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 aurea"
* "Tabebuia chrysotricha"
* "Tabebuia heptaphylla" (Vell.) Toledo
* "Tabebuia impetiginosa"
* "Tabebuia ochracea"
* "Tabebuia rosea" (Bertol.) DC.
* "Tabebuia roseo-alba"
* "Tabebuia serratifolia"
* "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. "C.lanatus" Nakai
* "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)

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* "Aberia" "caffra" Harv. et Sond.

alicaceae

* "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 nepetoides"
* "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: :* "Eucalyptus alba";:* "Eucalyptus camaldulensis" (This plants is usually an excellent choice for beekeeping.);:* "Eucalyptus citriodora";:* "Eucalyptus corymbosa";:* "Eucalyptus drepanophylla";:* "Eucalyptus globulus";:* "Eucalyptus maculata";:* "Eucalyptus melliodora";:* "Eucalyptus microcorys";:* "Eucalyptus oleosa" (This plants is usually an excellent choice for beekeeping.);:* "Eucalyptus paniculata";:* "Eucalyptus citriodora";:* "Eucalyptus redunca" (This plants is usually an excellent choice for beekeeping.);:* "Eucalyptus scabra";:* "Eucalyptus tereticornis";:* "Eucalyptus triantha";:* "Eucalyptus wandoo" (This plants is usually an excellent choice for beekeeping.).
* "Eugenia" "brasiliensis" Lam.
* "Eugenia caryophyllata" 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

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* "Hovenia" "dulcis" Thunb.
* "Rhamnus" "polymorpha" (Reissek) Weberb.
* "Zizyphus" "joazeiro" Mart.

Cannabaceae

* "Celtis" "brasiliensis" Planch.

* "Trema" "micrantha" Blume

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

* "Buddleja" "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.

ee 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") [http://www.epamig.br/produtos/publicacoes/publicacoes.htm Informe Agropecuário] 15 (168): 5-7.
# CÂNDIDO, F. A. (1992) "As árvores e a apicultura." ("Trees and beekeeping.") UFV
# [http://plants.bees.net/gallery/albums.php Michigan bee plants]
# WIESE, H. (1993) "Nova apicultura." ("New beekeeping.") Livraria e Editora Agropecuária

External links

* [http://www.beeclass.com/DTS/master.htm Beekeeping made easy: honey plants]
* [http://www.beeculture.com/storycms/index.cfm?cat=Story&recordID=441 Honey plants by Connie Krochmal]
* [http://www.blessedbee.ca/encyclopedia/honeybee_plants/ Ottawa Valley honeybee plants]