Species	Common Name	Where Found	Use
Acronychia pedunculata Miq	Baiba, bai bai	India, Southeast Asia	Pulp eaten fresh, leaves raw.
Adenandra formosana Hayata	Ang-tan	Okinawa, Taiwan	Pulp eaten fresh.
Adenandra fragrans Roem. et Schult.		South Africa	Pulp, leaves brewed as tea.
Adenandra ryukyuensis Masamune		Okinawa	Pulp eaten fresh.
Calodendron capensis Thunb.	Cape chestnut	South Africa	Nuts eaten.
Casimiroa edulis Llave et Lex.	White sapote, Mexican apple	Mexico, Central America	Pulp eaten fresh.
Correa alba Andr	Cape Barren tea	Australian	Tea brewed from leaves.
Evodia daniellii Hemsl	Sui-nam	Korea, northern China	Oil extracted from pulp and seeds.
Evodia fraxinifolia Hook. f	Kanukpa	Bengal, Nepal	Oil extracted from pulp and seeds.
Evodia lunu-ankenda Merr	Stenggek burong	Thailand, Malaysia, India	Leaves used as tea.
Evodia ptelaefolia Merr	Awadan	Taiwan, southern China, Vietnam	Tea brewed from leaves.
Fagara chalybea Engler	Iguga	Tropical Africa	Leaves used as condiments.
Fagara inaequalis Engler	Bolongolo	Tropical Africa	Oil extracted from seeds.
Fagara lemaire De Wild	Bolongolo	Niger, Zaire	Oil extracted from seeds.
Fagara okinawensis	Shima-mu-zansho	Okinawa	Shoots used as condiments.
Fagara zanthoxyloides Lam		Western tropical Africa	Dried leaves used as condiment.
Feretia apodanthera Del		Northern Cameroon	Seeds brewed as coffee.
Melicope ternata Forst	Ternate-leaved melicope	New Zealand	Gums chewed.
Melicope triphylla Merr	Wadan	Okinawa	Leaves cooked.
Orixa japonica Thunb	Ko-kusagi	China, Japan	Leaves cooked.
Orixa swynnertonii Verd		Zimbabwe	Pulp eaten fresh.
Ptelea tomnetosa Rafin		Southwestern U.S.A.	Pulp eaten fresh.
Ptelea trifoliata L	Wafer ash, common hop tree	North America	Fruit used to flavor beer
Ruta graveolens L	Rue	Throughout Temperate Zone and Tropics	Leaves used as condiment.

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