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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...

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