botanical record · discovered
Udo
Aralia cordata
Udo · Aralia Sercowata · Aralia del Japón · Herbal aralia, East Asian angelica, East Asian spikenard · Japanese Spikenard · Japanese-asparagus · Japanese-spikenard · aralia du Japon · aralka srdcovitá · arálie Schmidtova · arálie srdčitá · hertta-aralia · herzförmige Aralie · japanische Bergangelika · japonska aralija
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Japan, China, Korea, BE, JP, NO, TW, US
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Food, Stimulant, Stomach, Stomachic
Science studied: ASCORBIC-ACID, ALPHA-BETULENOL, DELTA-CADINENE, CALCIUM
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 cordata
Common names: Udo, Aralia Sercowata, Aralia del Japón, Herbal aralia, East Asian angelica, East Asian spikenard, Japanese Spikenard, Japanese-asparagus, Japanese-spikenard, aralia du Japon, aralka srdcovitá, arálie Schmidtova, arálie srdčitá, hertta-aralia, herzförmige Aralie, japanische Bergangelika, japonska aralija
History
The source record documents this plant in Japan, China, Korea, BE, JP, NO, TW, US.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Food
- Stimulant
- Stomach
- Stomachic
- Tonic
- Carminative
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Japan
- China
- Korea
- BE
- JP
- NO
- TW
- US
Documented cultural uses
- Food
- Stimulant
- Stomach
- Stomachic
- Tonic
- Carminative
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ALPHA-BETULENOL
- DELTA-CADINENE
- CALCIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- DELTA-3-CARENE
- P-CYMENE
- (ENT)-PIMARA-8(14),15-DIEN-19-OIC-ACID
- ETHYL-ACETATE
- ALPHA-FARNESENE
- FIBER
- GERMACRENE-D
- GRANDIFLORIC-ACID
- N-HEXANAL
- 7ALPHA-HYDROXY-(-)-PIMARA-8(14),15-DIEN-19-OIC-ACID
- INTERMEDIOL
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- IRON
- ISOPINOCAMPHONE
- KILOCALORIES
- LAVANDULOL
- ALPHA-LIMONENE
- MYRCENE
- NEOINTERMEDIOL
- OCIMENE
- 7-OXO(-)-PIMARA-8(14),15-DIEN-19-OIC-ACID
- PAEONAL
- ALPHA-PINENE
- TRANS-PINOCAMPHONE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE
- BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDRENE
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- THIAMIN
- ABS/10
- WATER
- ZINGIBERENE
- SODIUM
- FAT
- ASH
- D-CARVONE
- EO
- BETA-EUDESMOL
- ALPHA-GUAIENE
- 7BETA-HYDROXY-(-)-PIMARA-8(14),15-DIEN-19-OIC-ACID
- P-MENTHA-DIEN-4-OL
- NIACIN
- PHOSPHORUS
- BETA-PINENE
- PROTEIN
- DELTA-SELINENE
- VERBENONE
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- ALPHA-HUMULENE
- NEROLIDOL
- SABINENE
- CIS-4,11,11-TRIMETHYL-8-METHYLENE-BICYCLO(7.2.0)UNDEC-4-ENE
- POTASSIUM
- CAMPHENE
- ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID
- TRANS-PINOCARVEOL
- (-)-EPIPIMARIC-ACID
- (-)-PIMARA-8(14),15-DIEN-19-AL
- (-)-PIMARA-8(14),15-DIEN-19-OIC-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.
Reference images
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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