This document lists the botanical names, common names, habitats and uses of 100 different plant species. It provides information on plants that are used for food, medicine and other purposes by indigenous groups in places like North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. The plants have a variety of uses including treatment of painful menstruation, diarrhea, fever, wounds and more. They are used as vegetables, spices, medicines, ornamentals and other applications.
1. Botanical Names of Different Plants
S.NO Common Name Botanical Name Habitat Uses
1 Atibalaorindian
mallow
Abutilon indicum Coastal area
malakand
Painful urination and
painful menses
2 Nutgrass or coco
grass
Cyperus rotundus Africasouthernand
centrul europe
It is a staple carbohydrate
in tropical regions for
recent hunter-gatherers
and is a famine food in
some agrarian culture
3 Cowsclover Trifolium
wormskioldii
ColmbiaCanadaand
England
used this clover for food.
The herbage and flowers
were eaten raw
4 Black mountain
huckleberries
Vaccinium
membranaceum
Mostlyin uk Medicinal use
5 Hazelnut Corylus cornuta Canadian Carbohydrates
6 Commonpolypody Polypodium
vulgare
Foundinnorternasia
and northamerica
In cooking: The rhizome
has a bittersweet taste
7 Ramp or springonion Allium tricoccum NorthAmericaand
canada
The plant's flavor, a
combination of onions and
strong garlic,is adaptable to
numerous cooking styles
8 Ostrichfern Matteuccia
struthiopteris
Northern
Hemisphere in
central and northern
Europe,northern
Asia,and northern
North America
Ornamental plantingarden
alsousedas a cook
vegetable
9 Common Juniper Juniperus
communis
from the Arctic south
in mountains to
around 30°N latitude
in North America,
Europe and Asia. .
Medicinal uses
10 Western Larch Larix occidentalis Native specie in
westernnorth
Americaand
colombia
Use to treatTB and lyrngitts
and alsousedto produce
Chew gum
11 Ground Hemlock Taxus
canadensis
Easternnorth
Americaandcanada
Medicinal use
12 Yellow Arum Lysichitom
americanus;
13 Sagittaria latifolia
14 Wild Chives Allium
schoenoprasum
15 Allium cernuum
16 blue camas Camassia
quamash
17 Yellow Avalanche
Lily,
Erythronium
3. 46 Wild Grape Vitis riparia
47 Black walnut Juglans nigra
48 Mustard greens Brassica juncea
49 Mustard spinach Brassica rapa
50 Chestnut Castanea sativa
51 Alaska
nagoonberry
Rubus stellatus
52 American cherry Prunus serotina
53 American slough
grass
Beckmannia
syzigachne
54 Bent grass Agrostis
perennans
55 Bramble rose Rosa multiflora
56 Bur-cucumber Sicyos angulatus
57 Burnet rose Rosa
spinosissima
58 Careless weed Amaranthus
palmeri
59 Chickpea Cicer arierinum
60 Club-moss Lycopodium
selago
61 Areschougia
congesta
62 Peltasta australis
63 Yucca soapweed Yucca glauca
64 Concord grape Vitis spp
65 Summer grape Vitis aestivalis
66 Large-fruited
cranberry
Vaccinium
macrocarpon
67 Wild coffee Triosteum
aurantiacum
68 Basswood Tilia americana
69 Salt marsh starwort Stellaria
humifusa
70 Common
greenbrier
Smilax
rotundifolia
71 Gardenrocket Eruca sativa Foundinbunervalley Hair tonic and antidandruff,
vegetables
72 Nomi comuni Olea ferrgineaRoyle Tree Olive oil is use externally as
antiseptic and anodyne.
Leaves are used in diabetes.
Wood is used as fuel and for
furniture. Usually cultivated
in graveyards. Has become
endangered species.
4. 73 Tootheddockor
Aegeandock
Rumex dentatus herb Cooked as vegetables. Also
used to treat constipation in
cattle.
74 Chinese apple Zizyphus
mauritiana Lam Tree
Fruit is edible. Wood is used
as fuel.
75 Musk rose Rosa brunonii Temprate areas,in
northernareasof.
Pakistan
Ornamental plant,hipstea
and oil
76 Acacia senegal Pakistan Desi
ghee and is used as tonic
77 Calotropis procera BALOCHISTAN Yellow leaves are slightly
roasted and obtained juice
after squeezing. Few drops
are
poured into ears to remove
pus. The ash of leaves is
dusted on wound to heal
78 Capparis
cartilaginea Decne
The juice of the leaves is
poured into ears to kill
worms
79 Citrullus
colocynthis
The root is used as tooth
stick to relieve toothache
80 Zizyphus
nummularia
The leaves are crushed and
applied on head like Mehndi
to relieve fever acting as
cooling agent. Fruit is used
as tonic and used in liver
disease.
81 Verbascum thapsus The powder of leaves is used
for healing wounds
82 Tribulus terrestris used as tonic
83 Tephrosia purpurea The decoction of roots is
given in diarrhea and colic
pain
84 Tamarix dioica Shrub Use inmedicine
85 Tamarix aphylla Tree The smoke of the plant is
given to cattle for treating
fever
86 Sonchus asper Bush Decoction of leaves is used
as gargle against throat pain
87 Suaeda fruticosa Shrub The ash of the plant is used
to wash hairs
88 Salvadora oleoides Roots and twigs are used as
tooth stick to strengthen
gums and teeth
89 Rhazya stricta used for diabetes
90 Pluchea arguta used as diuretic
91 Periploca aphylla The dried twigs are boiled in
5. water and used to relieve
pain from the body
92 Leptadenia
pyrotechnica
ringworm
93 Iphiona grantioides The plant is boiled in water
and is given in snakebite
94 Indigofera
articulata
used as gargle to relieve
throat pain,
inflammation and cough
95 Haloxylon stocksii The poultice of young twigs
is applied on the broken
bone of the cattles
96 Pawpaw Asimina triloba Foundinunitedstates Foo
97 Virginia waterleaf Hydrophyllum
virginicum
98 Common
waterberry
Ilex verticillata
99 Garden cress Lepidium
sativum
100 Touch me not plants
