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Lauraceae

189 edible species

Trees and shrubs including bay laurel, cinnamon, avocado, and camphor; important spice and fruit crops.

Actinodaphne citrata
Actinodaphne citrata

Edible: Fruit

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Actinodaphne cuneata

Edible: Fruit

Actinodaphne ellipticibacca
Actinodaphne ellipticibacca

Edible: ?

Anaueria brasiliensis
Anaueria brasiliensis

Brazil anaeuria

Edible: Seeds

Aniba canelilla
Aniba canelilla

Canelilla aniba

Edible: Bark, Leaves, Spice

Aniba firmula
Aniba firmula

Pichurim Bean, Toda specie

Edible: Seeds - flavouring

Aniba parviflora
Aniba parviflora

Macacaporanga

Edible: Bark, Wood - flavouring

Aniba rosaeodora
Aniba rosaeodora

Rosewood-oil tree

Edible: Wood - oil

Beilschmiedia anay
Beilschmiedia anay

Anay

Edible: Fruit

Beilschmiedia bancroftii
Beilschmiedia bancroftii

Yellow walnut

Edible: Fruit, Kernels, Nuts

Beilschmiedia berteroana
Beilschmiedia berteroana

Chile slugwood, Southern acorn tree

Edible: Fruit

Beilschmiedia brasiliensis
Beilschmiedia brasiliensis

Anauera

Edible: Seeds

Beilschmiedia hondurensis
Beilschmiedia hondurensis

Edible: Fruit

Beilschmiedia louisii
Beilschmiedia louisii

Edible: Fruit

Beilschmiedia madagascariensis
Beilschmiedia madagascariensis

Edible: Leaves, Spice

Beilschmiedia madang
Beilschmiedia madang

Edible: Bark

Beilschmiedia mannii
Beilschmiedia mannii

Spicy cedar

Edible: Seeds, Fruit unripe, Flowers - flavouring, Seeds - oil, Leaves

Beilschmiedia mexicana
Beilschmiedia mexicana

Edible: Fruit, Leaves

Beilschmiedia ovalis
Beilschmiedia ovalis

Edible: Fruit

Beilschmiedia pendula
Beilschmiedia pendula

Edible: Fruit

Beilschmiedia riparia
Beilschmiedia riparia

Edible: Fruit

Beilschmiedia roxburghiana
Beilschmiedia roxburghiana

Indian laurel tree

Edible: Seeds, Fruit

Beilschmiedia sary
Beilschmiedia sary
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Beilschmiedia sericea
Beilschmiedia sp.
Beilschmiedia sp.

Edible: Leaves

Beilschmiedia steyermarkii
Beilschmiedia steyermarkii

Edible: Fruit

Beilschmiedia sulcata
Beilschmiedia sulcata

Grooved slugwood

Edible: Fruit

Beilschmiedia tawa - (A.Cunn.)Kirk.
Beilschmiedia tawa - (A.Cunn.)Kirk.

Tawa

Beilschmiedia ugandensis
Beilschmiedia ugandensis

Mwasa

Edible: Fruit

Beilschmiedia velutina
Beilschmiedia velutina

Edible: Fruit

Cassytha capillaris
Cassytha capillaris

Dodder laurel, Slender dodder

Edible: Fruit

Cassytha filiformis
Cassytha filiformis

Dodder laurel

Edible: Fruit

Cassytha glabella
Cassytha glabella

Devil’s twine, Slender Dodder laurel

Edible: Fruit

Cassytha melantha
Cassytha melantha

Large dodderlaurel, Mallee Strangle Vine

Edible: Fruit

Cassytha pubescens
Cassytha pubescens

Downy dodder-laurel

Edible: Fruit

Chlorocardium rodiei
Chlorocardium rodiei

Demerara greenheart, Cogwood

Edible: Seeds, Seeds - starch

Cinnamomum bejolghota
Cinnamomum bejolghota

Cinnamom tree

Edible: Bark - Spice, Roots, Leaves - spice, Fruit - spice

Cinnamomum burmanni
Cinnamomum burmanni

Indonesian cassia

Edible: Bark, Leaves, Spice

Cinnamomum cambodianum
Cinnamomum cambodianum

Cambodia cimmamon

Edible: Bark - spice

Cinnamomum camphora
Cinnamomum camphora

Camphor laurel

Edible: Leaves, Bark, Root

Cinnamomum cassia
Cinnamomum cassia

Cassia, Chinese cinnamon, Cassia bark

Edible: Bark, Spice, Leaves

Cinnamomum culilaban
Cinnamomum culilaban

Edible: Spice, Medicine

Cinnamomum culitlawan
Cinnamomum culitlawan

Culilawan cassia

Edible: Bark, Spice, Bud

Cinnamomum deschampsii
Cinnamomum deschampsii

Kayu manis

Edible: Bark, Spice

Cinnamomum eugenoliferum
Cinnamomum eugenoliferum
Cinnamomum glanduliferum
Cinnamomum glanduliferum

Nepal camphor tree

Edible: Fruit, Spice

Cinnamomum grandiflorum
Cinnamomum grandiflorum

Edible: Bark - spice

Cinnamomum hartmannii
Cinnamomum hartmannii

Haya

Edible: Fruit

Cinnamomum impressinervium
Cinnamomum impressinervium

Sissi

Edible: Bark, Spice, Fruit, Leaves - spice

Cinnamomum iners
Cinnamomum iners

Wild cinnamon tree

Edible: Bark, Spice, Fruit, Leaves

Cinnamomum japonicum
Cinnamomum japonicum

Japanese cinnamon

Edible: Bark - spice, Fruit - flavouring, Seeds - oil

Cinnamomum loureiroi
Cinnamomum loureiroi

Vietnamese cassia, Baker's cinnamon

Edible: Bark, Spice, Flower Buds

Cinnamomum massoia
Cinnamomum massoia

Massoia bark

Edible: Bark - spice

Cinnamomum mercadoi
Cinnamomum mercadoi

Kalingag

Edible: Spice, Bark

Cinnamomum micranthum
Cinnamomum micranthum

Taiwan cinnamon

Edible: Bark - spice

Cinnamomum mollissimum
Cinnamomum mollissimum

Teja, Medang lawang

Edible: Spice, Bark

Cinnamomum oliveri
Cinnamomum oliveri

Oliver's bark, Oliver’s Sassafras, Iron Range Cinnamonwood

Edible: Bark, Spice

Cinnamomum pachypodum
Cinnamomum pachypodum

Edible: Fruit

Cinnamomum parthenoxylon
Cinnamomum parthenoxylon

Selasian wood

Edible: Bark - spice, Leaves, Fruit - spice

Cinnamomum pedatinervium
Cinnamomum pedatinervium

Fiji cinnamomon

Edible: Bark - tea

Cinnamomum pedunculatum
Cinnamomum pedunculatum

Japanese cinnamon

Cinnamomum perrottetii
Cinnamomum perrottetii

Edible: Spice

Cinnamomum philippinense
Cinnamomum philippinense

Philippine cinnamon

Edible: Bark - spice

Cinnamomum piniodorum
Cinnamomum piniodorum
Cinnamomum porrectum
Cinnamomum porrectum

Kemangi cinnamon tree

Edible: Spice, Bark

Cinnamomum puberulum
Cinnamomum puberulum

Teja, Medang kemangi

Edible: Bark, Spice

Cinnamomum rhynchophyllum
Cinnamomum rhynchophyllum

Edible: Bark, Spice

Cinnamomum scortechinii
Cinnamomum scortechinii
Cinnamomum sintoc
Cinnamomum sintoc

Java cassia, Cinnamon sintoc tree

Edible: Spice, Bark

Cinnamomum tamala
Cinnamomum tamala

Indian cassia, Indian bark, Cassia leaves

Edible: Leaves, Bark, Spice

Cinnamomum tenuifolium
Cinnamomum tenuifolium

Edible: Leaves

Cinnamomum travancoricum
Cinnamomum travancoricum

Edible: Spice

Cinnamomum verum
Cinnamomum verum

Cinnamon

Edible: Bark, Spice, Leaves

Cryptocarya agathophylla
Cryptocarya agathophylla

Madagascat clove nutmeg

Edible: Flavouring

Cryptocarya alba
Cryptocarya alba

Peumo, White cryptocarya

Edible: Nuts, Fruit, Kernels

Cryptocarya citriformis
Cryptocarya citriformis

Edible: Fruit

Cryptocarya densiflora
Cryptocarya densiflora

Cinnamon laurel

Cryptocarya ferrea
Cryptocarya ferrea

Edible: Fruit

Cryptocarya guianensis
Cryptocarya guianensis

Edible: Wood - flavouring

Cryptocarya latifolia
Cryptocarya latifolia

Ntonga nuts, Broad-leafed laurel

Edible: Nuts

Cryptocarya massoy
Cryptocarya massoy

Massoy, Mossoia bark

Edible: Bark - Spice

Cryptocarya moschata
Cryptocarya moschata

Brazilian Nutmeg

Edible: Seeds, Bark, Spice

Cryptocarya multipaniculata
Cryptocarya multipaniculata
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Cryptocarya procera

Edible: Fruit

Cryptocarya wilsonii
Cryptocarya wilsonii

Edible: Seeds

Dicypellium caryophyllatum
Dicypellium caryophyllatum

Brazil clove

Edible: Bark, Spice

Dodecadenia grandiflora
Dodecadenia grandiflora

Edible: Fruit

Endiandra aneityensis
Endiandra aneityensis

Edible: Fruit

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Endiandra anthropophagoram

Edible: Fruit

Endiandra clavigera
Endiandra clavigera

Edible: Fruit

Endiandra palmerstonii
Endiandra palmerstonii

Queensland Walnut, Black Walnut

Edible: Seeds kernel, Nuts

Endiandra pubens
Endiandra pubens

Hairy Walnut, Boomban

Edible: Seeds kernel, Nuts

Endiandra tooram
Endiandra tooram

Tooram Walnut

Edible: Seeds kernel, Nuts

Endlicheria dictifarinosa
Endlicheria dictifarinosa

Mealy endlicheria

Edible: Fruit

Hexapora curtisii
Hexapora curtisii
Hypodaphnis zenkeri
Hypodaphnis zenkeri

Edible: Bark - spice

Kubitzkia mezii
Kubitzkia mezii

Edible: Bark - drink

Laurus azorica
Laurus azorica

Canary Island bay tree

Edible: Leaves - flavouring, Fruit

Laurus nobilis
Laurus nobilis

Bay Tree, Sweet bay, Grecian Laurel, True Laurel

Edible: Fruit, Leaves

Licaria armeniaca
Licaria armeniaca

Apricot colour licaria

Edible: Fruit