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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Agoseris glaucaMountain Dandelion, Pale agoseris, False agoseris11
Apios americanaGround Nut51
Apocynum androsaemifoliumSpreading Dogbane02
Apocynum cannabinumIndian Hemp22
Asclepias asperulaAntelope Horns, Spider milkweed, Trailing Milkweed21
Asclepias brachystephanaBract milkweed00
Asclepias californicaCalifornia Milkweed, Greene's milkweed21
Asclepias decumbens 20
Asclepias eriocarpaWoollypod Milkweed22
Asclepias erosaDesert Milkweed20
Asclepias galioidesBedstraw Milkweed21
Asclepias halliiPurple Silkweed, Hall's milkweed31
Asclepias incarnataSwamp Milkweed, Swamp Butterfly Weed, Marsh Milkweed32
Asclepias involucrataDwarf Milkweed21
Asclepias lanceolataPurple Silkweed, Fewflower milkweed21
Asclepias latifoliaBroadleaf Milkweed01
Asclepias mexicana 10
Asclepias ovalifoliaOval-leaf milkweed20
Asclepias pumilaLow Milkweed, Plains milkweed21
Asclepias purpurascensPurple Milkweed21
Asclepias quadrifoliaFourleaf Milkweed22
Asclepias rubraRed Silkweed31
Asclepias speciosaShowy Milkweed32
Asclepias subulataRush Milkweed01
Asclepias sullivantiiPrairie milkweed00
Asclepias syriacaCommon Milkweed, Silkweed, Milkweed32
Asclepias tuberosaPleurisy Root, Butterfly milkweed, Rolfs' milkweed, Indian Paintbrush33
Asclepias viridifloraGreen Milkweed, Green comet milkweed32
Chrysothamnus graveolensRubber Rabbitbrush00
Chrysothamnus nauseosusRubber Rabbitbrush12
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorusGreen Rabbitbrush, Yellow rabbitbrush21
Cynanchum acutum 00
Eucommia ulmoidesGutta-Percha13
Euonymus europaeusSpindle Tree, European spindletree12
Euonymus hamiltonianusHamilton's spindletree10
Euonymus hamiltonianus maackii 10
Euonymus hamiltonianus sieboldianus 10
Euonymus japonicusJapanese Spindle Tree, Box-leaf Euonymus, Evergreen Euonymus, Japanese Euonymus11
Euonymus latifolius 00
Euonymus verrucosus 00
Euphorbia lathyrisCaper Spurge, Moleplant12
Hymenoxys richardsoniiPingue Hymenoxys, Pingue rubberweed, Colorado rubberweed21
Marsdenia tenacissimaRajmahal Hemp00
Nerium oleanderOleander, Rose Bay02
Parthenium argentatumGuayule00
Scorzonera acanthocladaTeke-Saghyz00
Scorzonera albicaulis 20
Scorzonera divaricata 20
Scorzonera hissaricata 00
Scorzonera racemosa 00
Scorzonera tau-saghyzTau-Saghyz00
Scorzonera tragapogonoides 00
Scorzonera virgata 00
Solidago canadensis scabraCanadian Goldenrod22
Solidago fistulosaPine barren goldenrod01
Solidago leavenworthiiLeavenworth's goldenrod01
Solidago rigidaStiff Goldenrod, Flat Topped Goldenrod, Stiff Goldenrod02
Sonchus oleraceusSow Thistle, Common sowthistle22
Taraxacum hybernum 10
Taraxacum kok-saghyzRubber Dandelion10
Taraxacum megalorrhizon 10
Taraxacum officinaleDandelion - Kukraundha, Kanphool, Common dandelion, Dandelion43
Ancylobotrys petersianaMbohoya, Mwungo-wungo.40
Artocarpus camansiBreadnut, Kamansi41
Artocarpus heterophyllusJackfruit52
Brosimum alicastrumBreadnut. Maya nut32
Brosimum parinarioidesLeite de amapa, Brosimum32
Brosimum utileCow Tree, Palo De Vaca32
Cecropia peltataTrumpet Tree, Snakewood, Congo pump, Wild pawpaw, Pop-a-gun33
Chrysophyllum cainitoStar Apple, Caimito42
Couma macrocarpaBarca, Milk Tree, Couba, Sorva, Sorva grande42
Couma utilisSorva, Milk Tree42
Ficus racemosaCluster Fig32
Helicostylis tomentosaLetterhout, Letter Wood42
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Landolphia heudelotiiGuinea gumvine, Landolphia rubber32
Maclura tinctoriaFustic Tree22
Mammea americanaMammee Apple, Mammey42
Manilkara discolorRed milkwood, Silvery milkwood40
Manilkara zapotaSapodilla, Nispero52
Morus mesozygiaAfrican mulberry23
Pouteria campechianaCanistel, Eggfruit42
Willughbeia edulisGedraphol, Kuy32
Brosimum guianenseBastard Breadnut12
Brosimum rubescensBloodwood Cacique02
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
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
Dyera costulataHill Jelutong01
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Fagraea fragransIronwood, Tembusu02
Hevea benthamianaHevea30
Hevea brasiliensisPara Rubber Tree, Brazilian Rubber Tree20
Himatanthus sucuubaPlumeria sucuuba04
Manilkara bidentataBalata, bulletwood, bully tree22
Milicia regiaOroko, Iroko22
Minquartia guianensisWanania, Arataweri02
Palaquium guttaGutta-Percha20
Pouteria altissimaAbam, Apotro, Gomu00
Pouteria pierreiAningeria20
Spirostachys africanaAfrican mahogany tree, African sandalwood00
Swartzia benthamianaWamara02
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