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Araucaria

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Araucariaceae

Origin: Southwestern Pacific and South America

Use: Source of timber, ornamental tree, nutritious large edible seeds eaten like nuts

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Cycas revoluta

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Cycadaceae

Origin: Southern Japan, distributed throughout tropics and subtropics

Uses: Ornamental plant, Indoor plant, contains edible starch

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Azolla

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Salviniaceae (Azollaceae?)

Origin: almost cosmopolitan, distributed to tropical to subtropical regions worldwide

Uses: Nitrogen fixing (green fertilizer), Fodder for pigs, cattle, poultry and fish, supress weed growth (natural weed control), bioremediation, can be weed

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Euphorbia milii

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Euphorbiaceae

Origin: Native to Madagascar

Use: ornamental plant, pesticide (snail control)

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Abelmoschus esculentus

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Malvaceae

Origin: Genus Abelmoschus Native to old world tropics, A. esculentus unknown

Use: Different plant parts used for food as vegetable or oil, biodiesel, coffee, industrial value, medicinal and industrial applications

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Ageratum houstionanum

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Asteraceae

Origin: Native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean

Use: ornamental plant, grown as annual bedding, edging or container plant in gardens

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Acacia

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Fabaceae

Origin: Pantropical

Uses: Gum, tannin, ornamentals, source of timber and firewood, essential oils for parfume industry, animal fodder, soil conservation, nectar for bees, nitrogen fixing,

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Adansonia digitata

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Malvaceae

Origin: Drier parts of tropical Africa

Use: Fruit rich in vitamins for drinks, ice-cream and porridge, vegetable, thicken and flavour soup, coffee substitute, sweets, oil for cooking and cosmetic industry, fiber, animal fodder, wood, bee forage, dye, traditional medicine, ornamental tree, shade

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Albizia

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Fabaceae

Origin: pantropical

Use: timber, livestock fodder, medicine, firewood, tannins, dye, fish poison, gum, shade, soil conservation, ornamental, bee forage, nitrogen fixing

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Amaranthus

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Amaranthaceae

Origin: Americas

Use: Vegetable, cereal, source of protein, beverage, livestock feed, ornamental, dye, weed

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Anacardium occidentale

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Anacardiaceae

Origin: tropical America

Use: Nuts, oil, animal feed, industrial use, fruit, fruit juice, wine, vinegar, liquor, shade, hedge, reforestation, ornamental, wood, firewood, charcoal, bee forage, gum, insecticide, tannin

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Annona

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Annonaceae

Origin: most are native to tropical America, few to tropical Africa

Use: Fruit, essential oil, poison, ornamental

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Arachis hypogaea

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Fabaceae

Origin: South America

Use: oil, nuts, animal feed, fuel, fertilzer, mulch, building material

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Argemone mexicana

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Papaveraceae

Origin: Native to tropical America

Use: ornamental, herbal medicine

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Artocarpus altilis

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Moraceae

Origin: Native to Pacific and tropical Asia

Use: fruit and seeds (vegetable), animal feed, glue, chewing gum wood, shade, windbreak, soil stabilization, support plant, mulch

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Artocarpus heterophyllus

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Moraceae

Origin: Native to South and Southeast Asia

Use: fruit, vegetable, nut, shade, wood, timber, fire wood, dye, latex

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Averrhoa carambola

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Oxalidaceae

Origin: Native to Southeast Asia

Use: fruit, beverage, dye, traditional medicine, ornamental

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Azadirachta indica

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Meliaceae

Origin: Aouth and Southeast Asia

Use: shade, timber, firewood, erosion control, oil, ornamental, windbreak, gum, wood, animal feed, fertilizer, medicine, pesticide, insecticide, tannin, ceremonial use

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Basella alba

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Basellaceae

Origin: native to Tropical South Asia

Use: vegetable, ornamental, traditional medicine

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Bertholletia excelsa

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Lecythidaceae

Origin: native to Amazon forest

Use: Nut, oil, fuel, timber, wood, medicine, reforestation

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Bidens pilosa

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Asteraceae

Origin: Native to tropical AMerica

Use: weed, medicine, vegetable

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Bougainvillea

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Nyctaginaceae

Origin: South America

Use: ground cover, hedge, slope covering, weed control, ornamental

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Cajanus cajan

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Fabaceae

Origin: Native to India or North-Eastern Afric

Use: food (vegetable), protein rich, animal feed, bee forage, fuel, nitrogen fixing, hedge, erosion control, windbreak, shade

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Callistemon

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Myrtaceae

Origin: Native to Australia

Use: ornamental, hedging, bee forage

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Camellia sinensis
Theaceae Origin: native to India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia and China Use: beverage, stimulant, essential oil, industrial application (oil)
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Cananga odorata
Annonaceae Origin: Native to Southeast Asia Use: ornamental, essential oil, timber, fuelwood, medicine, cultural (celebrations)
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Capsicum annuum
Solanaceae Origin: native to Americas Use: fruit, vegetable, spice, ornamental, tear gas
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Carica papaya
Caricaceae Origin: Central America Use: fruit, beveragem vegetable, latex, enzyme for industrial use
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Cassia
Fabaceae Origin: pantropical Use: ornamental, shade, medicine, timber, firewood, charcoal, bee forage, animal feed, gum
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Casuarina
Casuarinaceae Origin: Australia, islands of western Pacific Ocean, southeasern Asia Use: windbreak, rehabilitate soil, erosion control, firewood, wood, mulch, tannin, ornamental
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Catharanthus roseus
Apocynaceae Origin: Native to Madagascar Use: ornamental, medicine
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Ceiba pentandra
Malvaceae Origin: Tropical America, may be native in western and central Africa Use: Fiber, timber, oil, ornamental, shade, bee forage
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Cinnamomum verum
Lauraceae Origin: Native in Sri Lanka and India Use: spice, essential oil, resin, agroforestry
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Citrullus lanatus
Cucurbitaceae Origin: Native to southwestern Africa Use: fruit, beverage, seeds dried or roasted or flour
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Citrus aurantiifolia
Rutaceae Origin: native to southeast Asia Use: fruit, beverage, essential oil, animal feed
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Codiaeum variegatum
Euphorbiaceae Origin: southern india, Sri Lanka, Malaysia Use: ornamental, hedge
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Coffea arabica
Rubiaceae Origin: southwestern Ethiopia Use: beverage, stimulant, manure, mulch, bee forage
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Delonix regia
Fabaceae Origin: Madagascar Use: shade, ornamental, fuel, bee forage, gum
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Desmodium
Fabaceae Origin: Pantropical Use: animal feed, nitrogen fixing, cover crop, green manure, erosion, weed control, soil conservation, insecticides
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Duranta erecta
Verbenaceae Origin: tropical America Use: hedge, windbreak, ornamental
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Erythrina
Fabaceae Origin: Pantropical Use: shade, fence, windbreak, support plant, animal feed, bee forage, wood, dye, mulch, ornamental
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Eucalyptus
Myrtaceae Origin: Australia, few new Guinea and Indonesia Use: timber, firewood, fuel, shade, shelter, ornamental, essential oils, bee forage
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Euphorbia heterophylla
Euphorbiaceae Origin: Mexico and Central America Use: weed
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Euphorbia pulcherrima
Euphorbiaceae Origin: Central America Use: ornamental, invasive weeds
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Faidherbia albida
Fabaceae Origin: Africa Use: agroforestry, shade, nitrogen fixing, bee forage, gum, tannins, wood, fuel
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Ficus benjamina
Moraceae Origin: Asia and Australia Use: ornamental
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Ficus elastica
Moraceae Origin: himalayas to southeastern Asia Use: ornamental, latex
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Ficus pumila
Moraceae Origin: East Asia Use: ornamentalm fruit, nematode control, erosion control
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Galinsoga parviflora
Asteraceae Origin: Peru Use: herb, food, vegetable
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Gliricidia sepium
Fabaceae Origin: Pacific Coast of Central America and Mexico Use: nitrogen fixing, fence, windbreak, shade, timber, firewood, animal feed, rat poison, bee forage
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Glycine max
Fabaceae Origin: North China Use: oil, animal feed, food, fiver, vegetable, nitrogen fixing, cover crop, fuel
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Gossypium
Malvaceae Origin: New World Tropics, Old World tropics (depending on species) Use: fiber, oil, fuel, animal feed, manure
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Grevillea robusta
Proteaceae Origin: eastern coastal Australia Use: timber, wood, fuel, shade, windbreak, soil conservation, reforestation, bee forage, ornamental
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Hevea brasiliensis
Euphorbiaceae Origin: Amazon basin Use: latex, wood, fuel, oil
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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Malvaceae Origin: unkown, maybe China Use: ornamental, hedge, dye, flower for food, fiber, Hindu ceremony
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Ilex paraguariensis
Aquifoliaceae Origin: South America Use: beverage, stimulant
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Ipomoea batatas
Convolvulaceae Origin: Central America, South America Use: root vegetable, starch, beverage, leaf vegetable, animal feed, ornamental
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Jacaranda mimosifolia
Bignoniaceae Origin: South America Use: ornamental, shade, windbreak, bee forage, timber, firewood
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Jatropha curcas
Euphorbiaceae Origin: Central America Use: oil, fuel, fertilizer, animal feed, dye, fence, erosion control, support plant
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Lablab purpureus
Fabaceae Origin: tropical Africa Use: pulse, vegetable, animal feed, grenn manure, ornamental, cover crop, erosion control, nitrogen fixing
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Lantana camara
Verbenaceae Origin: American tropics Use: ornamental, hedge, weed, nectar
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Leucaena leucocephala
Fabaceae Origin: Mexico and central America Use: green manure, nitrogen fixing, animal feed, wood, fuel, support plant, dye, bee forage, ornamental, fence, reforestation, erosion control
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Macadamia integrifolia
Proteaceae Origin: Australia Use: nut, oil, ornamental, shade, bee forage
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Mangifera indica
Anacardiaceae Origin: India and Southeast Asia Use: fruit, beverage, animal feed, wood, fuel, shade, bee forage, dye
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Manihot esculenta
Euphorbiaceae Origin: South America Use: root vegetable, starch, vegetable, animal feed, beverage, industrial use, flavoring agent
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Miconia crenata
Melastomataceae Origin: tropical America Use: Invasive weed
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Monoon longifolium
Annonaceae Origin: Sri Lanka Use: ornamental, hedge, windbreak, shade, wood
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Moringa oleifera
Moringaceae Origin: Inia, Southeast Asia, Arabian peninsula Use: vegetable, oil, fuel, beverage, animal feed, bee forage, firewood, fiber, medicine, erosion control, mulch & green manure, ornamental, hedge, shade, windbreak, support plant
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Nerium oleander
Apocynaceae Origin: Mediterranean region, Indian subcontinent, Iran, southern China Use: ornamental, hedge, rat poison, insecticide
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Opuntia ficus-indica
Cactaceae Origin: tropical america Use: food, animal feed, fruit, vegetable, dye, hedge, soil conservation, weed
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Passiflora edulis
Passifloraceae Origin: southern Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina Use: fruit, beverage, oil
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Paullinia cupana
Sapindaceae Origin: Brazilian Amazon Use: stimulant, beverage
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Persea americana
Lauraceae Origin: tropical America Use: fruit, oil, wood, fuel, bee forage
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Phaseolus lunatus
Fabaceae Origin: guatemala, Mexico, Peru Use: seeds and pods vegetable, leaf vegetable, animal fodder, cover crop, green manure, nitrogen fixing
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Phaseolus vulgaris
Fabaceae Origin: Central and South America Use: pulse, vegetable,
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Pimenta dioica
Myrtaceae Origin: Mexico, Cnetral AMerica, Caribbean Use: Spice, essential oil
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Piper nigrum
Piperaceae Origin: India Use: Spice, oil for perfumery, poison (insecticide)
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Plumeria
Apocynaceae Origin: tropical America Use: ornamental, cultural - religious, essential oils, shade
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Portulaca oleracea
Portulacaceae Origin: uncertain, possibly North Africa and Middle east Use: vegetable, medicine, weeds
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Psidium guajava
Myrtaceae Origin: American Tropics Use: fruit, bee forage, insecticide, essential oil, fuel, dye, tannin, ornamental, weed
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Punica granatum
Lythraceae Origin: Himalaya and northern India Use: fruit, beverage, tannin, dye, insecticide, ornamental
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Ricinus communis
Euphorbiaceae Origin: north-eastern tropical Africa Use: oil, medicine, fertilizer, fuel, ornamental
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Schinus molle
Anacardiaceae Origin: tropical America Use: ornamental, shade, soil conservation, windbreak, spice, dye, insect repellent, essential oils, resin, bee forage, wood, fuel, tannin
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Senna
Fabaceae Origin: pantropical Use: ornamental, shade, medicine, timber, fuel, bee forage, animal feed, gum
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Sesamum indicum
Pedaliaceae Origin: India Use: seeds for food, oil, industrial use, animal feed, fuel
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Sesbania sesban
Fabaceae unclear, probably Africa Use: agroforestry, nitrogen fixing, fence, windbreak, shade, erosion control, support plant, animal feed, firewood, wood, compost
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Solanum betaceum
Solanaceae Origin: Andes (South America) Use: fruit, ornamental
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Solanum melongena
Solanaceae Origin: India, Myanmar, China Use: Vegetable
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Spathodea campanulata
Bignoniaceae Origin: West Africa Use: ornamental, shade, soil improvement, erosion control, land rehabilitation, fence, wood, fuel, weed
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Striga
Orobanchaceae Origin: Old World Tropics Use: weed, parasite of crops
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Syzygium aromaticum
Myrtaceae Origin: Indonesia Use: spice, oil, essential oil
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Tagetes minuta
Asteraceae Origin: South America Use: spice, essential oil, insecticide, herbicide, medicine, weed
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Tamarindus indica
Fabaceae Origin: Old Wrld Tropics Use: fruit, vegetable, beverage, timber, fuel, oil, ornamental, shade, windbreak, bee forage, dye tannin
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Tectona grandis
Lamiaceae Origin: South and Southeast Asia Use: wood, degraded lands, ornamental, dye
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Terminalia catappa
Combretaceae Origin: Southeast Asia Use: shade, ornamental, erosion control, oil, nut, timber, fuel, tannin, dye
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Theobroma cacao
Malvaceae Origin: Andes, Peru, Equador, South America Use: beverage, fat, seeds in different foods, stimulants, fertilizer
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Thevetia peruviana
Apocynaceae Origin: tropical America Use: ornamental, fence, oil, fuel, weed
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Vigna unguiculata
Fabaceae Origin: central Africa Use: pulse, vegetable, animal feed, green manure, nitrogen fixing
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Monstera deliciosa
Araceae Origin: Mexico, Central AMerica Use: ornamental, fruit
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Agapanthus
Amaryllidaceae Origin: Africa Use: ornamental
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Agave americana
Asparagaceae Origin: tropical America Use: ornamental, hedge, fiber, beverage, building material, invasive
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Agave sisalana
Asparagaceae Origin: Central America and Mexico Use: fiber, manure, biofuel, building material, beverage, fence, soil conservation, medicine
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Aloë arborescens
Asphodelaceae Origin: southern Africa Use: ornamental, medicine
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Aloë vera
Asphodelaceae Origin: probably northeastern Africa Use: medicine, beverage, food, ornamental
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Ananas comosus
Bromeliaceae Origin: South America Use: fruit, beverage, fiber, animal feed, begetable, enzyme
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Anthurium
Araceae Origin: Central and South America Use: ornamental
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Arundo donax
Poaceae Origin: Old World tropics Use: energy, fiber, fence, building material, erosion control, animal feed, ornamental, invasive, musical instruments
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Bambusa vulgaris
Poaceae Origin: old World Tropics Use: Building material, fuel, fiber, erosion control, vegetable, animal feed, ornamental, invasive weed
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Canna
Cannaceae Origin: tropical America Use: ornamental, starch, root vegetable, animal feed, fiber, dye, weed
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Cenchrus americanus
Poaceae Origin: Africa Use: cereal, beverage, animal feed, building material, fuel, dye, ornamental
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Cenchrus purpureus
Poaceae Origin: tropical and subtropical Africa Use: animal feed, windbreak, soil conservation, ornamental, pulls stem borers moths away from maize
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Cocos nucifera
Arecaceae Origin: unkown Use: food, beverage, oil, animal feed, fuel, building material, fiber, sugar, vegetable, wood, ornamental, bee forage
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Colocasia esculenta
Araceae Origin: Asia Use: Vegetable, starch, ornamental
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Commelina
Commelinaceae Origin: pantropical Use: ornamental, weed
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Curcuma longa
Zingiberaceae Origin: Asia Use: Spice, dye, folk medicine, cultural ceremonies
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Cynodon dactylon
Poaceae Origin: Africa and Asia Use: ornamental, erosion control, animal feed, weed
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Cyperus
Cyperaceae Origin: Pantropical Use: weed, vegetable, fiber, ornamental
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Dioscorea
Dioscoreaceae Origin: Africa, Asia, America Use: root vegetable, starch, some species invasive weeds
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Dypsis lutescens
Arecaceae Origin: Madagascar use: ornamental, hedge
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Eichhornia crassipes
Pontederiaceae Origin: South Ameria Use: ornamental, bioremediation, fertilizer, animal feed, weed
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Elaeis guineensis
Arecaceae Origin: Africa Use: oil, fuel, energy, beverage, vegetable, fiber, animal feed, ornamental, land regabilitation, bee forage
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Elettaria cardamomum
Zingiberaceae Origin: India and Sri Lanka Use: spice, essential oil
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Eleusine coracana
Poaceae Origin: Africa Use: cereal, beverage, animal feed
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Epipremnum aureum
Araceae Origin: Polynesia Use: ornamental, invasive
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Eragrostis tef
Poaceae Origin: Africa Use: cereal, animal feed, building material, beverage
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Heliconia
Heliconiaceae Origin: Central and South America Use: ornamental
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Imperata cylindrica
Poaceae Origin: Old World tropics Use: erosion control, building material, ornamental, animal feed, weed
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Musa
Musaceae Origin: Southeast Asia Use: fruit, beverage, medicinal alcohol, fiber, starch, shade, ornamental
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Oryza sativa
Poaceae Origin: China Use: cereal, starch, beverage, fuel, building material, animal feed, oil
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Phoenix dactylifera
Arecaceae Origin: India Use: fruit, beverage, vegetable, building material, fiber, oil, fuel, wood, revegetation, erosion control, ornamental
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Ravenala madagascariensis
Strelitziaceae Origin: Madagascar Use: ornamental, wood, building material
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Roystonea regia
Arecaceae Origin: Mexico, Caribbean, Florida, Central America Use: ornamental, building material, wood
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Saccharum officinarum
Poaceae Origin: Southeast Asia Use: Sugar, beverage, fuel, animal feed, fertilizer, building material
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Sansevieria
Asparagaceae Origin: Africa Use: ornamental
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Sorghum bicolor
Poaceae Origin: Africa Use: cereal, beverage, animal feed, building material, fuel, dye
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Strelitzia reginae
Strelitziaceae Origin: Africa Use: ornamental
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Tradescantia zebrina
Commelinaceae Origin: Mexico and Central America Use: ornamental, can become weed
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Tripsacum andersonii
Poaceae Origin: Mexico, South America use: animal feed, soil conservation, hedge
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Vanilla planifolia
Orchidaceae Origin: Mexico, Central America Use: spice, essential oil
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Xanthosoma
Araceae Origin: Central and South America Use: vegetable, animal feed, ornamental
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Zea mays
Poaceae Origin: Mesoamerica Use: cereal, beverage, vegetable, starch, oil, animal feed, fuel, fiber, building material
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Zingiber officinale
Zingiberaceae Origin: South Asia Use: Spice, beverage, essential oil, enzyme

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