This article contains a list of useful plants, meaning a plant that has been or can be co-opted by humans to fulfill a particular need. Rather than listing all plants on one page, this page instead collects the lists and categories for the different ways in which a plant can be used; some plants may fall into several of the categories or lists below, and some lists overlap (for example, the term "crop" covers both edible and non-edible agricultural products).

Edible plants

* :Edible plants ** :Cereals **

List of edible flowers This is a list of edible flowers. See also * List of culinary herbs and spices * List of edible nuts * Lists of useful plants References {{DEFAULTSORT:Edible flowers flowers, edible flowers, edible ' flowers, edible flowers, edible ' ...

** :Forages ** :Grains ** :Spices ** List of culinary herbs and spices

Fruits and vegetables

* :Fruit ** :Edible nuts and seeds * :Vegetables ** :Inflorescence vegetables ** :Leaf vegetables ** :Root vegetables ** :Edible seaweeds ** :Stem vegetables

Forestry

* :Wood ** :Shrubs ** :Trees

Medicine, drugs, psychoactives

1. :Medicinal plants 2. :Medicinal herbs and fungi 3. List of Plants Used for Smoking

Other economic purposes

* :Crops ** :Energy crops * List of beneficial weeds

References

External links

Plants For A FuturePermaculture Information WebPlant Resources of Tropical Africa (PROTA)Lost Crops of Africa: Volume 1: GrainsLost Crops of the IncasBibliography on underutilized roots and tubers cropsAustralian New Crops Web Site
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UN Centre for the Alleviation of Poverty through Secondary Crops' Development in Asia and the Pacific (UNCAPSA)ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization)
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