Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american sarsaparilla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
american spikenard	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
american-spikenard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
amerikanische aralie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
aralia racemosa	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
berry-bearing aralia	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
indian root	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indianroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
life-of-man	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lundaralia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
old-man's-root	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
petty morrel	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
petty-morel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
small-spikenard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
spiceberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
spignet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
spikenard	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

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

Aralia racemosa var. foliosa Vict. & J.Rousseau Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 36: 37 (1940).
Aralia racemosa f. foliosa (Vict. & J.Rousseau) Scoggan Fl. Canada 1: 52 (1978).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aralia racemosa	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Aralia racemosa L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Aralia racemosa L. subsp. racemosa	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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