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#REDIRECT [[Lists of useful plants]]
'''Useful plants''' are wildgrowing or cultivated species of [[plant]]s which were or are co-opted by humans to fulfill a particular need.


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* [[Food plants]]
* [[List of culinary herbs and spices|Herbs and spices]]
* [[Medicinal plants‎]]
* [[Fodder|Fodder plants]]
* Plants delivering material for textiles
* Plants delivering [[natural dye]]
* Plants delivering timber


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Also [[Ornamental plant]]s can be included.

Currently 20,000 species of plants are used which is 5 % of all the plant species described. 4900 species are cultivated. 150 of these species deliver 90 % of the food of mankind.<ref>[http://www.spektrum.de/lexikon/biologie/nutzpflanzen/47047 spectrum.de: ''Nutzpflanzen.'']</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Lists of useful plants]]

[[Category:Plants and humans]]

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