LIST OF HONEY PLANTS

Honeybees usually collect nectar, pollen, or both from the following species of plants, which are called honey plants, for making honey.
'See also:'

★ Forage (honeybee)

★ Honeydew source

★ Nectar source

★ Northern Nectar Sources for Honey Bees

★ Pollen source
==Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)==

★ ''Avicennia'' ''nitida'' Jacq.
==Aceraceae (Maple family)==

★ ''Acer'' ''rubrum'' L. (Red maple)

★ ''Acer saccharinum'' L. (Sugar maple)

★ ''Acer spicatum'' Lam. (Mountain maple)

★ ''Acer pseudoplatanus'' L. (Sycamore maple)
==Agavaceae (Agave family)==

★ ''Agave'' ''sisalana'' Perrine ex Engelm. (Sisal)
==Alstroemeriaceae==

★ ''Alstroemeria'' ''cunea'' Vell.
==Amaranthaceae (Amaranth family)==

★ ''Alternanthera'' ''brasiliana'' Kuntze

★ ''Alternanthera dentata'' (Moench) Stuchlik ex R.E.Fries

★ ''Alternanthera polygonoides'' R.Br. ex Sweet

★ ''Froelichia'' ''humboldtiana'' Seub.

★ ''Froelichia lanata'' Moench

★ ''Gomphrena'' ''canescens'' R.Br.

★ ''Gomphrena demissa'' Mart.

★ ''Gomphrena gardneri'' Moq.
==Anacardiaceae==

★ ''Anacardium'' ''occidentale'' L.

★ ''Anacardium humile'' A.St.-Hil.

★ ''Astronium'' ''fraxinifolium'' Schott

★ ''Lithraea'' ''molleoides'' Engl.

★ ''Mangifera'' ''indica'' L.

★ ''Myracrodruon'' ''urundeuva'' M.Allemão

★ ''Schinus'' ''molle'' L.

★ ''Schinus terebinthifolius'' Raddi

★ ''Schinopsis'' ''brasiliensis'' Engl.

★ ''Spondias'' ''lutea'' L.

★ ''Spondias mombin'' L.

★ ''Spondias tuberosa'' Arruda

★ ''Tapirira'' ''guianensis'' Aubl.

★ ''Tapirira marchandii'' Engl.
==Apiaceae (Parsley and carrot family)==

★ ''Apium'' ''graveolens'' L.

★ ''Daucus'' ''carota'' L.

★ ''Pastinaca'' ''sativa'' L.

★ ''Petroselinum'' ''sativum'' Hoffm.
==Apocynaceae (Dogbane family) ==
All the plants of this family are found in the tropics and subtropics.

★ ''Aspidosperma'' ''cylindrocarpon'' Müll.Arg.

★ ''Aspidosperma dasycarpon'' A.DC.

★ ''Aspidosperma macrocarpon'' Mart.

★ ''Aspidosperma parvifolium'' A.DC.

★ ''Aspidosperma polyneuron'' A.DC.

★ ''Aspidosperma populifolium'' A.DC.

★ ''Aspidosperma pruinosum'' Markgr.

★ ''Aspidosperma pyrifolium'' Mart.

★ ''Hancornia'' ''speciosa'' Gomes

★ ''Peschiera'' ''affinis'' Miers

★ ''Rhodocalyx'' ''rotundifolia'' Müll.Arg.

★ ''Tabernaemontana'' ''fuchsiaefolia'' A.DC.
==Aquifoliaceae (Holly family)==

★ ''Ilex'' ''decidua'' Walter

★ ''Ilex glabra'' A.Gray

★ ''Ilex opaca'' Ait.

★ ''Ilex theezans'' Mart.

★ ''Ilex verticillata'' A.Gray
==Araliaceae (Aralia and ivy family)==

★ ''Didymopanax'' ''macrocarpum'' Seem.

★ ''Didymopanax vinosum'' Marchal
==Asclepiadaceae==

★ ''Asclepias'' ''tuberosa'' L.
==Arecaceae (Palm family)==
All the plants of this family are found in the tropics and subtropics.

★ ''Acrocomia'' ''aculeata'' Lodd. ex Mart.

★ ''Attalea'' ''speciosa'' Mart.

★ ''Roystonea'' ''elata'' (Bartr.) F.Harper

★ ''Sabal'' ''palmetto'' Lodd. ex Schult.f.

★ ''Syagrus'' ''romanzoffiana'' (Cham.) Glassman (= ''Cocos romanzoffiana'' Cham., or ''Arecastrum romanzoffianum'' (Cham.) Becc.); This plants is usually an excellent choice for beekeeping.
==Asteraceae (Aster, daisy, sunflower family)==

★ ''Ambrosia'' ''polystachya'' DC.

★ ''Baccharis'' ''dracunculifolia'' DC.; This plants is usually an excellent choice for beekeeping.

★ ''Baccharis genistelloides'' Pers.

★ ''Baccharis gracilis'' DC.

★ ''Baccharis halimifolia'' L.

★ ''Baccharis ligustrina'' DC.

★ ''Baccharis platypoda'' DC.

★ ''Baccharis punctulata'' DC.

★ ''Baccharis serrula'' Sch.Bip.

★ ''Baccharis sessifolia'' L.

★ ''Baccharis tridentata'' Vahl

★ ''Bidens'' ''cernua'' L. (= ''Bidens glaucescens'' Greene)

★ ''Bidens pilosa'' L.

★ ''Cichorium'' ''intybus'' L.

★ ''Cirsium'' ''arvense'' (L.) Scop. (= ''Carduus arvense'', or ''Cirsium incanum'')

★ ''Cirsium vulgare'' (Savi) Ten. (= ''Carduus vulgaris'', ''Carduus lanceolatus'', or ''Cirsium lanceolatum'')

★ ''Centaurea'' ''biebersteinii'' (Jaub. et Spach) Walp.

★ ''Centratherum'' ''punctatum'' Cass.

★ ''Cosmos'' ''sulphureus'' Cav.

★ ''Echinops'' ''sphaerocephalus'' L.

★ ''Eremanthus'' ''sphaerocephalus'' Baker

★ ''Eupatorium'' ''itatiayense'' Hieron.

★ ''Eupatorium maculatum'' L.

★ ''Eupatorium maximiliani'' Schrad. ex DC.

★ ''Eupatorium purpureum'' L.

★ ''Eupatorium squalidum'' DC.

★ ''Helianthus'' ''annuus'' L. (Sunflower)

★ ''Helianthus tuberosus'' L. (Jerusalem artichoke)

★ ''Liatris'' ''spicata'' Willd.

★ ''Mikania'' ''cordifolia'' Willd.

★ ''Mikania hirsutissima'' DC.

★ ''Mikania microphylla'' Sch.Bip. ex Baker

★ ''Mikania speciosa'' DC.

★ ''Mikania sessilifolia'' DC.

★ ''Moquinia'' ''polymorpha'' DC.

★ ''Oligoneuron'' ''rigidum'' Small (= ''Solidago rigida'' L.)

★ ''Piptocarpha'' ''notata'' Baker

★ ''Piptocarpha rotundifolia'' Baker

★ ''Sonchus'' ''arvensis'' L.

★ ''Senecio'' ''brasiliensis'' Less.

★ ''Solidago'' ''chilensis'' Meyen

★ ''Symphyotrichum'' ''novae-angliae'' (L.) G.L.Nesom

★ ''Taraxacum'' ''officinale'' Weber

★ ''Trichogonia'' ''salviaefolia'' Gardner

★ ''Trixis'' ''antimenorrhoea'' Mart. ex Baker

★ ''Verbesina'' ''alternifolia'' Britton ex Kearney

★ ''Vernonia'' ''apiculata'' Mart. ex DC.

★ ''Vernonia argyrophylla'' Less.

★ ''Vernonia diffusa'' Less.

★ ''Vernonia herbacea'' Rusby

★ ''Vernonia lacunosa'' Mart. ex DC.

★ ''Vernonia linearis'' D.Don ex Hook. et Arn.

★ ''Vernonia patens'' Kunth

★ ''Vernonia polyanthes'' Less.; This plants is usually an excellent choice for beekeeping.

★ ''Vernonia scorpioides'' Pers.

★ ''Vernonia virgata'' Gagnep.

★ ''Zinnia'' ''multiflora'' L.
==Bignoniaceae (Trumpet creeper family)==
All the plants of this family are found mostly in the tropics or subtropics.

★ ''Campsis'' ''radicans'' Seem. (= ''Bignonia radicans'', or ''Tecoma radicans'')

★ ''Catalpa'' ''bignonioides'' Walter

★ ''Catalpa speciosa'' Warder ex Engelm.

★ ''Cybistax'' ''antisyphilitica'' (Mart.) Mart.

★ ''Jacaranda'' ''brasiliana'' Pers.

★ ''Jacaranda caroba'' Hort. ex Lem.

★ ''Jacaranda decurrens'' Cham.

★ ''Jacaranda paucifoliolata'' Mart. ex DC.

★ ''Memora'' ''glaberrima'' K.Schum.

★ ''Memora nodosa'' Miers

★ ''Podranea'' ''ricasoliana'' (Tanfani) T. Sprague

★ ''Pyrostegia'' ''ignea'' Presl

★ ''Pyrostegia venusta'' Miers

★ ''Tabebuia'' ''alba'' (Cham.) Sandwith

★ ''Tabebuia avellanedae'' Lorentz ex Griseb.

★ ''Tabebuia aurea'' (Silva Manso) Benth. et Hook.f. ex S.Moore (=''Tabebuia cariba'' (Mart.) Bureau)

★ ''Tabebuia chrysotricha'' (Mart. ex DC.) Standl.

★ ''Tabebuia heptaphylla'' (Vell.) Toledo

★ ''Tabebuia impetiginosa'' (Mart. ex DC.) Standl.

★ ''Tabebuia ochracea'' (Cham.) Standl.

★ ''Tabebuia rosea'' (Bertol.) DC.

★ ''Tabebuia roseo-alba'' (Ridl.) Sandwith

★ ''Tabebuia serratifolia'' G.Nicholson

★ ''Tabebuia vellosoi'' Toledo

★ ''Zeyheria'' ''digitalis'' (Vell.) Hoehne et Kuhlm.
==Bixaceae (Achiote family)==

★ ''Bixa'' ''orellana'' L.
==Bombacaceae (see also Malva family)==

★ ''Bombax'' ''campestre'' K.Schum.

★ ''Bombax tomentosum'' A.Juss.

★ ''Chorisia'' ''speciosa'' A.St.-Hil.

★ ''Eriotheca'' ''gracilipes'' (K.Schum.) A.Robyns

★ ''Pseudobombax'' ''grandiflorum'' (Cav.) A.Robyns
==Boraginaceae (Borage or Forget-me-not family) ==

★ ''Auxemma'' ''glazioviana'' Taub.

★ ''Auxemma oncocalyx'' Taub.

★ ''Cordia'' ''alliodora'' Cham.

★ ''Cordia campestris'' Warm.

★ ''Cordia corymbosa'' G.Don

★ ''Cordia hypoleuca'' DC.

★ ''Cordia insignis'' Cham.

★ ''Cordia leucocephala'' Moric.

★ ''Cordia nodosa'' Lam.

★ ''Cordia trichotoma'' (Vell.) Steud.

★ ''Cordia verbenacea'' DC.

★ ''Echium'' ''plantagineum'' L.

★ ''Echium simplex'' DC.

★ ''Echium virescens'' DC.

★ ''Echium wildpretii'' H.Pearson ex Hook.f.

★ ''Patagonula'' ''americana'' L.
==Brassicaceae (Mustard family or cabbage family)==

★ ''Brassica'' ''campestris'' L.

★ ''Brassica juncea'' Coss.

★ ''Brassica napus'' L.

★ ''Brassica oleracea'' L. var. ''botrytis'' L.

★ ''Brassica oleracea'' L. var. ''capitata''

★ ''Brassica oleracea'' L. var. ''gemnifera''

★ ''Brassica oleracea'' L. var. ''gongyloides''

★ ''Eruca'' ''sativa'' Mill.

★ ''Sinapis'' ''alba'' L.
==Caesalpinioideae==

★ ''Apuleia'' ''molaris'' Spruce ex Benth.

★ ''Bauhinia'' ''forficata'' Link

★ ''Cassia'' ''ferruginea'' (Schrad.) DC.

★ ''Cassia grandis'' L.f.

★ ''Caesalpinia'' ''echinata'' Lam.

★ ''Caesalpinia ferrea'' Mart.

★ ''Caesalpinia peltophoroides'' Benth.

★ ''Caesalpinia pyramidalis'' Tul.

★ ''Caesalpinia microphylla'' Mart.

★ ''Copaifera'' ''langsdorfii'' Desf.

★ ''Copaifera oblongifolia'' Mart. ex Hayne

★ ''Delonix'' ''regia'' Raf.

★ ''Hymenaea'' ''courbaril'' var. ''stilbocarpa'' (Hayne) Y.T.Lee et Langenh.

★ ''Schizolobium'' ''parahyba'' (Vell.) Blake

★ ''Sclerolobium aureum'' Baill.

★ ''Sclerolobium paniculatum'' Vogel

★ ''Senna'' ''martiana'' (Benth.) H.S.Irwin et Barneby

★ ''Senna multijuga'' (Rich.) H.S.Irwin et Barneby

★ ''Senna speciosa'' Roxb.

★ ''Senna splendida'' (Vogel) H.S.Irwin et Barneby
==Capparaceae (Caper family)==

★ ''Cleome'' ''gynandra'' L.
==Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)==

★ ''Lonicera'' ''japonica'' Thunb. ex A.Murray
==Caryocaraceae==
All the plants of this family are found only in the neotropics.

★ ''Caryocar'' ''brasiliense'' Cambess.
==Caryophyllaceae (Carnation family)==

★ ''Saponaria'' ''officinalis'' L.
==Chrysobalanaceae==
found in tropics or sub-tropics

★ ''Couepia'' ''grandiflora'' Benth.

★ ''Parinari'' ''obtusifolia'' Hook.f.

★ ''Hirtella'' ''glandulosa'' Spreng.

★ ''Hirtella martiana'' Hook.f.
==Clethraceae==

★ ''Clethra'' ''scabra'' Pers.
==Clusiaceae==

★ ''Kielmeyera'' ''coriacea'' Mart. & Zucc.
==Cochlospermaceae==

★ ''Cochlospermum'' ''regium'' Pilg.
==Combretaceae==

★ ''Terminalia'' ''argentea'' Mart.

★ ''Terminalia brasiliensis'' Eichl.

★ ''Terminalia fagifolia'' Mart.
==Commelinaceae==

★ ''Commelina'' ''agraria'' Kunth

★ ''Tradescantia'' ''virginica'' L.
==Convolvulaceae (Bindweed or morning glory family)==

★ ''Ipomoea'' ''purpurea'' Roth

★ ''Ipomoea batatoides'' Benth.

★ ''Jacquemontia'' ''blanchetii'' Moric.

★ ''Rivea'' ''corymbosa'' (L.) Hallier f.
==Cucurbitaceae (Melon, cucumber, calabash, squash family)==

★ ''Cayaponia'' ''ficifolia'' Cogn.

★ ''Citrullus'' ''vulgaris'' Schrad.

★ ''Cucumis'' ''mello'' L.

★ ''Cucumis sativus'' L.

★ ''Cucurbita'' ''maxima'' Duchesne

★ ''Cucurbita pepo'' L.

★ ''Luffa'' ''cylindrica'' M.Roem.
==Cunoniaceae==

★ ''Lamonia'' ''speciosa'' (Cambess.) L.B.Sm.
==Dilleniaceae==

★ ''Curatella'' ''americana'' L.

★ ''Davilla'' ''rugosa'' Poir.
==Ebenaceae==

★ ''Diospyros'' ''kaki'' L.f.
==Ericaceae (Blueberry, Heather family)==

★ ''Arctostaphylos'' ''uva-ursi'' (L.) Spreng.

★ ''Vaccinium'' ''angustifolium'' Ait.

★ ''Vaccinium corymbosum'' L.

★ ''Oxydendron'' ''arboreum'' Nearby
==Erythroxylaceae (Coca family)==

★ ''Erythroxylum'' ''campestre'' A.St.-Hil.

★ ''Erythroxylum suberosum'' A.St.-Hil.

★ ''Erythroxylum tortuosum'' Mart.
==Escalloniaceae==

★ ''Escallonia'' ''montevidensis'' DC.
==Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)==

★ ''Alchornea'' ''iricurana'' Casar.

★ ''Alchornea triplinervia'' (Spreng.) Müll.Arg.

★ ''Aleurites'' ''fordii'' Hemsl.

★ ''Croton'' ''floribundus'' Spreng.

★ ''Croton macrobothrys'' Baill.

★ ''Croton salutaris'' Casar.

★ ''Dalechampia'' ''humilis'' Müll.Arg.

★ ''Euphorbia'' ''mellifera'' Seub.

★ ''Euphorbia pulcherrima'' Willd. ex Klotzsch

★ ''Julocroton'' ''triqueter'' Baill.

★ ''Phyllanthus'' ''acidus'' (L.) Skeels

★ ''Ricinus'' ''communis'' L.

★ ''Sapium'' ''sebiferum'' (L.) Roxb.
==Faboideae (Legume family)==

★ ''Andira'' ''inermis'' (Wright) DC.

★ ''Amburana'' ''cearensis'' (= ''Torresea cearensis'' M.Allemão) (M.Allemão) A.C.Smith

★ ''Centrolobium'' ''robustum'' Mart. ex Benth.

★ ''Gliricidia'' ''sepium'' (Jacq.) Steud

★ ''Geoffraea'' ''spinosa'' Jacq.

★ ''Machaerium'' ''acutifolium'' Vogel

★ ''Machaerium scleroxylon'' Tul.

★ ''Medicago'' ''sativa'' L.

★ ''Melilotus'' ''alba'' Medik.

★ ''Melilotus officinalis'' Lam.

★ ''Myrocarpus'' ''frondosus'' M.Allemão

★ ''Sweetia'' ''fruticosa'' var. ''fruticosa'' Spreng. (= ''Ferreirea spectabilis'' M.Allemão)
==Flacourtiaceae==

★ ''Aberia'' ''caffra'' Harv. et Sond.

★ ''Banara'' ''parviflora'' Benth.

★ ''Casearia'' ''decandra'' Jacq.

★ ''Casearia sylvestris'' Sw.
==Hamamelidaceae==

★ ''Liquidambar'' ''styraciflua'' L.
==Iridaceae==

★ ''Crocus'' ''vernus'' (L.) Hill
==Lamiaceae (Mint family)==

★ ''Agastache'' ''foeniculum'' Kuntze

★ ''Agastache nepatoides''

★ ''Eriope'' ''crassipes'' Benth.

★ ''Hyptis'' ''brevipes'' Poit.

★ ''Hyptis cana'' Pohl ex Benth.

★ ''Hyptis nudicaulis'' Benth.

★ ''Hyptis suaveolens'' Poit.

★ ''Hyptis umbrosa'' Salzm. ex Benth.

★ ''Lavandula'' spp. L.

★ ''Leonurus'' cardiaca L.

★ ''Leonurus sibiricus'' L.

★ ''Monarda fistulosa'' L.

★ ''Nepeta'' ''cataria'' L.

★ ''Nepeta × faassenii''

★ ''Nepeta mussinii'' Spreng. ex Henckel

★ ''Nepeta siberica'' (= ''Nepeta macrantha'', ''Dracocephalum sibiricum'')

★ ''Pycnanthemum'' ''tenuifolium'' Schrad.

★ ''Pycnanthemum verticillatum'' Pursh var. pilosum (Nutt.) T.S.Cooperrider

★ ''Pycnanthemum virginianum'' Trel. ex Branner et Coville

★ ''Salvia'' ''splendens'' Ker Gawl.

★ ''Thymus'' ''serpyllum'' L.

★ ''Vitex'' ''sellowiana'' Cham.
==Lauraceae (Laurel family)==

★ ''Nectandra'' ''cuspidata'' Nees et Mart. ex Nees

★ ''Nectandra rigida'' Nees

★ ''Persea'' ''americana'' Mill.

★ ''Persea gratissima'' Gaertn.

★ ''Ocotea'' ''kuhlmanni'' Vattimo

★ ''Ocotea pretiosa'' Mez
==Lecythidaceae==

★ ''Cariniana'' ''legalis'' Kuntze

★ ''Cariniana estrellensis'' Kuntze
==Liliaceae (Lily family)==

★ ''Allium'' ''cepa'' L.

★ ''Allium sativum'' L.

★ ''Smilax'' ''medica'' Schltdl. et Cham.

★ ''Smilax officinalis'' Griseb.
==Lythraceae==

★ ''Cuphea'' ''carthaginensis'' Macbride

★ ''Cuphea ingrata'' Cham. et Schltdl.

★ ''Cuphea linarioides'' Cham. et Schltdl.

★ ''Cuphea mesostemon'' Koehne

★ ''Heimia'' ''myrtifolia'' Hort.Berol. ex Cham. et Schltdl.

★ ''Lafoensia'' ''pacari'' A.St.-Hil.

★ ''Lagerstroemia'' ''indica'' L.
==Magnoliaceae (Magnolia and tulip tree family)==

★ ''Liriodendron'' ''tulipifera'' L.
==Malpighiaceae==
All the plants of this family are found in the neotropics.

★ ''Banisteriopsis'' ''campestris'' (A.Juss.) Little

★ ''Banisteriopsis clausseniana'' (A.Juss.) W.R.Anderson et B.Gates

★ ''Banisteriopsis gardneriana'' (A.Juss.) W.R.Anderson et B.Gates

★ ''Banisteriopsis pubipetala'' (Juss) Cuatrec.

★ ''Byrsonima'' ''crassa'' Nied.

★ ''Byrsonima crassifolia'' L.Rich

★ ''Byrsonima coccolobifolia'' Kunth

★ ''Byrsonima intermedia'' A.Juss.

★ ''Byrsonima subterranea'' Brade et Markgr.

★ ''Byrsonima verbascifolia'' Rich. ex Juss.

★ ''Heteropteris'' ''aceroides'' Griseb.
==Malvaceae (Malva family)==

★ ''Pavonia'' ''malvaviscoides'' A.St.-Hil.

★ ''Pavonia rosa-campestris'' A.St.-Hil.

★ ''Pavonia speciosa'' Kunth
==Meliaceae (Mahagony family)==

★ ''Cedrela'' ''fissilis'' Vell.

★ ''Cedrela odorata'' Vell.
==Mimosoideae==

★ ''Acacia'' ''farnesiana'' (L.) Willd.

★ ''Acacia paniculata'' Willd.

★ ''Acacia plumosa'' Mart. ex Colla

★ ''Albizia'' ''polyantha'' (Spreng.f.) G.P.Lewis (= ''Pithecelobium multiflorum'' (Kunth)Benth.)

★ ''Albizia polycephala'' (Benth.) Killip ex Record (= ''Pithecellobium polycephalum'' Benth.)

★ ''Anadenanthera'' ''colubrina'' (Vell.) Brenan var. '' cebil'' (Griseb.) Altschul (= ''Anadenanthera macrocarpa'' (Benth.) Brean)

★ ''Anadenanthera contorta'' (Benth.) Brenan

★ ''Anadenanthera falcata'' Speg. (= ''Piptadenia falcata'' Benth.)

★ ''Anadenanthera peregrina'' Speg.

★ ''Calliandra'' ''dysantha'' Benth.

★ ''Enterolobium'' ''contortisiliquum'' (Vell.) Morong

★ ''Enterolobium gummiferum'' (Mart.) Macbride

★ ''Inga'' ''affinis'' DC.

★ ''Inga edulis'' Mart.

★ ''Inga marginata'' Willd.

★ ''Inga paterno'' Harms

★ ''Inga sessilis'' Mart.

★ ''Leucaena'' ''glauca'' Benth.

★ ''Mimosa'' ''acutistipula'' Benth.

★ ''Mimosa bimucronata'' Kuntze

★ ''caesalpiniaefolia'' Benth.

★ ''Mimosa laticifera'' Rizzini et N.F.Mattos

★ ''Mimosa multipinna'' Benth.

★ ''Piptadenia gonoacantha'' Benth.

★ ''Piptadenia paniculata'' Benth.

★ ''Pithecolobium'' ''avaremotemo'' Mart.

★ ''Pithecolobium diversifolium'' Benth.

★ ''Pithecolobium dumosum'' Benth. (= ''Chloroleucon dumosum'' (Benth.) G.P.Lewis)

★ ''Pithecellobium'' ''inopinatum'' (Harms) Ducke

★ ''Stryphnodendron'' ''adstringens'' (Mart.) Coville

★ ''Stryphnodendron obovatum'' Benth.
==Myrsinaceae==

★ ''Rapanea'' ''ferruginea'' Mez (= ''Caballeria ferruginea'' Ruiz et Pav.)

★ ''Rapanea lancifolia'' Mez

★ ''Rapanea umbellata'' Mez
==Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)==

★ ''Campomanesia'' ''adamantium'' Blume

★ ''Campomanesia crenata'' O.Berg

★ ''Campomanesia guazumaefolia'' Blume

★ ''Campomanesia pubescens'' O.Berg

★ ''Campomanesia xanthocarpa'' O.Berg

★ ''Corymbia citriodora'' (Hook.) K.D. Hill & L.A. Johnson

★ ''Eucalyptus'' genus L'Her., specially the following species:
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★ ''Eucalyptus alba'';
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★ ''Eucalyptus camaldulensis'' (This plants is usually an excellent choice for beekeeping.);
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★ ''Eucalyptus citriodora'';
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★ ''Eucalyptus corymbosa'';
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★ ''Eucalyptus drepanophylla'';
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★ ''Eucalyptus maculata'';
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★ ''Eucalyptus melliodora'';
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★ ''Eucalyptus microcorys'';
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★ ''Eucalyptus oleosa'' (This plants is usually an excellent choice for beekeeping.);
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★ ''Eucalyptus paniculata'';
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★ ''Eucalyptus citriodora'';
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★ ''Eucalyptus redunca'' (This plants is usually an excellent choice for beekeeping.);
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★ ''Eucalyptus scabra'';
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★ ''Eucalyptus tereticornis'';
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★ ''Eucalyptus triantha'';
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★ ''Eucalyptus wandoo'' (This plants is usually an excellent choice for beekeeping.).

★ ''Eugenia'' ''brasiliensis'' Lam.

★ ''Eugenia caryophillata'' Thunb. (= ''Syzygium aromaticum'' (L.) Merrill et Perry)

★ ''Eugenia convexinervia'' D.Legrand

★ ''Eugenia dombeyana'' DC.

★ ''Eugenia dysenterica'' DC.

★ ''Eugenia hyemalis'' Cambess.

★ ''Eugenia multicostata'' D.Legrand

★ ''Eugenia pyriformis'' Cambess.

★ ''Eugenia uniflora'' L.

★ ''Myrceugenia'' ''euosma'' (O.Berg) D.Legrand

★ ''Myrcia'' ''rostrata'' DC.

★ ''Myrciaria'' ''cauliflora'' (Mart.) O.Berg

★ ''Myrciaria glomerata'' O.Berg

★ ''Psidium'' ''araca'' Raddi

★ ''Psidium cinereum'' Mart. ex DC.

★ ''Psidium firmum'' O.Berg

★ ''Psidium guajava'' L.
==Ochnaceae==

★ ''Ouratea'' ''castaneifolia'' (DC.) Engl.

★ ''Ouratea floribunda'' Engl.

★ ''Ouratea spectabilis'' Engl.

★ ''Ouratea nana'' Engl.
==Oleaceae (Olive family)==

★ ''Olea'' ''europaea'' L.

★ ''Ligustrum'' ''imatophyllum''

★ ''Ligustrum japonicum'' Thunb.
==Oxalidaceae==

★ ''Averrhoa'' ''carambola'' L.
==Polygonaceae==

★ ''Antigonon'' ''leptopus'' Hook. et Arn.

★ ''Fagopyrum'' ''sagittatum'' Gilib.

★ ''Polygonum'' ''cuspidatum'' Siebold et Zucc.

★ ''Polygonum punctatum'' Raf.
==Passifloraceae (Passion flower family)==

★ ''Passiflora'' ''haematostigma'' Mast.

★ ''Passiflora pohlii'' Mast.
==Poaceae(Gramineae)==

★ ''Paspalum'' ''notatum'' Flüggé

★ ''Saccharum'' ''officinarum'' L.

★ ''Zea'' ''mays'' L.
==Proteaceae==

★ ''Grevillea'' ''banksii'' R.Br.

★ ''Grevillea rosmarinifolia'' A.Cunn.

★ ''Grevillea thelemanniana'' Hueg.

★ ''Roupala'' ''brasiliensis'' Klotzsch

★ ''Roupala cataractarum'' Sleumer

★ ''Roupala heterophylla'' Pohl

★ ''Roupala montana'' Willd.

★ ''Roupala tomentosa'' Pohl
==Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn family)==

★ ''Celtis'' ''brasiliensis'' Planch.

★ ''Hovenia'' ''dulcis'' Thunb.

★ ''Rhamnus'' ''polymorpha'' (Reissek) Weberb.

★ ''Trema'' ''micrantha'' Blume

★ ''Zizyphus'' ''joazeiro'' Mart.
==Rosaceae (Rose family)==

★ ''Eriobotrya'' ''japonica'' (Thunb.) Lindl.

★ ''Prunus'' ''amygdalus'' L.

★ ''Prunus armeniaca'' L.

★ ''Prunus avium'' (L.) L.

★ ''Prunus domestica'' L.

★ ''Prunus persica'' (L.) Batsch

★ ''Pyrus'' ''communis'' L.
==Rubiaceae (Madder, bedstraw, coffee family)==

★ ''Alibertia'' ''sessilis'' K.Schum.

★ ''Borreria'' ''verticillata'' G.Mey.

★ ''Borreria latifolia'' K.Schum.

★ ''Borreria suaveolens'' G.Mey.

★ ''Borreria verbenoides'' Cham. et Schltdl.

★ ''Cephalanthus'' ''occidentalis'' L.

★ ''Chinchona'' spp. L.

★ ''Coffea'' ''arabica'' L.

★ ''Coutarea'' ''hexandra'' (Jacq.) K.Schum.
==Rutaceae==

★ ''Citrus'' genus L., specially the following species:
:
★ ''Citrus aurantifolia'' Swingle
:
★ ''Citrus limonum'' Risso
:
★ ''Citrus medica'' L.
:
★ ''Citrus reticulata'' Blanco
:
★ ''Citrus sinensis'' (L.) Osbeck

★ ''Murraya'' ''paniculata'' (L.) Jack
==Salicaceae (Willow and poplar family)==

★ ''Salix'' ''amygdaloides'' Andersson

★ ''Salix bebbiana'' Sarg.

★ ''Salix caprea'' L.

★ ''Salix discolor'' Muhl.

★ ''Salix nigra'' Marshall
==Sapindaceae (Soapberry family)==

★ ''Cupania'' ''oblongifolia'' Mart.

★ ''Cupania vernalis'' Cambess.

★ ''Dodonaea'' ''viscosa'' Mart.

★ ''Magonia'' ''pubescens'' A.St.-Hil.

★ ''Matayba'' ''guianensis'' Aubl.

★ ''Serjania'' ''erecta'' Radlk.

★ ''Serjania grandifolia'' Sagot ex Radlk.
==Scrophulariaceae==

★ ''Buddleia'' ''brasiliensis'' Jacq.

★ ''Scrophularia'' ''californica'' Cham. et Schltdl.
==Solanaceae (Tomato, potato, egg plant family)==

★ ''Acnistus'' ''arborescens'' Schltdl.

★ ''Acnistus cauliflorus'' Schott

★ ''Solanum paniculatum'' L.
==Styracaceae==

★ ''Styrax'' ''camporum'' Pohl

★ ''Styrax ferrugineus'' Nees et Mart.
==Sterculiaceae==

★ ''Guazuma'' ''ulmifolia'' Lam.

★ ''Sterculia'' ''striata'' A.St.-Hil. et Naudin

★ ''Dombeya'' ''natalensis'' Sond.

★ ''Dombeya wallichii'' Benth. et Hook.f.

★ ''Waltheria'' ''tomentosa'' (J.R. et G.Forst.) St.John
==Tamaricaceae==

★ ''Tamarix'' ''gallica'' L.
==Tiliaceae (Basswood, linden family)==

★ ''Luehea'' ''candicans'' Mart.

★ ''Luehea divaricata'' Mart.

★ ''Luehea grandiflora'' Mart.

★ ''Luehea paniculata'' Mart.

★ ''Luehea rufescens'' A.St.-Hil.

★ ''Triumfetta'' ''semitriloba'' Jacq.
==Ulmaceae (Elm family)==

★ ''Trema'' ''micrantha'' (L.) Blume
==Urticaceae (Nettle family) ==

★ ''Boehmeria'' ''caudata'' Sw.
==Verbenaceae (Verbena family)==

★ ''Aegiphila'' ''lhotskiana'' Cham.

★ ''Aegiphila tomentosa'' Cham.

★ ''Aloysia'' ''virgata'' (Ruiz et Pav.) Juss. (= ''Lippia urticoides'' (Cham.) Steud.)

★ ''Lantana'' ''camara'' L.

★ ''Lantana lilacina'' Desf.

★ ''Lantana trifolia'' L.

★ ''Lippia'' ''alba'' N.E.Br. ex Britton et P.Wilson

★ ''Lippia candicans'' Hayek

★ ''Petrea'' ''subserrata'' Cham.

★ ''Petrea volubilis'' L.

★ ''Zapania'' ''citriodora'' Lam. (= ''Lippia citriodora'' (Lam.) Kunth)
==Vochysiaceae ==
All the plants of this family are found in the neotropics.

★ ''Qualea'' ''grandifolia'' Mart.

★ ''Qualea multiflora'' Mart.

★ ''Qualea parviflora'' Mart.

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See also

References

External links

See also

★ Toxic honey Describes plants whose nectar results in toxic honey.

References

# BRANDÃO, M.; FERREIRA, P. B. D. (1991). ''Flora Apícola do Cerrado.''(''Honey flora of Cerrado'') Informe Agropecuário 15 (168): 5-7.
# CÂNDIDO, F. A. (1992) ''As árvores e a apicultura.'' (''Trees and beekeeping.'') UFV
# Michigan bee plants
# WIESE, H. (1993) ''Nova apicultura.'' (''New beekeeping.'') Livraria e Editora Agropecuária

External links

★ Beekeeping made easy: honey plants

★ Honey plants by Connie Krochmal

★ Ottawa Valley honeybee plants