The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 23 ARALIA RAGEMOSA L. Spikenard, American sarsaparilla, old man's root. Araliaceae.—A divaricately branched herb 3 to 5 feet tall, perennial; roots large, fleshy, aromatic; leaves alternate, decom- pound; the leaflets cordate-ovate, pointed, downy, doubly serrate, 2 to 6 inches long; flowers greenish, small, in umbels form- ing large compound panicles; fruit dark purple to reddish brown, berrylike, 5- seeded. The roots collected in the fall. Com- mon to rare in rich woods throughout the state. Con
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 23 ARALIA RAGEMOSA L. Spikenard, American sarsaparilla, old man's root. Araliaceae.—A divaricately branched herb 3 to 5 feet tall, perennial; roots large, fleshy, aromatic; leaves alternate, decom- pound; the leaflets cordate-ovate, pointed, downy, doubly serrate, 2 to 6 inches long; flowers greenish, small, in umbels form- ing large compound panicles; fruit dark purple to reddish brown, berrylike, 5- seeded. The roots collected in the fall. Com- mon to rare in rich woods throughout the state. Contains a bitter volatile oil and a resin. Used as an aromatic, stimulant, diaphoretic, and alterative. ARALIA SPINOSA L. Prickly elder, Hercules' club. Araliaceae.—A spine- and prickle-armed shrub up to 20 feet tall; leaves alternate, bipinnately compound, very large; leaflets many, ovate, serrate, glabrous, 1 to 3 inches long, Y? to 2 inches wide; flowers white, small, in umbels of 10 to 30 forming a very large, branched panicle; fruit black, globose, juicy, 5- seeded. The bark collected. Occurs locally in dry, open places on wooded slopes in the southern tip of the state. Contains the saponin aralien, a volatile oil, and an acrid resin. Supposed to have stimulant and diaphoretic properties.
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