Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aralia californica S.Watson [Araliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
california aralia	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
california spikenard	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
california-ginseng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
california-spikenard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
elk clover	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
elk-clover	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kalifornia-aralia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kalifornische aralie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
western-spikenard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aralia californica var. acuminata S.Watson in T.J.Howell, Fl. N.W. Amer. 1: 271 (1898).
Aralia racemosa var. occidentalis Torr. U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 2: 325 (1874).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aralia californica S. Wats.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Aralia californica S. Watson	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Aralia californica S.Watson	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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