Spicy, resinous, pungent

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1	*Abies balsamea* ABIETACEAE	balsam fir balm of Gilead	young shoots are aromatic and spicy	Shoots	Mild
2	*Acacia dealbata* ACACIACEAE	silver wattle	extremely fragrant. stinky garlic smelling rootbark	Roots	Mild
3	*Achillea millefolium* COMPOSITAE	yarrow milfoil thousand seal nosebleed	pungent odor	Leaves	Mild
4	*Achillea moschata* COMPOSITAE		musk scented	Leaves	Mild
5	*Achillea odorata* COMPOSITAE		warm scented	Flowers	Faint
6	*Acorus calamus* ACORACEAE	calamus bacc sweetflag	curiously scented leaves; aromatic slightly acid taste	Leaves	Mild
7	*Acorus gramineus* ACORACEAE	sweetflag	spicy cinnamon. curiously scented leaves	Leaves	Mild
8	*Adoxa moschatellina* ADOXACEAE	muskroot	musk scented	Flowers	Mild
9	*Aethionema pulchelum* CRUCIFERAE		spicy odor	Flowers	Mild
10	*Agastache anethiodora* LABIATAE	giant hyssop	strong anise-scented aroma. anise scented	Leaves Flowers	Mild
11	*Ajuga chamaepitys*	yellow bugle	pungent turpentine odor throughout whole plant	Whole plant	Mild
12	*Alpinia nutans* ALPINIACEAE	shell flower	flowers are fragrant; ginger-like roots	Flowers Roots	Mild
13	*Alpinia officinarum* ALPINIACEAE	lesser galangal gao liang galingal	ginger-like roots used for liqueur	Roots	Mild
14	*Amomum cardamon* AMOMACEAE		ginger-like odor when crushed	Leaves	Mild
15	*Anemopsis californica* SAURURACEAE	yerba mansa apache beads	pungent roots	Roots	Mild
16	*Anethum graveolens* UMBELLIFERAE	dill	fragrant leaves. pungently fragrant	Leaves	Mild
17	*Angelica archangelica* ANGELICACEAE	angelica	whole plant has mild musky pleasing scent	Whole plant	Mild
18	*Angelica atropurpurea* ANGELICACEAE	swamp angelica masterwort	root has strong odor and aromatic taste	Roots	Strong
19	*Anisotome latifolia* UMBELLIFERAE		aromatic	Leaves	Mild
20	*Anthemis montana* ANTHEMIDACEAE		aromatic foliage	Leaves	Mild
21	*Anthemis nobilis* ANTHEMIDACEAE	chamomile	flowers have tonic odor; leaves have tonic odor; bitter taste	Flowers Leaves	Mild
22	*Anthericum liliastrum* ANTHERICACEAE	St. Bruno's lily	scented like the Madonna lily	Flowers	Faint
23	*Anthriscus cerefolium*	chervil	anise-parsely leaves. parsley like	Leaves	Mild
24	*Apios tuberosa* LEGUMINOSAE	ground-nut ground-pea traveler's delight	freesia-like scent noticeable from a distance	Flowers	Strong
25	*Aponogeton distachyus* APONOGETONACEAE	cape pondweed water hawthorn	delicate hawthorn-like scent	Flowers	Faint
26	*Aquilegia suaveolens* AQUILEGIACEAE		fragrance of peaches and musk	Flowers	Mild
27	*Aralia californica* ARALIACEAE	California spikenard elk clover	pungent	Leaves	Mild
28	*Aralia nudicaulis* ARALIACEAE	wild sarsaparilla	aromatic roots similar to sarsaparilla	Roots	Mild
29	*Aralia quinquefolium* ARALIACEAE	American ginseng	aromatic and bitter; this is the commercial product	Corm	Mild
30	*Aralia spinosa* ARALIACEAE	devil's walking stick	leaves have pleasing odor; bark has pleasing peculiar odor	Leaves Bark	Mild
31	*Arctostaphylos vitus-idaea* ARCTOSTAPHYLACEAE	alpine cranberry	sweet and spicy	Flowers	Mild
32	*Arenaria groenlandica*	Greenland sandwort	pungent scent	Leaves	Faint
33	*Arnica montana* COMPOSITAE	mountain arnica	aromatic	Leaves	Mild
34	*Arnica montanca* COMPOSITAE		aromatic foliage	Leaves	Mild
35	*Artemisia abrotanum* ARTEMISIACEAE	southernwood old man lad's love	bland but refreshing. aromatic foliage	Leaves	Mild
36	*Artemisia absinthium* ARTEMISIACEAE	wormwood absinthe	bitter and acrid smell	Leaves	Mild
37	*Artemisia camphorata* ARTEMISIACEAE		camphor scented	Leaves	Mild
38	*Artemisia canadensis* ARTEMISIACEAE		aromatic foliage	Leaves	Mild
39	*Artemisia dracunculus* ARTEMISIACEAE	tarragon green sagebrush	very aromatic	Leaves	Strong
40	*Artemisia frigida* ARTEMISIACEAE	prairie sagewort carpet sagebrush	agreeable and balmy. aromatic foliage	Leaves	Mild
41	*Artemisia glacialis* ARTEMISIACEAE		aromatic foliage	Leaves	Mild
42	*Artemisia mutellina* ARTEMISIACEAE		aromatic foliage	Leaves	Mild
43	*Artemisia rupestris* ARTEMISIACEAE		aromatic foliage	Leaves	Mild
44	*Asarum canadensis* ASARACEAE	wildginger	leaves and stolons are strongly aromatic	Leaves Stolons	Mild
45	*Asarum caudatum* ASARACEAE	British Columbia wildginger	leaves and stolons are strongly aromatic	Leaves Stolons	Mild
46	*Ascarina lucida* CHLORANTHACEAE		aromatic	Leaves	Mild
47	*Asimina triloba* ANNONACEAE	pawpaw custard banana poor man's banana	strong peculiar odor when bruised	Leaves	Strong
48	*Aspidium noveboracense* DRYOPTERIDACEAE	New York fern	fragrant when crushed	Leaves	Mild
49	*Audibertia nivea* LABIATAE	white ball sage	strong sage odor	Leaves	Strong
50	*Audibertia stachyoides* LABIATAE	black ball sage	strong sage odor	Leaves	Strong
51	*Babiana plicata* IRIDACEAE		clove-carnation like fragrance	Flowers	Mild
52	*Babiana sambucina* IRIDACEAE		elder-like scent	Flowers	Mild
53	*Barosma* RUTACEAE		highly aromatic	Leaves	Strong
54	*Benzoin aestivale*	spice bush Benjamin bush	leaves are fragrant; bark and fruit are aromatic	Leaves Bark Fruit	Mild
55	*Betula alba* BETULACEAE	bj�rk white birch	bark oil used in Russian leather tanning	Bark	Mild
56	*Boussingaultia baselloides*	Madeira vine mignonette vine	hawthorn scented	Flowers	Mild
57	*Calamintha alpina* LABIATAE		strongly aromatic	Leaves	Strong
58	*Calandrinia caulescens*	wild portulaca red maids	musky delicate perfume	Flowers	Faint
59	*Calendula* CALENDULACEAE	marigold	bitter pungent aroma	Flowers	Mild
60	*Callistemon citrinus*	crimson bottlebrush	fragrant when crushed	Leaves	Mild
61	*Campanula lactiflora* CAMPANULACEAE	milky bellflower	new mown hay. pleasant warm scent	Flowers	Mild
62	*Camphorosma monspeliacum*		camphor scented	Leaves	Mild
63	*Cananga odorata* ANNONACEAE	ilang-ilang ylang-ylang flower-of-flowers	most exquisite mixture of hyacinth, narcissus, and clove	Flowers	Strong
64	*Canella alba* CANELLACEAE	wild cinnamon	flowers are musk scented; cinnamon scented oil comes from the bark	Flowers Bark	Mild
65	*Canthium parviflorum*		flowers are fragrant; leaves are pungent	Flowers Leaves	Mild
66	*Capparis spinosa* CAPPARACEAE	caper	aromatic and spicy unopened buds are edible	Buds	Mild
67	*Carduus nutans* CARDUACEAE	musk thistle	musk scented in warm weather	Flowers	Mild
68	*Carya ovata* JUGLANDACEAE	shagbark hickory	strongly aromatic when crushed	Leaves	Strong
69	*Caryopteris mastacanthus*		rich and pungent	Leaves	Mild
70	*Caryopteris mongolica*		aromatic	Leaves	Mild
71	*Catalpa bignonioides*	southern catalpa Indian bean candle tree	strongly scented leaves	Leaves	Strong
72	*Cattleya eldorado*	epiphytic orchid	spicy rose scent towards evening	Flowers	Mild
73	*Cattleya schroedriana*	epiphytic orchid	hawthorn-like fragrance	Flowers	Mild
74	*Ceanothus cuneatus* RHAMNACEAE	buckbrush	spice scented leaves and twigs	Leaves	Mild
75	*Ceanothus velutinus* RHAMNACEAE	tobacco brush	flowers are scented; leaves are cinnamon scented	Flowers Leaves	Mild
76	*Cedrela odorata* CEDRELACEAE	Spanish cedar West Indian cedar	highly aromatic wood	Wood	Strong
77	*Cedronella cana* LABIATAE		aromatic leaves. aromatic leaves when rubbed	Leaves	Mild
78	*Cedronella mexicana* LABIATAE		aromatic leaves when rubbed	Leaves	Mild
79	*Cedronella triphylla* LABIATAE	Balm of Gilead	delightful mix of lemon-leaf and camphor when crushed	Leaves	Mild
80	*Ceratiola ericoides* EMPETRACEAE	sand heath Florida rosemary	aromatic leaves	Leaves	Mild
81	*Chamaebatia foliolosa* ROSACEAE	mountain misery bear mat	strong smelling disagreeable resinous odor	Leaves	Strong
82	*Chamaebatiaria millefolium* ROSACEAE	fernbush	aromatic	Leaves	Mild
83	*Chamaecyparis thyoides* CUPRESSACEAE	white cedar coastal plain cedar	slightly fragrant wood	Wood	Faint
84	*Chenopodium ambrosioides* CHENOPODIACEAE	epazote Mexican tea wormseed American wormseed	strong smelling	Leaves	Strong
85	*Chimaphila maculata* ERICACEAE		rich oily fragrance	Flowers	Strong
86	*Chimaphila menziesii* ERICACEAE	little prince's pine	Lily-of-the-Valley fragrance	Flowers	Mild
87	*Chiogenes hispidula* ERICACEAE	creeping strawberry	pleasantly spicy; tastes like wintergreen	Leaves	Mild
88	*Choisya ternata*	Mexican orange	eucalyptus like scent	Leaves	Mild
89	*Chrysanthemum*	daisy	bitter pungent aroma	Flowers	Mild
90	*Chrysanthemum arcticum*		strongly aromatic	Leaves	Strong
91	*Chrysanthemum parthenium*	feverfew	pungent flowers. strong bitter odor freely released	Flowers Leaves	Strong
92	*Cinnamomum camphora*	camphor tree	camphor scented wood	Wood	Mild
93	*Cinnamomum cassia*	cassia-bark tree	cinnamon-scented bark	Bark	Mild
94	*Cinnamomum zeylanicum*	true cinnamon	flowers have unpleasant odor; bark is the commecially used cinnamon	Flowers Bark	Strong
95	*Cistus ladaniferus* CISTACEAE	gum rockrose crimson spot rockrose	balsmic scent	Leaves	Mild
96	*Cladanthus arabicus* COMPOSITAE		strong smelling	Flowers	Strong
97	*Clematis crispa* CLEMATIDACEAE	bluebell vine blue jasmine	bergamot fragrance	Flowers	Mild
98	*Clematis davidiana* CLEMATIDACEAE		lemon and spices	Flowers	Mild
99	*Clematis montana* CLEMATIDACEAE		spicy, cloying, sultry, heady aroma of vanilla and almond	Flowers	Mild
100	*Clinopodium coccineum*	scarlet calamint Southern calamint	aromatic foliage	Leaves	Mild
101	*Clusia odorata* GUTTIFERAE	balsam tree	flowers are fragrant; leaves are balsam scented	Flowers Leaves	Mild
102	*Commiphora opobalsamum* BURSERACEAE	Mecca myrrh Balsam of Gilead	the famous Balm of Gilead	Leaves	Mild
103	*Comptonia asplenifolia*	sweet fern sweetgale	sweet resinous and spicy when bruised	Leaves	Mild
104	*Cordyline australis* AGAVACEAE	New Zealand cabbage tree palm lily	Lily-of-the-Valley fragrance	Flowers	Mild
105	*Corokia buddleoides* COROKIACEAE		warm fragrance	Flowers	Mild
106	*Correa alba*	Australian fuchsia	aromatic when bruised	Leaves	Mild
107	*Correa backhouseana*	Australian fuchsia	aromatic when bruised	Leaves	Mild
108	*Correa pulchella*	Australian fuchsia	aromatic when bruised	Leaves	Mild
109	*Correa reflexa*	Australian fuchsia	aromatic when bruised	Leaves	Mild
110	*Covillea glutinosa* ZYGOPHYLLACEAE	creosote bush	strong balsamic odor	Leaves	Strong
111	*Crataegus oxyacantha*	English hawthorn whitethorn May	fragrant hallmark of May,disagreeable to some	Flowers	Mild
112	*Cuminum cyminum*	cumin	the common spice	Leaves	Mild
113	*Cunila mariana*	Maryland ditany stone mint	strongly scented when bruised	Leaves	Strong
114	*Cupressus guadalupensis* CUPRESSACEAE	Guadalupe cypress	fragrant when crushed	Leaves	Mild
115	*Cymbopogon muricatus* GRAMINEAE	cuc-cus vetiver	myrrh-scented roots	Roots	Mild
116	*Cymbopogon nardus* GRAMINEAE	citronella grass	oil extracted from leaves is citronella oil	Leaves	Mild
117	*Cymbopogon schoenanthus* GRAMINEAE	camel grass palmrosa	oil extracted from leaves is Indian geranium oil which has a strong geranium-lik	Leaves	Mild
118	*Cypripedium acaule* CYPRIPEDIACEAE	moccasin flower	slightly spicy and very musky	Flowers	Faint

Last reviewed November 01, 2004

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