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  • Soap: Plants used directly as a soap substitute. (113)
Latin NameCommon NameUseEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Achyranthes asperaDevil's HorsewhipSoap23
Aesculus californicaCalifornian BuckeyeSoap31
Aesculus chinensisChinese Horse ChestnutSoap31
Aesculus flavaSweet BuckeyeSoap40
Aesculus glabraOhio BuckeyeSoap21
Aesculus hippocastanumHorse ChestnutSoap34
Aesculus indicaIndian Horse ChestnutSoap31
Aesculus parvifloraSoap21
Aesculus paviaRed BuckeyeSoap21
Aesculus turbinataJapanese Horse ChestnutSoap20
Aesculus x carneaRed Horse ChestnutSoap21
Agave americanaAgaveSoap33
Agave parryiCentury PlantSoap31
Agave utahensis discretaCentury PlantSoap31
Agave utahensis eborispinaCentury PlantSoap31
Anagallis arvensisScarlet PimpernelSoap22
Anemarrhena asphodeloidesZhi MuSoap03
Arctostaphylos manzanitaManzanitaSoap31
Asparagus racemosusShatavariSoap35
Astragalus garbancilloSoap00
Atriplex lentiformisQuail BushSoap31
Camellia sasanquaCamelliaSoap31
Ceanothus speciesSoap00
Ceanothus americanusNew Jersey TeaSoap33
Ceanothus arboreusCatalina Mountain LilacSoap00
Ceanothus cuneatusBuckbrushSoap21
Ceanothus divergensCropleaf CeanothusSoap00
Ceanothus fendleriFendler's CeanothusSoap21
Ceanothus impressusSanta Barbara CeanothusSoap00
Ceanothus integerrimusDeer BrushSoap21
Ceanothus maritimusMaritime CeanothusSoap00
Ceanothus ovatusSmaller Red-RootSoap21
Ceanothus prostratusSquaw CarpetSoap00
Ceanothus purpureusHollyleaf CeanothusSoap00
Ceanothus sanguineusOregon Tea TreeSoap21
Ceanothus thyrsiflorusBlue BrushSoap00
Ceanothus velutinusSticky LaurelSoap22
Chenopodium albumFat HenSoap32
Chenopodium californicumCalifornia GoosefootSoap21
Chenopodium quinoaQuinoaSoap40
Chlorogalum pomeridianumSoap LilySoap32
Clethra alnifoliaSweet Pepper BushSoap00
Cornus hemsleyiSoap00
Cucurbita foetidissimaBuffalo GourdSoap32
Dianthus caryophyllusCarnationSoap22
Dioscorea deltoideaYamSoap22
Elaeagnus commutataSilverberrySoap32
Euphorbia thomsonianaSoap01
Ginkgo bilobaMaidenhair TreeSoap55
Gleditsia caspicaCaspian LocustSoap10
Gleditsia japonicaSoap31
Gleditsia macracanthaSoap01
Gleditsia sinensisSoap33
Gutierrezia sarothraeBroomweedSoap02
Gymnocladus chinensisSoap TreeSoap20
Gymnocladus dioicaKentucky Coffee TreeSoap32
Gypsophila licentianaSoap10
Gypsophila struthiumSoap02
Hedera helixIvySoap03
Herniaria hirsutaHairy Rupture WortSoap01
Ilex cassineCassineSoap11
Ipomopsis aggregataSkyrocketSoap12
Leontice leontopetalumRakafSoap11
Lychnis flos-cuculiRagged RobinSoap00
Lychnis fulgensSoap10
Marah macrocarpusChilicotheSoap02
Mesembryanthemum crystallinumIce PlantSoap31
Panax japonicusJapanese GinsengSoap11
Philadelphus coronariusMock OrangeSoap00
Philadelphus delavayiSoap00
Philadelphus lewisiiMock OrangeSoap01
Philadelphus microphyllusLittleleaf Mock OrangeSoap10
Philadelphus pubescensSoap00
Philadelphus purpurascensSoap00
Philadelphus x virginalisSoap00
Phytolacca americanaPokeweedSoap33
Pittosporum crassifoliumKaroSoap00
Pittosporum phillyreoidesWeeping PittosporumSoap21
Polygonum lapathifoliumCurlytop KnotweedSoap11
Polygonum nepalenseSoap11
Populus trichocarpaWestern Balsam PoplarSoap13
Pteridium aquilinumBrackenSoap22
Pteridium aquilinum esculentumBrackenSoap22
Quillaja saponariaSoap-Bark TreeSoap03
Rubus parviflorusThimbleberrySoap33
Sapindus drummondiiWestern SoapberrySoap11
Sapindus marginatusSoapberrySoap10
Saponaria ocymoidesTumbling TedSoap00
Saponaria officinalisSoapwortSoap03
Shepherdia canadensisBuffalo BerrySoap32
Silene acaulisMoss CampionSoap11
Silene dioicaRed CampionSoap00
Silene latifoliaWhite CampionSoap00
Silene vulgarisBladder CampionSoap21
Symphoricarpos albus laevigatusSnowberrySoap12
Trichosanthes ovigeraJapanese Snake GourdSoap22
Withania somniferaAshwagandhaSoap13
Yucca aloifoliaSpanish BayonetSoap31
Yucca angustissimaSoap30
Yucca baccataSpanish BayonetSoap41
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