plant.id
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Identifies plants and diagnoses diseases or pests from photos, with names, taxonomy, toxicity and care info.
Example request
curl -s 'https://plant.id/api/v3/kb/plants/name_search?q=aloe%20vera&limit=10&lang=en' -H "Api-Key: $API_KEY"
Free tier, in plain English
Registration gives 100 free identification credits as a trial. After that you buy prepaid credits, from €0.05 each down to €0.01 at volume.
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