Lists of useful plants


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.

Edible plants

Fruits and vegetables

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

Forestry

  • :Category:Wood
  • *:Category:Shrubs
  • *:Category:Trees

Medicine, drugs, psychoactives

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

Other economic purposes