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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
Acacia aneuraMulga Acacia30
Acacia dealbataMimosa, Silver wattle20
Acacia decurrensGreen Wattle21
Acacia farnesianaSweet Acacia, Perfume Acacia, Huisache22
Acacia pycnanthaGolden Wattle20
Acacia salignaBlue-Leaved Wattle, Orange wattle10
Aciphylla colensoiWild Spaniard20
Aciphylla squarrosaSpeargrass20
Agoseris aurantiacaMountain Dandelion, Orange agoseris21
Agoseris glaucaMountain Dandelion, Pale agoseris, False agoseris11
Apocynum cannabinumIndian Hemp22
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 brachycalyx 20
Astragalus carduchorum 20
Astragalus creticus 20
Astragalus densissimus 20
Astragalus florulentus 20
Astragalus globiflorus 20
Astragalus gummiferTragacanth, Gum tragacanth milkvetch23
Astragalus kurdicus 20
Astragalus leioclados 20
Astragalus massiliensis 30
Astragalus microcephalus 20
Astragalus parnassi cylleneus 20
Astragalus piletocladus 20
Astragalus pycnocladus 20
Astragalus sirinicus 20
Astragalus stenonychioides 20
Astragalus strobiliferus 20
Astragalus stromatodes 20
Astragalus turkmenorum 20
Atractylis gummifera 10
Brachyglottis repandaBushman's Toilet Paper11
Bumelia lanuginosaChittamwood20
Calligonum aphyllum 20
Ceratonia siliquaCarob, St. john's bread32
Chenopodium californicumCalifornia Goosefoot21
Chrysothamnus nauseosusRubber Rabbitbrush12
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorusGreen Rabbitbrush, Yellow rabbitbrush21
Cistus ladaniferLabdanum, Common gum cistus22
Cycas circinalisSago Palm, Queen sago, Fern Palm, Queen Sago Palm21
Dacrycarpus dacrydioidesKahikatea20
Echinops spinosissimus 10
Encelia farinosaBrittle Bush, Brittlebush, Incienso21
Euphorbia antisyphiliticaCandelilla20
Euphorbia marginataMountain Snow, Ghost Spurge, Ghost Weed11
Goodyera oblongifoliaWestern Rattlesnake Plantain11
Grindelia lanceolataRosin Weed, Narrowleaf gumweed, Texan gumweed13
Grindelia squarrosaRosin Weed, Curlycup gumweed23
Helenium hoopesiiOwls Claws, Orange Sneezeweed11
Hymenoxys richardsoniiPingue Hymenoxys, Pingue rubberweed, Colorado rubberweed21
Juniperus monospermaOne-Seed Juniper32
Lactuca pulchellaBlue Lettuce22
Larix occidentalisWestern Larch22
Liquidambar orientalisOriental Sweet Gum23
Liquidambar styracifluaSweet Gum, Red Gum, American Sweet Gum, Red Sweet Gum,23
Lygodesmia junceaSkeleton Weed, Rush skeletonplant12
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Melicope ternata 11
Microseris proceraYam Daisy20
Opuntia ficus-indicaPrickly Pear, Barbary fig32
Passiflora tetrandra 10
Phormium cookianumWharariki20
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 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 lentiscusMastic Tree - Pistachier Lentisque22
Pistacia terebinthusTerebinth, Cyprus turpentine22
Pittosporum eugenioidesTarata11
Pittosporum phillyreoidesWeeping Pittosporum, Narrow-leaf Pittosporum21
Pittosporum tenuifoliumTawhiwhi20
Populus angustifoliaNarrowleaf Cottonwood12
Populus deltoides moniliferaPlains Cottonwood12
Populus deltoides wislizeniiRio Grande Cottonwood21
Populus fremontiiCottonwood, Fremont cottonwood, Fremont Poplar, Western Cottonwood12
Prunus armeniacaApricot43
Prunus aviumWild Cherry, Sweet cherry42
Prunus cerasoidesWild Himalayan Cherry22
Prunus cerasusSour Cherry12
Prunus cerasus austeraMorello Cherry31
Prunus cerasus capronianaKentish Red Cherry31
Prunus cerasus frutescensBush Sour Cherry31
Prunus cerasus marascaMaraschino Cherry31
Prunus domesticaPlum, European plum52
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
Quercus engelmanniiEvergreen Oak, Engelmann oak, Mesa Oak22
Quercus petraeaSessile Oak, Durmast oak23
Quercus pungensSandpaper Oak, Pungent oak22
Quercus roburPedunculate Oak, English oak43
Schinus molleCalifornia Peppertree, Peruvian peppertree21
Silphium laciniatumCompass Plant, Robinson's compassplant22
Sonchus oleraceusSow Thistle, Common sowthistle22
Thuja plicataWestern Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar12
Tragopogon porrifoliusSalsify32
Tsuga heterophyllaWestern Hemlock12
Abies lasiocarpaSubalpine Fir, Alpine Fir22
Acacia farnesianaSweet Acacia, Perfume Acacia, Huisache22
Aciphylla squarrosaSpeargrass20
Albizia julibrissinMimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree,22
Angophora cordifoliaSmooth-Barked Apple01
Angophora floribundaRough-Barked Apple00
Astragalus adscendensPersian Manna20
Astragalus brachycalyx 20
Astragalus carduchorum 20
Astragalus creticus 20
Astragalus densissimus 20
Astragalus florulentus 20
Astragalus globiflorus 20
Astragalus gummiferTragacanth, Gum tragacanth milkvetch23
Astragalus kurdicus 20
Astragalus leioclados 20
Astragalus massiliensis 30
Astragalus microcephalus 20
Astragalus parnassi cylleneus 20
Astragalus piletocladus 20
Astragalus pycnocladus 20
Astragalus sirinicus 20
Astragalus stenonychioides 20
Astragalus strobiliferus 20
Astragalus stromatodes 20
Astragalus turkmenorum 20
Atractylis gummifera 10
Bletilla striataHyacinth Orchid, Urn orchid, Hyacinth Bletilla, Hardy Orchid, Chinese Ground Orchid03
Bumelia lanuginosaChittamwood20
Cydonia oblongaQuince42
Elaeagnus angustifoliaOleaster, Russian olive42
Eremurus spectabilis 20
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
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
Gleditsia triacanthosHoney Locust32
Grevillea robustaSilky Oak20
Hakea sericeaSilky Hakea00
Linum usitatissimumFlax, Common flax43
Opopanax chironiumOpopanax01
Opuntia compressaEastern Prickly Pear, Prickly Pear Cactus31
Opuntia erinaceaMojave Prickly Pear20
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
Peucedanum officinaleHog's Fennel02
Phormium cookianumWharariki20
Phormium tenaxNew Zealand Flax, Coastal Flax, New Zealand Hemp20
Pistacia atlanticaBetoum, Mt. Atlas mastic tree, Mount Atlas Mastic21
Pittosporum eugenioidesTarata11
Polyscias sambucifoliaElderberry Panax00
Prunus arabica 21
Prunus cerasusSour Cherry12
Prunus cerasus austeraMorello Cherry31
Prunus cerasus capronianaKentish Red Cherry31
Prunus cerasus frutescensBush Sour Cherry31
Prunus cerasus marascaMaraschino Cherry31
Prunus dulcisAlmond, Sweet almond43
Puya chilensis 10
Salvia glutinosaJupiter's Distaff, Sticky Sage10
Schisandra chinensisMagnolia Vine, Wu Wei Zi45
Seseli gummiferum 00
Silphium terebinthinaceumPrairie Dockm, Prairie rosinweed, Lucy Braun's rosinweed02
Styrax serrulatus 00
Symphytum asperumPrickly Comfrey32
Symphytum officinaleComfrey, Common comfrey35
Symphytum uplandicumComfrey35
Combretum imberbeLeadwood Tree, Ivory tree22
Acacia victoriaeBramble wattle. Gundabluey, Bardi bush42
Acrocarpus fraxinifoliusPink Cedar, Shingle Tree00
Aegle marmelosBael Tree, Golden Apple, Bengal Quince33
Albizia lebbeckSiris Tree, Woman's Tongue, East Indian Walnut12
Albizia proceraWhite Siris, Tall Albizia, Forest Siris12
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Anogeissus leiocarpaAfrican Birch24
Artocarpus altilisBreadfruit54
Artocarpus heterophyllusJackfruit52
Artocarpus mariannensisSeeded breadfruit, Marianas bread43
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
Bombax ceibaRed Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree22
Brosimum alicastrumBreadnut. Maya nut32
Brosimum parinarioidesLeite de amapa, Brosimum32
Buchanania lanzanAlmondette, Charoli Nut42
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Chukrasia tabularisChickrassy, Chittagong Wood, Indian Redwood.12
Copernicia pruniferaBrazilian Wax Palm, Carnauba Palm, Carnauba Wax33
Couma macrocarpaBarca, Milk Tree, Couba, Sorva, Sorva grande42
Couma utilisSorva, Milk Tree42
Cyamopsis tetragonolobaGuar, Cluster Bean43
Dichrostachys cinereaMarabou Thorn, Sickle Bush22
Diospyros mespiliformisWest African Ebony, Monkey guava, jackalberry43
Enterolobium cyclocarpumDevil's Ear. Earpod tree22
Faidherbia albidaWhite Acacia. White-thorn. Apple ring acacia12
Garcinia kolaBitter Kola34
Hymenaea courbarilWest Indian Locust33
Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind32
Mammea americanaMammee Apple, Mammey42
Manilkara zapotaSapodilla, Nispero52
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Pinus caribaeaCaribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine22
Pithecellobium dulceManila Tamarind, Madras Thorn42
Prosopis albaWhite carob tree, Algarrobo blanco32
Prosopis cinerariaJandi, Ghaf32
Prosopis julifloraMesquite, Honey Mesquite32
Prunus armeniaca mandschuricaManchurian apricot43
Samanea samanRain Tree, False Powder Puff, Monkey Pod32
Senegalia senegalGum Arabic32
Sesbania bispinosaPrickly Sesban22
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Spondias purpureaPurple Mombin Red Mombin, Spanish Plum, Ciruela42
Terminalia catappaIndian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree42
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Vachellia karrooCape Thorn Tree21
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
Vitellaria paradoxaShea Butter Tree45
Woodfordia fruticosaFire-flame bush22
Bursera simarubaGum Tree, Gumbo Limbo22
Caesalpinia spinosaSpiny Holdback, Tara22
Cassia fistulaGolden Shower, Purging Cassia, Golden Chain Tree, Indian Laburnum14
Commiphora myrrhaMyrrh, Myrrh Gum24
Commiphora wightiiGuggul, Indian bdellium-tree23
Diospyros malabaricaIndian Persimmon, Gaub, Timbiri, Mountain ebony13
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus robustaSwamp Mahogany, Eucalyptus Gum03
Geodorum densiflorumNodding Swamp Orchid02
Guiera senegalensisMoshi medicine, guier du Senegal14
Manilkara bidentataBalata, bulletwood, bully tree22
Senegalia catechuBlack Catechu23
Swietenia macrophyllaBig Leaf Mahogany, Honduras Mahogany02
Terminalia arjunaArjuna, Terminalia24
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
Triphasia trifoliaLime Berry21
Vachellia seyalShittim Wood22
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