFalse johimbe05
Peltophorum pterocarpumCopperpod, Yellow Poinciana02
Peumus boldusBoldu, Boldo23
Phormium tenaxNew Zealand Flax, Coastal Flax, New Zealand Hemp20
Phyllanthus emblicaEmblica, Indian Gooseberry35
Phyllocladus trichomanoidesTanekaha, Celery pine01
Picea abiesNorway Spruce21
Picea engelmanniiMountain Spruce, Engelmann spruce22
Picea glaucaWhite Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, Canadian Spruce22
Picea jezoensisYezo Spruce21
Picea orientalisCaucasian Spruce20
Pinus caribaeaCaribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine22
Pinus halepensisAleppo Pine22
Pinus henryi 22
Pinus koraiensisKorean Nut Pine, Chinese pinenut42
Pinus resinosaRed Pine12
Pinus tabuliformisChinese Red Pine, Southern Chinese pine12
Pistacia atlanticaBetoum, Mt. Atlas mastic tree, Mount Atlas Mastic21
Pistacia lentiscusMastic Tree - Pistachier Lentisque22
Pistacia terebinthusTerebinth, Cyprus turpentine22
Pithecellobium dulceManila Tamarind, Madras Thorn42
Polygonum amphibiumWillow Grass, Water knotweed, Longroot smartweed, Water smartweed12
Polygonum bistortaBistort, Meadow bistort, Snakeweed33
Potentilla anserinaSilverweed33
Potentilla erectaTormentil, Erect cinquefoil13
Potentilla palustrisMarsh Cinquefoil11
Prosopis albaWhite carob tree, Algarrobo blanco32
Prosopis cinerariaJandi, Ghaf32
Prosopis julifloraMesquite, Honey Mesquite32
Prunus aviumWild Cherry, Sweet cherry42
Prunus spinosaSloe - Blackthorn32
Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas Fir, Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir22
Psidium guajavaGuava, Tropical Guava, Goiaba, Araçá-goiaba52
Pterocarpus angolensisAmbila03
Pterocarpus dalbergioidesAndaman padauk, East Indian-mahogany,22
Pterocarpus erinaceusAfrican Kino03
Pterocarpus indicusAmboyna, Indian Padauk, Burmese Rosewood, Narra, Bloodwood22
Punica granatumPomegranate, Dwarf Pomegranate44
Quercus acutaJapanese Evergreen Oak22
Quercus acutissimaSawthorn Oak22
Quercus agrifoliaEncina, California live oak, Coast Live Oak32
Quercus albaWhite Oak, Hybrid oak32
Quercus alienaOriental White Oak22
Quercus aucheriBoz-Pirnal Oak42
Quercus bicolorSwamp White Oak42
Quercus brantiiBarro, Brant's oak32
Quercus cerrisTurkey Oak, European turkey oak32
Quercus chrysolepisLive Oak, Canyon live oak22
Quercus cocciferaKermes Oak32
Quercus coccineaScarlet Oak22
Quercus dentataJapanese Emperor Oak, Daimyo oak22
Quercus douglasiiBlue Oak32
Quercus durataCalifornia Scrub Oak, Leather oak22
Quercus ellipsoidalisNorthern Pin Oak22
Quercus emoryiBlack Oak, Emory oak32
Quercus engelmanniiEvergreen Oak, Engelmann oak, Mesa Oak22
Quercus falcataSouthern Red Oak, Cherrybark Oak, Spanish Oak, Southern Red Oak12
Quercus floribunda 22
Quercus frainettoHungarian Oak, Italian Oak, Forest Green Oak42
Quercus fruticosaGall Oak, Lusitanian Oak32
Quercus gambeliiShin Oak, Gambel oak, Rocky Mountain White Oak32
Quercus garryanaOregon White Oak, Garry Oak22
Quercus glaucaRing-cup oak , Ring Cupped Oak, Blue Japanese Oak32
Quercus hispanica 32
Quercus ilexHolly Oak, Evergreen Oak52
Quercus ilex ballotaHolm Oak52
Quercus imbricariaShingle Oak, Northern Laurel Oak22
Quercus infectoriaAleppo Oak, Oak22
Quercus ithaburensis macrolepisValonia Oak42
Quercus kelloggiiCalifornian Black Oak, Black Oak32
Quercus laevisAmerican Turkey Oak, Turkey oak22
Quercus lamellosaBull Oak32
Quercus leucotrichophora 22
Quercus libaniLebanon Oak22
Quercus lineata 22
Quercus lobataCalifornian White Oak, Valley oak22
Quercus lyrataOvercup Oak32
Quercus macrocarpaBurr Oak, Mossy Cup Oak32
Quercus marilandicaBlackjack Oak22
Quercus michauxiiSwamp Chestnut Oak22
Quercus mongolicaMongolian oak22
Quercus mongolica grosseserrata 22
Quercus muehlenbergiiYellow Chestnut Oak, Chinkapin oak32
Quercus myrsinaefolia 22
Quercus nigraWater Oak22
Quercus oblongifoliaMexican Blue Oak32
Quercus palustrisPin Oak, Swamp Oak32
Quercus petraeaSessile Oak, Durmast oak23
Quercus phellosWillow Oak22
Quercus phillyreoidesBlack ridge oak,32
Quercus prinoidesDwarf Chinkapin Oak22
Quercus prinusRock Chestnut Oak42
Quercus pubescensDowny Oak22
Quercus pungensSandpaper Oak, Pungent oak22
Quercus roburPedunculate Oak, English oak43
Quercus rubraRed Oak, Northern red oak32
Quercus semecarpifolia 22
Quercus serrataBao li22
Quercus shumardiiShumard Oak, Schneck oak22
Quercus stellataPost Oak32
Quercus suberCork Oak22
Quercus suber occidentalisCork Oak22
Quercus undulataWavyleaf Oak22
Quercus variabilisChinese Cork Oak22
Quercus velutinaBlack Oak23
Quercus virginianaLive Oak32
Quercus wislizeniiLive Oak32
Quercus x bebbiana 32
Rhus aromaticaLemon Sumach, Fragrant sumac42
Rhus chinensisChinese Gall, Chinese sumac23
Rhus copallinaDwarf Sumach, Winged sumac, Flameleaf Sumac, Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac42
Rhus coriariaElm-Leaved Sumach, Sicilian sumac21
Rhus glabraSmooth Sumach43
Rhus integrifoliaLemonade Berry, Lemonade sumac20
Rhus punjabensis sinica 32
Rhus toxicodendronEastern Poison Oak02
Rhus trilobataSkunk Bush, Basketbush, Squawbush, Three Leaf Sumac42
Rhus typhinaStag's Horn Sumach, Velvet Sumac, Staghorn Sumac42
Rhus x pulvinata 42
Rosa banksiaeBanksia Rose21
Rosa laevigataCherokee Rose23
Rosa multifloraJapanese Rose, Multiflora rose22
Rubus ichangensis 31
Rubus parvifoliusJapanese Raspberry31
Rumex hastatus 22
Rumex hydrolapathumGreat Water Dock11
Rumex hymenosepalusCanaigre, Canaigre dock22
Rumex nepalensis 12
Sabal etoniaScrub Palmetto20
Sabal mexicanaMexican Palmetto, Rio Grande palmetto, Texas Palmetto20
Sabal minorBush Palmetto, Dwarf palmetto21
Sabal palmettoCabbage Palmetto, Blue Palmetto, Common Palmetto21
Salix amygdaloidesPeach Leaved Willow02
Salix capreaGoat Willow, Kilmarnock Willow, Pink Pussy Willow, Pussy Willow12
Salix fragilisCrack Willow13
Salix nigraBlack Willow13
Salix purpureaPurple Osier. purpleosier willow13
Salix repensCreeping Willow12
Salix viminalisOsier. Basket Willow12
Sanguisorba officinalisGreat Burnet23
Santalum acuminatumQuandong11
Sapium sebiferumVegetable Tallow, Chinese tallow, Popcorn Tree, Chinese Tallow Tree22
Schleichera oleosaMalay Lac Tree. Lac tree, Ceylon oak32
Senegalia catechuBlack Catechu23
Senegalia senegalGum Arabic32
Senna alataRingworm Bush, Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant24
Senna siameaSiamese Senna, Kassod Tree11
Senna singueanaWinter cassia, Sticky pod23
Senna toraStinking Cassia, Sickle senna13
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Shorea robustaSal Tree43
Sonneratia caseolarisFirefly mangrove, mangrove apple22
Sorbus aucupariaMountain Ash, European mountain ash22
Sorbus domesticaService Tree50
Sorghum bicolorSorghum, Common wild sorghum, Grain sorghum, Sudangrass42
Swietenia macrophyllaBig Leaf Mahogany, Honduras Mahogany02
Swietenia mahagoniMahogany, West Indies Mahogany02
Syzygium cuminiJambolan, Java Plum, Malabar Plum, Jambu33
Syzygium jambosJambos, Rose Apple, Plum Rose32
Tamarindus indicaTamarind43
Tamarix aphyllaAthel Tamarisk11
Tamarix gallicaManna Plant, French tamarisk12
Terminalia arjunaArjuna, Terminalia24
Terminalia catappaIndian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree42
Terminalia chebulaBlack Myrobalan, Chebulic Myroblan,35
Terminalia ivorensisBlack Afara02
Terminalia sambesiaca 04
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
Thuja occidentalisAmerican Arbor-Vitae, Arborvitae, Eastern Arborvitae, Siberian Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, Wh23
Toona ciliataMountain Cedar, Australian Red Cedar, Toona22
Trema orientalisCharcoal Tree12
Tsuga canadensisCanadian Hemlock, Eastern hemlock13
Tsuga carolinianaCarolina Hemlock12
Tsuga chinensisChinese Hemlock12
Tsuga heterophyllaWestern Hemlock12
Tsuga mertensianaMountain Hemlock12
Ulmus proceraEnglish Elm32
Vaccinium arboreumFarkleberry21
Vachellia karrooCape Thorn Tree21
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vachellia seyalShittim Wood22
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
Vateria indicaWhite Dammar32
Vernicia montanaAbrasin oil tree03
Warburgia salutarisPepperbark Tree24
Weinmannia racemosaKamahi20
Woodfordia fruticosaFire-flame bush22
Xanthium strumariumCocklebur, Rough cocklebur, Canada cocklebur13
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