Plant Details

Accepted name:: Oplopanax horridus (Sm.) Miq. [Araliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
devil's club	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
devil's walking stick	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
devil's walking-stick	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
devil's-club	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
djävulsklubba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
igelkraftwurz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Fatsia horrida (Sm.) Hemsl. Handb. Hardy Trees: 214 (1873).
Aralia erinacea Hook. Edinburgh J. Sci. 6: 64 (1827).
Aralia occidentalis Schltdl. ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 375 (1844).
Echinopanax horridus (Sm.) Decne. & Planch. ex Harms in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(8): 34 (1894).
Horsfieldia horrida (Sm.) Seem. J. Bot. 5: 237 (1867).
Panax horridus Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 26: n.° 10 (1813).
Ricinophyllum americanum Pall. ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 375 (1844).
Ricinophyllum horridum (Sm.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr. Bot. Gaz. 61: 45 (1916).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Fatsia horrida Bentham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Oplopanax horridus (Sm.) Miq.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Oplopanax horridus (Sm.) Torr. & Gray ex Miq.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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