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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acmella oleraceaToothache plant, Paracress33
Acorus gramineusGrass-leaved Sweet Rush, Japanese Sweet Flag, Dwarf Sweet Flag33
Adenophora triphyllaNan Sha Shen21
Adenophora verticillata 22
Agastache rugosaKorean Mint43
Akebia trifoliataAkebia, Threeleaf Akebia42
Alchornea castaneifoliaIporuru04
Alchornea cordifoliaChristmas Bush24
Allium fistulosumWelsh Onion52
Alocasia macrorrhizosGiant Taro, Giant Elephant Ear32
Aloe camperiAloe04
Ampelopsis japonica 02
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Anemarrhena asphodeloidesZhi Mu03
Annona muricataSour Sop43
Arctium lappaGreat Burdock, Gobo45
Arctium minusLesser Burdock35
Arisaema consanguineumTian Nan Xing13
Aristolochia debilisMa Dou Ling13
Artocarpus altilisBreadfruit54
Artocarpus mariannensisSeeded breadfruit, Marianas bread43
Aspidosperma albumGuatambu02
Aster tataricusTartarian Aster13
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Baphia nitidaCamwood, Baphia22
Bassia scopariaSummer Cypress, Burningbush22
Belamcanda chinensisLeopard Lily, Blackberry lily, Leopard Flower13
Betula platyphyllaWhite Birch, Asian white birch,22
Bidens pilosaBeggar's Ticks, Blackjack, Hairy beggarticks22
Cananga odorataYlang Ylang, Perfume Tree23
Canarium luzonicumManila Elemi43
Carapa guianensisAndiroba04
Cassia fistulaGolden Shower, Purging Cassia, Golden Chain Tree, Indian Laburnum14
Cedrus atlanticaAtlas Deodar, Atlantic cedar02
Centaurea cyanusCornflower, Garden cornflower, Blue Bottle, Cornflower22
Chenopodium ambrosioidesMexican Tea23
Chenopodium ambrosioides anthelminticumWormseed23
Chloroxylon swieteniaEast Indian Satinwood03
Chukrasia tabularisChickrassy, Chittagong Wood, Indian Redwood.12
Cissus quadrangularisVeldt Grape24
Citrus aurantiumBitter Orange, Sour orange, Bergamot orange33
Clematis mandschurica 02
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
Cornus chinensis 23
Cornus oblongaOblong-Petal Dogwood03
Cornus officinalisShan Zhu Yu, Asiatic dogwood, Japanese Cornel Dogwood43
Costus aferSpiral Ginger, Ginger lily, White spiral costus.24
Croton lechleriSangre De Grado, Dragon's blood04
Croton palanostigmaSangre De Grado, Dragon's blood04
Croton salutarisSangre De Grado, Dragon's blood04
Cupressus lusitanicaMexican Cypress02
Cyperus articulatusJointed flatsedge, Priprioca, Piripiri14
Dalbergia melanoxylonAfrican Blackwood, Grenadilla, Mpingo02
Dendranthema x grandiflorumChrysanthemum, Cut Mum, Garden Mum, Pot Mum, Florist's Chrysanthemum23
Dioscorea bulbiferaAerial Yam, Air Potato42
Diospyros mespiliformisWest African Ebony, Monkey guava, jackalberry43
Eucalyptus robustaSwamp Mahogany, Eucalyptus Gum03
Forsythia viridissimaGolden Bells, Greenstem forsythia, Forsythia02
Garcinia mangostanaMangosteen, Manggis52
Ginkgo bilobaMaidenhair Tree, Ginkgo55
Gleditsia sinensisLocust33
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Handroanthus impetiginosusPau D'Arco, Pink Trumpet Tree24
Himatanthus sucuubaPlumeria sucuuba04
Hymenaea courbarilWest Indian Locust33
Ipomoea nilJapanese Morning Glory, Whiteedge morning-glory02
Kalmia latifoliaMountain Laurel, Calico Bush, Ivy02
Kalopanax septemlobusTree Aralia, Castor aralia21
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Lawsonia inermisHenna, Mignonette Tree03
Leonurus japonicus 03
Ligusticum jeholense 02
Ligusticum sinenseChuang Xiong03
Magnolia denudataLily Tree, Yulan Magnolia12
Manihot esculentaCassava, Tapioca Plant, Yuca52
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Musa acuminataDwarf Banana, Edible banana52
Okoubaka aubrevilleiOkoubaka tree04
Orthosiphon aristatusJava Tea, Cat's Whiskers04
Pandanus amaryllifoliusFragrant Pandan32
Peltophorum pterocarpumCopperpod, Yellow Poinciana02
Petiveria alliaceaGuinea Hen Weed04
Peucedanum praeruptorumQian Hu02
Pfaffia paniculataPfaffia04
Phytolacca acinosaIndian Poke23
Phytolacca dodecandraEndod, Pokeberry23
Phytolacca esculenta 22
Picrorhiza scrophulariifloraHu Huang Lian03
Pinus caribaeaCaribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine22
Piper betleBetel23
Polygonatum sibiricumHuang Jing22
Prostanthera rotundifoliaMint Bush02
Pterocarpus erinaceusAfrican Kino03
Pterocarpus soyauxiiAfrican Coralwood22
Pycnanthus angolensisAfrican Nutmeg23
Quercus brantiiBarro, Brant's oak32
Raphanus sativusRadish, Cultivated radish43
Raphanus sativus caudatusRat-Tail Radish33
Raphanus sativus nigerOriental Radish43
Raphanus sativus oleiformisFodder Radish33
Ricinodendron heudelotiiManketti nut, Zambezi almond, African oil-nut-tree33
Scrophularia ningpoensis 03
Senna alataRingworm Bush, Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant24
Sinapis albaWhite Mustard33
Smilax officinalisHonduran sarsaparilla24
Solanum torvumPea Eggplant, Turkey berry33
Solanum tuberosumPotato, Irish potato52
Solidago virgaureaGoldenrod13
Sophora flavescensKu Shen, Shrubby sophora03
Sorghum bicolorSorghum, Common wild sorghum, Grain sorghum, Sudangrass42
Terminalia sambesiaca 04
Teucrium polium 11
Teucrium scordiumWater Germander01
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
Trichilia dregeanaCape Mahogany43
Trichosanthes kirilowiiChinese Cucumber24
Trichosanthes kirilowii japonica 33
Tropaeolum majusNasturtium, Indian Cress43
Turraeanthus africanusAvodire02
Xanthium strumariumCocklebur, Rough cocklebur, Canada cocklebur13
Zanthoxylum piperitumJapanese Pepper Tree32
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