Berberidaceae
116 species
Includes barberry and may-apple; some produce edible berries, others toxic.
Achlys triphylla
Vanilla leaf, Sweet-after-death
Edible: Leaves - oil, Leaves - flavouring
Berberis aggregata
Salmon barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis amoena
Edible: Stems, Leaves, Fruit
Berberis amurensis
Edible: Fruit, Leaves
Berberis angulosa
Large-flowered barberry
Edible: Fruit, Flowers
Berberis aristata
Indian barberry, Nepal Barberry
Edible: Fruit, Flowers, Twigs
Berberis asiatica
Himalayan barberry, Raisin barberry
Edible: Fruit, Flowers
Berberis barandana
Edible: Fruit
Berberis brandisiana
Edible: Fruit
Berberis buxifolia
Magellan barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis bykoviana
Bykovsky barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis calliantha
Edible: Fruit
Berberis canadensis
Allegheny barberry, American barberry
Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Leaves
Berberis capillaris
Edible: Fruit
Berberis chengii
Edible: Fruit
Berberis chinensis
Edible: Fruit
Berberis chingii
Edible: Fruit
Berberis chitria
Chitra
Edible: Fruit
Berberis concinna
Edible: Fruit
Berberis cooperi
Edible: Fruit
Berberis crataegina
Karamuk calisi
Berberis cretica
Edible: Fruit, Leaves
Berberis darwinii
Darwin's barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis empetrifolia
Fuegian barberry, Crown barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis everstiana
Edible: Fruit
Berberis fendleri
Colorado barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis flexuosa
Edible: Fruit
Berberis gagnepainii
Gagnepain's barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis georgii
Barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis glauca
Edible: Fruit
Berberis glaucocarpa
Edible: Fruit
Berberis heterophylla
Michay, Michai
Edible: Fruit
Berberis holstii
Muthundi
Edible: Fruit
Berberis iliensis
Illiyskei barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis insignis
Edible: Shoots
Berberis integerrima
Integrifolius barberry
Edible: Fruit, Bark
Berberis jaeschkeana
Dam, Jaeschke's barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis jamesiana
Edible: Shoots, Stems, Leaves, Fruit
Berberis karkaralensis
Karkara barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis kaschgarica
Berberis koreana
Korean barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis leschenaultii
Edible: Fruit
Berberis liophylla
Edible: Fruit, Flower
Berberis longipes
Edible: Fruit
Berberis lycium
Indian Lycium, Indian barberry
Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Leaves - tea, Flowers
Berberis macrosepala
Edible: Flowers
Berberis moranensis
Edible: Fruit
Berberis mucrifolia
Box-leafed barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis nepalensis
Nepal barberry
Edible: Fruit, Flowers, Shoots
Berberis nummularia
Monetary barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis oblonga
Oblong barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis parisepala
Edible: Fruit
Berberis petiolaris
Edible: Fruit
Berberis pimana
Edible: Fruit
Berberis pruinosa
Edible: Stems, Leaves, Fruit, Flower
Berberis rariflora
Edible: Fruit
Berberis rubrostilla
Edible: Fruit
Berberis ruscifolia
Calapate
Edible: Fruit
Berberis sherriffii
Edible: Fruit
Berberis sibirica
Siberian barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis sieboldii
Edible: Fruit
Berberis sikkimensis
Edible: Fruit
Berberis soulieana
Edible: Fruit
Berberis sphaerocarpa
Spherical fruited barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis swaseyi
Texas barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis thunbergii
Japanese barberry
Edible: Fruit, Leaves
Berberis tinctoria
Edible: Fruit
Berberis tomentosa
Hairy Barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis trifoliata
Algerita
Edible: Fruit
Berberis trifoliolata
Currant of Texas
Edible: Fruit
Berberis ulcina
Edible: Fruit
Berberis umbellata
Kilmora
Edible: Fruit
Berberis verruculosa
Warty barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis vulgaris
Common Barberry, European barberry
Edible: Fruit, Herb, Root - Spice, Leaves
Berberis wallichiana
Berberis weisiensis
Edible: Stems, Leaves, Fruit
Berberis wilsoniae
Wilson barberry
Edible: Fruit
Berberis x carminea
Edible: Fruit
Berberis x lologensis
Edible: Fruit
Berberis x stenophylla
Edible: Fruit
Bongardia chrysogonum
Bongardia, Chrysogonum
Edible: Leaves, Root, Tubers, Flowers
Caulophyllum robustum
Papoose root
Edible: Leaves
Caulophyllum thalictroides
Blue Cohosh, Papoose root, Squawroot, Blue ginseng
Edible: Seeds - coffee, Leaves
Diphylleia grayi
Edible: Fruit
Dysosma pleiantha
Chinese may apple
Edible: Fruit, Caution
Epimedium grandiflorum
Barrenwort, Medion herb, Bishop's hat
Edible: Leaves
Epimedium sagittatum
Barrenwort, Horny goatweed
Edible: Leaves
Jeffersonia diphylla
Twinleaf
Edible: Medicine
Leontice leontopetalum
Rakaf
Mahoberberis aquisargentii
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia aquifolium - (Pursh.)Nutt.
Oregon Grape, Hollyleaved barberry, Oregon Holly Grape, Oregon Holly
Edible: Flowers, Fruit
Mahonia bealei - (Fortune.)Carrière.
Beale's barberry, Leatherleaf Mahonia
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia borealis
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia confusa
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia duclouxiana
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia flavida
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia fortunei - (Lindl.)Fedde.
Fortune's Mahonia
Mahonia fremontii - (Torr.)Fedde.
Mahonia, Fremont's mahonia
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia ganpinensis
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia gracilipes - (Oliv.)Fedde.
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia gracilis - (Hartw.)Fedde.
Mexican Barberry
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia haematocarpa - (Wooton.)Fedde.
Red barberry, Mexican Barberry
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia japonica - (Thunb.)DC.
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia lomariifolia
Chinese hollygrape
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia napaulensis
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia nervosa - (Pursh.)Nutt.
Oregon Grape, Cascade barberry
Edible: Fruit, Leaves
Mahonia nevinii - (Gray.)Fedde.
Nevin's barberry
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia pinnata - (Lag.)Fedde.
California Barberry, Wavyleaf barberry, Island barberry, Creeping Holly Grape
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia pumila - (Greene.)Fedde.
Dwarf Barberry
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia repens - (Lindl.)G.Don.
Creeping Oregon Grape, Creeping barberry, Grape Oregon
Edible: Fruit, Oil
Mahonia swaseyi - (Buckley.)Fedde.
Texas Mahonia, Texas barberry
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia trifoliolata - (Moric.)Fedde.
Threeleaf Barberry, Mexican Barberry, Algerita
Edible: Fruit
Mahonia x media
Edible: Fruit
Nandina domestica
Sacred Bamboo, Heavenly Bamboo
Edible: Fruit, Leaves
Podophyllum peltatum
May apple
Edible: Fruit
Sinopodophyllum hexandrum
Himalayan May apple, Chinese may-apple
Edible: Fruit