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Devil's Walking Stick
Aralia spinosa
Devil's Walking Stick · Hercules' Club · Prickly Ash · American Angelica Tree · American angelica-tree · Atchòobittabi · Bengala-do-diabo · Devil's walkingstick · Gourdin d'Hercule · Hercules'-club · Herkuleskeule · angelicatree · angélique en arbre · angélique épineuse · aralie épineuse · aralka ostnatá · arálie ostnitá · bâton du diable · devil's walking stick
At a glance
Origin / distribution: US, US(Amerindian), US(Choctaw), US(Koasati)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Bite(Snake), Boil, Collyrium, Cyanogenetic
Science studied: OLEIC-ACID, PETROSELINIC-ACID
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Araliaceae
Scientific name: Aralia spinosa
Common names: Devil's Walking Stick, Hercules' Club, Prickly Ash, American Angelica Tree, American angelica-tree, Atchòobittabi, Bengala-do-diabo, Devil's walkingstick, Gourdin d'Hercule, Hercules'-club, Herkuleskeule, angelicatree, angélique en arbre, angélique épineuse, aralie épineuse, aralka ostnatá, arálie ostnitá, bâton du diable, devil's walking stick
History
The source record documents this plant in US, US(Amerindian), US(Choctaw), Elsewhere, US(Koasati).
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Bite(Snake)
- Boil
- Collyrium
- Cyanogenetic
- Diaphoretic
- Fever
- Poison
- Sore(Eye)
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- Stimulant
- Sudorific
- Suppurative
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- US
- US(Amerindian)
- US(Choctaw)
- Elsewhere
- US(Koasati)
Documented cultural uses
- Bite(Snake)
- Boil
- Collyrium
- Cyanogenetic
- Diaphoretic
- Fever
- Poison
- Sore(Eye)
- Stimulant
- Sudorific
- Suppurative
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- OLEIC-ACID
- PETROSELINIC-ACID
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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