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ID	Common Name	Scientific Name	Other Names	Family
1	Acanthus	Acanthus mollis
2	Achyranthes	Achyranthes bidentata
3	Agrimony	Agrimonia eupatoria	Church steeples, cocklebur, common agrimony, liverwort, philanthropos, sticklewort, stickwort	Rosaceae
4	Alfalfa	Medicago sativa	Buffalo herb, Lucerne, purple medic, purple medick, purple medicle	Fabaceae
5	Aloe	Aloe barbadensis	Aloes, aloe vera	Liliaceae
6	Angelica	Angelica archangelica	American angelica, angel's wort, European angelica, garden angelica, masterwort, wild angelica
7	Angostura	Galipea officinalis	Cusparia bark, true angostura
8	Anise	Pimpinella anisum	Aniseed, aniseseed, sweetcumin	Umbelliferae
9	Arenaria rubra	Spergularia rubra	Common sandspurry, sabline rouge, sandwort
10	Arjuna	Terminalia arjuna	Arjun tree, white murda
11	Arnica	Arnica montana	Arnica flowers, arnica root, leopard's bane, mountain tobacco, wolfsbane
12	Arrowroot	Maranta arundinaceae	Maranta
13	Artichoke	Cynara scolymus	Garden artichoke, globe artichoke
14	Asafoetida	Ferula foetida	Asant, devil's dung, food of the gods, gum asafoetida
15	Ash	Fraxinus excelsior	Bird's tongue, common ash, European ash, weeping ash
16	Asparagus	Asparagus officinalis	Sparrow grass
17	Avocado	Persea americana
18	Balsam fir	Abies balsamea
19	Barberry
20	Barley	Hordeum distychum, H. distichon	Pearl barley, pot barley, Scotch barley
21	Bayberry	Myrica cerifera	Axberry, candleberry, candleberry bark, myrica, southern bayberry, tallow shrub, vegetable tallow, wax myrtle	Myricaceae
22	Beans	Phaseolus Vulgaris	Common bean, green bean, kidney bean, navy bean, pinto bean, snap bean, string bean, wax bean
23	Bilberry	Vaccinium myrtillus	Airelle, black whortles, bleaberry, blueberry, burren myrtle, dyeberry, huckleberry, hurtleberry, hurts, trackleberry, whortleberry, wineberry
24	Birch	Betula pendula		Betulaceae
25	Bistort	Polygonum bistorta, Persicaria bistorta	Adderwort, dragonwort, Easter giant, Easter ledges, Easter mangiant, oderwort, osterick, osterwort, patience dock, red legs, snakeweed, sweet dock
26	Bitter milkwort	Polygala amara	European bitter polygala, European senega snakeroot, evergreen snakeroot, flowering wintergreen, little pollom
27	Blackberry	Rubus fruticosus	American dewberry, bramble, goutberry, high blackberry, thimbleberry
28	Black cherry	Prunus serotina	Black choke, choke cherry, rum cherry, Virginian prune, wild black cherry, wild cherry
29	Black Cohosh	Cimicifuga racemosa	Black snakeroot, bugbane, bugwort, cimicifuga, rattleroot, rattleweed, richweed, squawroot	Ranunculaceae
30	Blackcurrant	Ribes nigrum	Quinsy berries, Squinancy berries
31	Black Elder	Sambucus nigra	Black-berries elder, boor tree, bountry, common elder, elder, elderberry, ellanwood, ellhorn, European elder
32	Black Horehound	Ballota nigra	Black stinking horehound
33	Black pepper	Piper nigrum	Pepper bark, piper
34	Black root	Leptandra virginica	Bowman's root, culveris root, hini, oxadoddy, physic root, tall speedwell, tall Veronica
35	Bladderwort		Utricularia vulgaris
36	Bladderwrack	Fucus vesiculosus, Quercus marina	Black-tang, bladder fucus, cutweed, fucus, kelp-ware, kelpware, rockwrack, seawrack
37	Blessed Thistle	Cnicus benedictus	Cardin, Holy Ghost herb, holy thistle, spotted thistle, St. Benedict's thistle	Asteraceae
38	Bloodroot	Sanguinaria canadensis	Coon root, Indian paint, Indian plant, paucon, pauson, red root, sanguinaria, snakebite, sweet slumber, tetterwort
39	Blue cohosh	Caulophyllum thalictroides	Beechdrops, blueberry root, blue ginseng, papoose root, squawroot, yellow ginseng	Berberidaceae
40	Boldo	Peumus boldus	Boldu, boldus
41	Boneset	Eupatorium perfoliatum	Agueweed, crosswort, eupatorium, feverwort, gravelroot, Indian sage, sweating plant, teasel, thoroughwort, vegetable antimony, white snakeroot	Asteraceae
42	Borage	Borago officinalis	Bugloss, burage, burrage	Boraginaceae
43	Brewer's yeast	Saccaromyces cereviseae
44	Broom	Cytisus scoparius	Basam, besom, bizzom, breeam, broomtops, browme, brum, Irish tops, scoparium, Scotch broom
45	Broomcorn	Sorghum vulgare	Darri, durri, Guinea corn, sorghum
46	Buchu	Agathosma betulina		Rutaceae
47	Buckbean	Menyanthes trifoliata	Bog bean, bog myrtle, brook bean, marsh clover, moonflower, trefoil, water shamrock
48	Buckthorn	Rhamnus cathartica, R. catharticus	Common buckthorn, hartsthorn, highwaythorn, purging buckthorn, ramsthorn, waythorn
49	Bugleweed	Lycopus virginicus	Gypsywort, sweet bugle, Virginia water horehound, water bugle
50	Burdock	Arctium lappa	Bardana, beggar's buttons, burr seed, clot-bur, cocklebur, cockle buttons, fox's clote, great burr, happy major, hardock, hareburr, lappa, love leaves, personata, philanthropium, thorny burr	Asteraceae
51	Butcher’s Broom	Ruscus aculeatus	Jew's myrtle, knee holly, kneeholm, pettigree, sweet broom	Liliaceae
52	Cajuput	Melaleuca leucadendron, M. leucadendra	Cajeput, paperbark tree, swamp tea tree, white tea tree, white wood
53	Calendula	Calendula officinalis	Marigold, goldbloom, holigold, holligold, golds, Mary bud, Mary Gowles, ruddes
54	Caraway	Carum carvi
55	Cardamom	Elettaria cardamomum
56	Cascara Sagrada
57	Catnip	Nepeta cataria	Catmint, catnep, catrup, catswort, field balm
58	Cat's claw		Una de gato
59	Cayenne	Capsicum annum, C. frutescens	African chili, African pepper, bird pepper, capsicum, hot pepper, red pepper, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, goat's pod, grains of paradise, Guinea pepper, Hungarian pepper, Louisiana long and short pepper, Mexican chili, paprika, sweet pepper, tabasco pepper, Zanzibar pepper
60	Cedar
61	Celandine	Chelidonium majus	Tetterwort
62	Celery	Apium Graveolens	Apium, marsh parsley, smallage, wild celery
63	Centaury	Centaurium erythraea	Bitterbloom, bitter clover, bitter herb, canchalagua, centaury gentian, centory, Christ's ladder, eyebright, filwort
64	Chamomile	Matricaria chamomilla, M. recutita, Chamomilla recutita	Camomile, chamomilla, Hungarian chamomile, May weed, pin heads, single chamomile, wild chamomile
65	Chaparral
66	Chaste tree	Vitex agnus-castus	Agnus castus, cloister pepper, hemp tree, monk's pepper, vitex chasteberry
67	Chickweed	Starweed
68	Chicory	Cichorium intybus	Hendibeh, succory
69	Chiretta	Swertia chirata	Chirata, chirayta, Indian balmony, Indian gentian
70	Club moss	Lycopodium clavatum	Stags horn, vegetable sulfur, witch meal, wolfs claw
71	Cnidium	Cnidium monnieri
72	Cocoa	Theobroma cacao	Cacao, chocolate tree
73	Codonopsis	Codonopsis pilosula
74	Coffee	Coffea arabica	Arabian coffee, Arabica coffee, caffea
75	Cola	Cola acuminata	Bissy nut, cola nut, cola seed, guru nut, kola, kola nut, kola tree
76	Coleus	Coleus forskohlii
77	Colombo	Jateorhiza palmata	Calumba
78	Comfrey	Symphytum officinale	Ass ear, black root, blackwort, boneset, bruiswort, consolida, consound, gum plant, healing herb, knitback, knitbone, salsify, slippery root, wallwort
79	Condurango	Marsdenia condurango	Eagle vine
80	Coriander	Coriandrum sativum
81	Corydalis	Corydalis yanusuo
82	Cotton	Gossypium herbaceum, G. hirsutum	American cotton plant, cotton seed
83	Couchgrass	Agropyron repens	Cutch, dog-grass, durfa grass, quack grass, quickgrass, quitch grass, Scotch quelch, twitch-grass, witch grass
84	Couch grass	Elymus repens
85	Cowslip	Primula veris, P. officinalis	Arthritica, buckles, butter rose, crewel, English cowslip, European cowslip, fairy caps, fairy cups, herb Peter Paigle, key flower, key of heaven, Mayflower, Our Lady's keys, oxlip, palsywort, password, peagles, petty mulleins, plumrocks, primrose, true cowslips
86	Cranberry
87	Cup plant	Silphium perfoliatum	Indian gum, pilot plant, polar plant, prairie dock, ragged cup, rosinweed, turpentine weed
88	Curcuma	Curcuma xanthorrhiza	Temu lawak, tewon lawa
89	Damiana	Turnera diffusa
90	Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	Blowball, cankerwort, fairy clock, lion's tooth, pis-en-lit, piss-in-bed, priest's crown, puffball, swine snout, taraxacum, wet-a-bed, wild endive
91	Devil's claw	Harpagophytum procumbens	Grapple plant, wood spider
92	Echinacea	Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower), E. angustifolia (pale purple coneflower), E. pallida (narrow-leafed purple coneflower)	American coneflower, black Sampson, black Susan, comb flower, coneflower, hedgehog, Indian head, Kansas snakeroot, red sunflower, rudbeckia, Sampson root, scurvy root
93	Elder
94	Elecampane	Inula helenium	Alant, elfdock, elfwort, horse-elder, horse-heal, scabwort, velvet dock, wild sunflower, yellow starwort
95	Elm bark	Ulmus minor
96	Embelia	Embelia ribes
97	Eucalyptus	Eucalyptus globulus	Blue gum, fevertree, gum tree, red gum, stringy bark tree, Tasmanian blue gum
98	Evening primrose	Oenothera biennis	Fever plant, king's cureall, night willowherb, scabish, sundrop
99	Eyebright	Euphrasia officinalis	Euphrasia
100	False Unicorn Root	Chamaelirium luteum, Veratrum luteum	Blazing star, fairy-wand, helonias root, starwort
101	Fennel	Foeniculum vulgare	Bitter fennel, fenkel, large fennel, sweet fennel, wild fennel
102	Fenugreek	Trigonella foenum-graecum	Bird's foot, Greek hay seed
103	Feverfew	Tanacetum parthenium	Altamisa, featherfew, featherfoil, febrifuge plant, Midsummer daisy, nosebleed, Santa Maria, wild chamomile, wild quinine
104	Figwort	Scrophularia nodosa	Carpenter's square, heal-all scrofula plant, kernelwort, rosenoble, throatwort
105	Flax	Linum usitassimum	Flaxseed, linseed, lint bells, winterlien
106	Frangula	Rhamnus frangula	Alder buckthorn, alder dogwood, arrow wood, black alder, black alder dogwood, black alder tree, black dogwood, buckthorn, dogwood, European black alder, European buckthorn, Persian berries
107	Fringed pink	Dianthus superbus	Superb pink
108	Fumitory	Fumaria officinalis	Beggary, earth smoke, fumus, hedge fumitory, vapor, wax dolls
109	Galangal	Alpinia officinarum
110	Garden cress	Lepidium sativum
111	Garlic	Allium sativum	Allium, camphor of the poor, clove garlic, common garlic, nectar of the gods, poor man's treacle, rustic treacle, stinking rose
112	Gentian	Gentiana lutea	Bitter root, gall weed, gentian, gentian root, pale gentian, stemless gentian
113	Geum	Geum urbanum	Avens root, Bennet's root, blessed herb, city avens, colewort, European avens, goldy star, herb Bennet, star of the earth, way Bennet, wild rye, yellow avens
114	Giant hyssop	Agastache rugosa
115	Goldenrod	Solidago virgaurea	Aaron's rod, European goldenrod, woundwort
116	Goldenseal	Hydrastis canadensis	Eye balm, eye root, ground rasberry, Indian dye, Indian paint, Indian plant, jaundice root, orange root, turmeric root, warnera, wild curcuma, yellow puccoon, yellow root
117	Gotu Kola	Centella asiatica, C. coriaca, Hydrocotyle asiatica	Hydrocotyle, Indian hydrocotyle, Indian pennywort, marsh penny, sheep rot, talepetrako, think-leaved pennywort, white rot
118	Grains of paradise	Aframomum melegueta	Guinea grains, mallaguetta pepper, melegueta pepper
119	Ground ivy	Nepeta hederacea, Glechoma hederacea	Alehoof, cat's paw, catsfoot, creeping Charlie, Gill-go-over-the-ground, Gill-to-by-the-hedge, haymaids, hedgemaids, Lizzy-run-up-the-hedge, Robin-run-in-the-hedge, tun-hoof, turnhoof
120	Guaiac	Guaiacum officinale	Guaiacum, lignum vitae, pockwood
121	Guarana	Paullinia cupana	Brazilian cocoa, guarana bread, paullinia
122	Guelder rose	Viburnum opulus
123	Gutta percha	Eucommia ulmoides
124	Haronga	Haronga madagascariensis
125	Hartstongue	Scolopendrium vulgare	Buttonhole, God's-hair, hind's tongue, horse tongue
126	Heartease	Viola tricolor	European wild pansy, Johnny-jump-up, wild pansy
127	Hempnettle	Galeopsis segetum
128	Henna	Lawsonia inermis	Alcanna, Egyptian privet, henne, Jamaica mignonette, mehndi, mendee, mignonette tree, reseda, smooth Lawsonia
129	Herb Robert	Geranium robertianum	Dragon's blood, storkbill, wild crane's bill
130	Hibiscus	Hibiscus sabdariffa	Guinea sorrel, Jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle
131	Holy basil	Ocimum sanctum
132	Hops	Humulus lupulus	Common hops, European hops, hop strobile, humulus, lupulin
133	Horehound	Marrubium vulgare	Hoarhound, houndsblane, marrubium, marvel, white horehound
134	Horse chestnut	Aesculus hippocastanum	Buckeye, common horse chestnut, conqueror tree, Spanish chestnut
135	Horsemint, English	Mentha longifolia
136	Horseradish	Armoracia rusticana	Great raifort, mountain radish, red cole
137	Horsetail	Equisetum arvense	Bottle brush, corn horsetail, Dutch rushes, field horsetail, horse willow, horsetail grass, horsetail rush, paddock-pipes, pewterwort, scouring rush, shave grass, toadpipe
138	Hydrangea	Hydrangea arborescens	Seven barks
139	Hyssop
140	Iceland moss	Cetraria islandica	Cetraria, eryngo-leaved liverwort, Iceland lichen
141	Immortelle	Helichrysum arenarium	Common shrubby, eternal flower, everlasting, goldilocks, yellow chaste weed
142	Indian mallow	Abutilon indicum
143	Indian plantago	Plantago ovata	Black psyllium, blond psyllium, blood plantago, ispaghula, sand plantain, spogel
144	Irish Moss	Chondrus crispus	Carragheen, jelly moss, bejin gwenn, pioca
145	Ivy, English	Hedera helix	Gum ivy, true ivy, woodland
146	Jamaica dogwood	Piscidia erythrina	Dogwood, fish poison bark, West Indian dogwood
147	Jambul	Syzygium cumini	Jambolan, jamum, Java plum, rose apple
148	Japanese mint	Mentha arvensis var. piperascens
149	Java tree	Orthosiphon spicatus	Java tea
150	Jewel weed	Impatiens biflora	Balsam-weed, quick-in-the-hand, silverweed, slipperweed, speckled jewels, spotted touch-me-not, wild balsam, wild celandine, wild lady's slipper
151	Juniper	Juniperus communis	Enebro, geneva, geniver, ginepro, horse savin
152	Kava kava	Piper methysticum	Ava, ava pepper, awa, intoxicating pepper, kava, kawa, kawa pepper, tonga
153	Lady's mantle	Alchemilla vulgaris	Bear's foot, leontopodium, lion's foot, nine hooks, stellaria
154	Lapacho	Tabebuia impetignosa
155	Larch	Larix decidua	Common larch, European larch
156	Laurel	Laurus nobilis	Bay, bay laurel, bay tree, Daphne, Grecian laurel, noble laurel, Roman laurel, sweet bay, true laurel
157	Lavender	Lavandula augustifolia	True lavender, English lavender
158	Lavender cotton	Santolina chamaecyparissias
159	Lemon	Citrus limon	Limon
160	Lemon balm	Melissa officinalis	Balm, cure-all, dropsy plant, honey plant, melissa, sweet Mary
161	Lemon verbena	Aloysia triphylla	Herb Louisa, lemon-scented verbena
162	Lemongrass	Cymbopogon Citratus
163	Lichwort	Parietina officinalis
164	Lily of the valley	Convallaria majalis	Convallaria, convall-lily, Jacob's ladder, ladder-to-heaven, lily constancy, May bells, May lily, muguet, Our Lady's tears
165	Lime	Citrus aurantifolia	Adam's apple, Italian limetta, limetta
166	Linden	Tilia species, Tilia cordata, T x europaea	Basswood, lime, lime tree flower, linn flower
167	Lobelia	Lobelia inflata	Asthma weed, bladderpod, emetic herb, emetic weed, eyebright, gagroot, Indian tobacco, pukeweed, vomitroot, wild tobacco
168	Logwood	Haematoxylon campechianum, H. lignum	Bloodwood, peachwood
169	Lovage	Levisticum officinale	Lavose, sea parsley
170	Lungmoss	Lobaria pulmonaria	Lungwort, oak lungs
171	Magnolia	Magnolia glauca	Beaver tree, holly bay, Indian bark, red bay, swamp laurel, swamp sassafras, sweet bay, white bay, white laurel
172	Maidenhair fern	Adiantum capillus-veneris	Five-finger fern, hair of Venus, maiden fern, rock fern, Venus hair
173	Malabar nut	Justicia adhatoda	Adulsa, arusa
174	Mallow	Malva sylvestris
175	Manna	Fraxinus ornus	Flake manna, flowering ash, manna ash
176	Marjoram	Origanum majorana	Sweet marjoram
177	Marshmallow	Althaea officinalis	Althea, cheeses, kitmi, malavisco, mallards, Moorish mallow, mortification root, schloss tea, sweet weed, white maoow, wymote
178	Mate	Llex paraguariensis	Jesuit's tea, kali chaye, Paraguay tea, yerba mate
179	Meadowsweet	Filipendula ulmarial, Spireaea ulmaria	Bridewort, dolloff, lady of the meadow, meadow queen, meadow-wort, meadsweet, queen of the meadow
180	Milk Thistle	Silybum marianum	Mary thistle, Marian thistle, Mediterranean thistle, wild artichoke
181	Mistletoe	Viscum album	All-heal, birdlime, devil's fuge, mistletoe, mystyldene
182	Moneywort	Lysimachia nummularia	Creeping Jenny, creeping Joan, herb twopence, meadow runagates, running Jenny, serpentaria, string of sovereigns, twopenny grass, wandering Jenny, wandering tailor
183	Motherwort	Leonurus cardiaca	Heartwort, lion's ear, lion's tail, throw-wort
184	Mountain flax	Linum catharticum	Dwarf flax, fairy flax, mill mountain, purging flax
185	Mullein	Verbascum densiflorum	Aaron's rod, Adam's flannel, beggar's blanket, blanket herb, blanket-leaf, candlewick plant, clot-bur, clown's lungwort, cuddy's lungs, duffle, flannelflower, fluffweed, feltwort, golden rod, hag's taper, hare's beard, hedge-taper, Jacob's staff, Our Lady's flannel, rag paper, shepherd's club, shepherd's staff, torches, torch weed, velvet plant, wild ice leaf, woollen
186	Mustard	Sinapis alba	White mustard