Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aralia spinosa 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 angelica-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
angélique épineuse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
devil's walking stick	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
devil's walking-stick	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
devil's walkingstick	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hercule's club	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hercules' club	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hercules'-club	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
herkuleskeule	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
prickly elder	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
prickly-ash	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
taggaralia	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:

Aralia georgica Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 8 (1863).
Aralia leroana K.Koch Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 7: 369 (1864).
Aralia spinosa var. glabra Nutt. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 7 (1863).
Aralia spinosa var. inermis Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 209 (1814).
Aralia spinosa f. subinermis Moldenke Castanea 9: 54 (1944).
Aralia spinosa var. subinermis K.Koch Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 4: 360 (1861).
Chaerophyllum arborescens L. Sp. Pl.: 259 (1753).
Myrrhis arborescens Spreng. Pl. Umbell. Prodr.: 29 (1813).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aralia spinosa L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) 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) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Aralia spinosa L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
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)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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