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Achira
Common Names: Achira Scientific Name: Canna edulis Climate: Hot, temperate, cold Plant Descrip...
Acuyo (momo)
Common Names: Acuyo, momo, root beer plant, Mexican pepperleaf Scientific Name: Piper auritum ...
Alder
Common Name: Alder Scientific Name: Alnus acuminata Climate: Hot, temperate, cold Plant Descr...
Alfalfa
Common Name: Alfalfa, lucerne Scientific Name: Medicago sativa Climate: Warm, temperate, cold ...
Aloe
Common Name: Aloe, barbados aloe Scientific Name: Aloe vera Climate: Subtropical, tropical and ...
American Sweetgum
Common Name: American sweetgum, liquidambar Scientific Name: Liquidambar styraciflua L. Climate...
Anise
Common Names: Anise, Aniseed Scientific Name: Pimpinella anisum Climate: Warm, temperate and ...
Apple
Common Name: Apple Scientific Name: Malus domestica Climate: It grows in all temperate zones, w...
Arrowroot
Common Names: Arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot, Bermuda arrowroot Scientific Name: Maranta arun...
Artichoke
Common Names: Artichoke Scientific Name: Cynara scolymus Climate: Temperate and cold Plant Des...
Ashwagandha
Common Names: Ashwagandha, indian ginseng, poison gooseberry, winter cherry Scientific Name: W...
Aztec Sweet Herb
Common Names: Aztec sweet herb, bushy lippia, honey herb, hierba dulce, and tzopelic-xihuitl ....
Bamboo
Common names: Bamboo Scientific names: Bambusa vulgaris Climate: All climates. It is native to ...
Banana
Common Name: Banana Scientific Name: Musa Climate: Temperate and hot. It needs a warm climate w...
Basil
Common Name: Basil, sweet basil, common basil Scientific Name: Ocimum basilicum Climate: Warm,...
Beetroot
Common Names: Beet, beetroot, table beet, garden beet, red beet, dinner beet or golden beet Scie...
Beggar’s Ticks
Common names: Blackjack, Spanish needle, hairy beggarticks, farmer's friend, cobbler's pegs, pitc...
Black Pepper
Common Names: Black pepper, peppercornn Scientific Name: Piper nigrum Climate: Tropical, Hum...
Blueberry
Common Names: Blueberry Scientific name: Vaccinium cyanococcus Climate: Cold, temperate Plant ...
Bougainvillea
Common Names: Paper flower, bougainvillea Scientific Name: Bougainvillea spectabilis Climate: W...
Breadnut
Common Name: Breadnut, ramon Scientific Name: Brosimum alicastrum Climate: Warm and temperate s...
Cacao
Common Names: Cacao Scientific Names: Theobroma cacao Climate: Warm. Warm and humid is necessar...
Calliandra
Common Names: Calliandra Scientific Name: Calliandra calothyrsus Climate: Warm and temperate ...
Carambola
Common Name: Carambola, star fruit Scientific Name: Averrhoa carambola Climate: Temperate and w...
Cascabel Chili
Common Name: Cascabel chili Scientific Name: Capsicum annuum Climate: Warm and temperate. Pla...
Cedar
Common Names: Cedar. Scientific Name: Cedrela odorata Climate: Mountainous, warm humid with a ...
Chachafruto
Common Names: Chachafruto, balú Scientific Name: Erythrina edulis Climate: Temperate and temper...
Chaya
Common Name: Chaya, tree spinach Scientific Name: Cnidoscolus chayamansa, Cnidoscolus aconitifol...
Chayote
Common Names: Chayote, mirliton, choko Scientific Name: Sechium edule Climate: Warm Plant D...
Cherimoya
Common Name: Cherimoya, chirimoya, custard apple Scientific Name: Annona cherimola Climate: Col...
Chestnut
Common Name: Chestnut Scientific Name: Castanea Climate: Cold and temperate. Chestnuts produce ...
Chilacayote
Common Name: Fig-Leaf gourd, malabar gourd, black seed squash and cidra Scientific Name: Cucurbi...
Chilchahua
Common Name: Chik chawua´ chilchahua, chichahua, payte wamal, muk’ ‘ul majtas, pay T’e Scientifi...
Chipilin
Common Name: Chipilin Scientific Name: Crotalaria longirostrata Climate: Hot and temperate Pla...
Chrysanthemum
Common names: Ju Hua, Mums, Hardy mums, Garden mums. The word in the west comes from the Greek kr...
Cinnamon
Common Name: Cinnamon Scientific Name: Cinnamomum verum Climate: Warm Plant Description1: As a...
Citrosa Geranium
Common Name: Citrosa, citronella-scented geranium, mosquito plant Scientific Name: Pelargonium c...
Clover
Common names: White clover, Dutch clover, Ladino clover, Ladino Scientific name: Trifolium repen...
Coconut
Common Name: Coconut tree, coconut palm Scientific Name: Cocos nucifera Climate: Warm and hot t...
Coffee
Common Names: Coffee Scientific Name: Coffea Climate: Hot and warm. Coffee is a tropical plant ...
Comfrey
Common Name: Common comfrey, true comfrey Scientific Name: Symphytum officinale Climate: Temper...
Common Fig
Common Name: Fig Scientific Name: Ficus carica L. Climate: Hot, template, cold Plant Descripti...
Coriander
Common Names: Chinese parsley, dhania, cilantro Scientific Name: Coriandrum sativum. Climate: ...
Coriander
Common Names: Chinese parsley or dhania Scientific Name: Coriandrum sativum Climate: Temperate ...
Dandelion
Common Names: Blow-ball, cankerwort, clockflower, common dandelion, Irish daisy, llon's tooth, pi...
Echinacea
Common Names: Eastern purple, coneflower, furple coneflower, hedgehog coneflower, or echinacea S...
Elmleaf Blackberry
Common Names: Elmleaf blackberry, thornless blackberry Scientific Name: Rubus ulmifolius. Clima...
Eucalyptus
Common Names: Eucalyptus, eurabbie, blue gum, Southern blue gum, Tasmanian blue gum Scientifi...
Fennel
Common Names: Fennel, common fennel, ferula, flower umbel Scientific Name: Foeniculum vulgare C...
Garlic
Common Name: Garlic Scientific Name: Allium sativum Climate: Cold and moderate Plant Descripti...
Ginger
Common Names: Ginger Scientific Name: Zingiber officinale Climate: Temperate Plant Descripti...
Grape
Common Names: Grape, vid Scientific Name: Vitis vinifera Climate: Temperate, temperate hot ...
Grapefruit
Common name: Grapefruit Scientific name: Citrus paradisi Climate: Temperate Plant description:...
Greater Burdock
Common Names: Greater burdock, gobō, edible burdock, lappa, beggar's buttons, thorny burr, happy ...
Guava
Common Names: Guava Scientific Name: Psidium guajava Climate: Warm and moderate Plant Descr...
Hass Avocado
Common Names: Aguacate Hass, āhuacatl (nahuatl), palta (from the Quechua language language and co...
Hazelnut
Common Names: Hazelnut, cobnut, filbert nut Scientific Name: Corylus avellana Climate: Cold, ...
Ilama
Common name: Ilama Scientific name: Annona diversifolia Climate: Warm Plant description: Erect...
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Japanese Knotweed
Common Name: Japanese knotweed Scientific Name: Polygonum cuspidatum, Reynoutria japonica, Fall...
Lavander
Common Names: Lavender Scientific Name: Lavandula angustifolia Climate: Warm and temperate P...
Lemon
Common Name: Sour lemon, Persian lemon, lemon Scientific Name: Citrus limon Climate: Warm and t...
Lemongrass
Common Name: Lemongrass, barbed wire grass, silky heads, Cochin grass or Malabar grass Scientifi...
Lion's Mane Mushroom
Common Names: lion’s mane mushroom, hedgehog mushroom, satyr’s beard mushroom, yamabushitake, bea...
Loquat
Common Name: Loquat, japanese medlar, nispero Scientific Name: Eriobotrya japonica Climate: War...
Luck plant
Common names: luck plant, wild hops, Qiu sui qian jin ba, Sainfoin du bengale Scientific name: F...
Macadamia
Common Name: Macadamia Scientific Name: Macadamia integrifolia Climate: Warm and temperate Pla...
Mandarin
Common Name: Mandarin Scientific Name: Citrus reticulata, Citrus unshu, Citrus reshni Climate: ...
Mango
Common Name: Mango Scientific Name: Mangifera indica Climate: Hot Plant Description: The mango...
Marigold
Common Name: Marigold, pot marigold Scientific Name: Calendula officinalis Climate: Warm, tempe...
Mexican Elderberry
Common Names: Elder, elderberry, black elder, european elder, european elderberry, and european...
Mexican Sunflower
Common names: Giant Mexican sunflower; shrub sunflower; tree marigold, zhong bing ju, tree marigo...
Mexican Tea
Common Names: Jesuit tea, Mexican-tea, payqu (paico), epazote, mastruz, or herba sanctæ Mar...
Mexican Yam Bean
Common Names: Mexican yam bean, Mexican turnip, jicama Scientific Name: Pachyrhizus erosus Clim...
Moringa
Common Names: Moringa, drumstick tree, horseradish tree, ben oil tree, benzolive tree Scientific...
Mountain Balm
Common name: Bear's Weed, Gum bush, Consumptive Weed, Mountain Balm, Yerba Santa (Holy Herb) Sci...
Neem
Common Name: Nim, neem, nimtree, indian lilac Scientific Name: Azadirachta indica A. Climate: H...
Onion
Common Names: Onion, bulb onion, globe onion Scientific Name: Allium cepa Climate: Cold and mod...
Orange
Common Names: Orange, sweet orange Scientific Name: Citrus × sinensis Climate: Tropical, Subtro...
Oregano
Common Names: Oregano, wild marjoram Scientific Name: Origanum vulgare Climate: Cold, warm ...
Oyster Herb
Common Names: Oyster herb, maguey, daun kepah, nanas kerang, boatlily, Moses in a basket, ...
Papaya
Common Names: Papaya Scientific Name: Carica papaya Climate: Warm and temperate Plant Descr...
Passionfruit
Common names: Purple granadilla, black passion fruit, sour passion fruit, yellow passion fruit S...
Peach
Common Name: Peach Scientific Name: Prunus persica Climate: Cold, warm, and warm to hot Plant ...
Pear
Common names: Pear Scientific name: Pyrus communis Climate: Cold, temperate Plant description...
Pecan
Common name: Pecan. Pecan comes from the native american language Algonquian which means hard she...
Persimmon
Common Name: Persimmon. Scientific Name: Diospyros kaki Climate: Temperate Plant Description:...
Plantain
Common Names: Plantain Scientific Name: Musa paradisiaca Climate: Temperate and hot. Plant De...
Platain
Common names: Broadleaf plantain, White man's foot, Greater plantain Scientific name: Plantago ...
Plum
Common Name: Plum Scientific Name: Prunus domestica Climate: It prefers temperate climates, bet...
Pomegranate
Common Name: Pomegranate Scientific Name: Punica granatum Climate: Tropical, subtropical Plant...
Prickly Pear
Common Name: Prickly pear, cactus pear, nopal, Indian fig opuntia, Barbary fig Scientific Name: ...
Purple mombin
Common Name: Purple mombin, red mombin, red plum, spanish plum Scientific Name: Spondias purpure...
Quelites
Common names: Kaka - totonaco, Viwa o yube - mixteco, Xakua-purepecha, Guilibá– rarámuri, Bok ita...
Racacha
Common names: Racacha, peruvian carrot, peruvian parsnip, white carrot Scientific name: Arracaci...
Rambutan
Common Names: Rambutan Scientific Name: Nephelium lappaceum Climate: Warm Plant Description: ...
Oak
Common Name: Oak Scientific Name: Quercus Climate: Tempered Plant description: The term oak is...
Red Sage
Common Names: Chinese sage, Chinese salvia, danshen, red sage, redroot sage, tan shen. Scientifi...
Reishi Mushroom
Common Names: reishi mushroom, lingzhi mushroom, ling chi mushroom, varnished conk. The Chinese n...
Rosemary
Common Name: Rosemary Scientific Name: Rosmarinus officinalis Climate: Warm, temperate, cold P...
Rue
Common Names: Rue, common rue, herb-of-grace Scientific Name: Ruta graveolens Climate: Warm ...
Parsley
Common Name: Parsley Scientific Name: Petroselinum crispum Climate: It grows in any climate - ...
Sapodilla
Common Names: Sapodilla, sapota, chikoo, naseberry, or nispero Scientific Name: Manilkara za...
Shallot
Common Names: Eschalot, potato onion, multiplier onion Scientific name: Allium ascalonicum Clim...
Siberian Ginseng
Common Names: Siberian ginseng, eleuthero, ciwujia, Devil’s bush or shrub Scientific Name: Eleu...
Society Garlic
Common Names: Society garlic, wild garlic, sweet garlic, pink agapanthus, spring bulbs, spring...
Soursop
Common Names: Soursop, graviola, guyabano Scientific Name: Annona muricata Climate: Warm Plant...
Spearmint
Common Names: Spearmint, mint Scientific Name: Mentha spicata Climate: Warm and temperate Plan...
Strawberry
Common Name: Strawberry Scientific Name: Fragaria x ananassa Climate: Warm, moderate, and cold ...
Sweet Granadilla
Common Names: Sweet granadilla, grenadia Scientific Name: Passiflora ligularis Climate: Warm an...
Sweet Potato
Common Name: Sweet potato, yam Scientific Name: Ipomoea batatas Climate: Temperate and hot. It ...
Tamarillo
Common name: Tamarillo Scientific name: Solanum betaceum Climate: Temperate Plant description:...
Tamarind
Common Name: Tamarind Scientific Name: Tamarindus indica Climate: Hot Plant Description: It is...
Taro
Common name: Taro Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta Climate: Hot and temperate Plant descri...
Thyme
Common Name: Thyme Scientific Name: Thymus vulgaris Climate: Warm, temperate and cold Plant De...
Tiger nut
Common Names: Tiger nut, zulu nut, nutgrass, yellow nutsedge, edible rush, earth almond, aya S...
Timbre
Common Name:1 Timbre, prairie acacia, fernleaf acacia Scientific Name: Acacia angustissima Clim...
Tomatillo
Common Names: Tomatillo, Mexican husk tomato, Mexican ground cherry, Mexican green tomato, miltom...
Tomato
Common Names: Tomato Scientific Name: Solanum lycopersicum Climate: Cool and warm Plant Descr...
Tree Pepper
Common Names: Tree pepper, rocoto Scientific Name: Capsicum pubescens Climate: Moderate and c...
Turkey berry
Common Name: Turkey berry, prickly nightshade, shoo-shoo bush, wild eggplant, thai eggplant, pea ...
Turmeric
Common Names: Turmeric. chick, wild saffron Scientific Name: Curcuma longa Climate: Warm and te...
Vanilla
Common Name: Vanilla Scientific Name: Vanilla odorata, Vanilla fragans and Vainilla planifolia ...
Vetiver
Common Name: Vetiver, zacate violeta, baúl de pobre, capia, grama de las Indias, pasto violeta, z...
Vick's Plant
Common Names: Vicks plant, Cuban oregano. Scientific Name: Plectranthus oloroso, tomentosa o ...
Walnut
Common Names: Walnut, English walnut, Persian walnut, black walnut Scientific Name: Juglans nigr...
Welsh Onion
Common Names: Welsh onion, spring onion (Japanese) bunching onion, long green onion, scallion Sc...
White Mulberry
Common Names: Chinese white mulberry, common mulberry, silkworm mulberry Scientific Names: Morus...
Wormwood
Common Name: Wormwood, hollygrass, assensio, bitter sagebrush, ajorizo Scientific Name: Artemisa...
Yarrow
Common Names: Yarrow, nosebleed plant, old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, sol...
Yerba Mansa
Common Names: Yerba mansa, lizard tail Scientific Name: Anemopsis californica Climate: Hot, ...
Yarrow
Common Name: Milfoil, western yarrow, bloodwort, carpenter’s weed, boreal yarrow, California yarr...
Chamomile
Common Names: Chamomile, camomile, German chamomile Scientific Name: Matricaria recutita Climat...
Almond
Common Name: Almond Scientific Name: Prunus dulcis Climate: Warm and hot Plant Description: Th...
Horsetail
Common Names: Field horsetail, common horsetail, bottlebrush, foxtail, queue de renard, pinetop, ...
Zebrina
Common names: Wandering Jew, Inch Plant Scientific name: Tradescantia zebrina Climate: Tempered...
Matali
Nombres comunes: Zebrina, Pamplinas o Panameña Nombre científico: Tradescantia zebrina Clima: T...