Araliaceae FAMILY
Aralia racemosa
Aralia racemosa
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
3/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Aralia racemosa is a herbaceous perennial plant with somewhat woody stems; it can grow 60 - 250cm tall from a large, aromatic rootstock[ 1075 Title Systematics and Biogeography of Aralia L. (Araliaceae): Revision of Aralia Sects. Aralia, Humiles, Nanae, and Sciado Publication Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol 57 pp 1 - 172 Author Jun Wen Website http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/pubs/CUSNH/ Publisher Smithsonian Institute; Washington Year 2011 ISBN 0097-1618 Description A detailed revision of four sections of the genus Aralia. ]. The plant is often used in modern herbalism, usually harvested from the wild and often traded. It is also harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEastern N. America - Southern Ontario to New Brunswick, south to Arkansas, Missisippi and Georgia
HabitatRich deciduous forests, wooded slopes, ravines, moist bluffs, riverside forests, creeksides, and streamsides; at elevations from 100 - 1,500 metres[ 1075 Title Systematics and Biogeography of Aralia L. (Araliaceae): Revision of Aralia Sects. Aralia, Humiles, Nanae, and Sciado Publication Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol 57 pp 1 - 172 Author Jun Wen Website http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/pubs/CUSNH/ Publisher Smithsonian Institute; Washington Year 2011 ISBN 0097-1618 Description A detailed revision of four sections of the genus Aralia. ].