WorldFloraDB - Aralia racemosa

Characteristics

Stout unarmed perennial herb to 2 m; lvs few, widely spreading, to 8 dm, the 3 primary divisions pinnately compound; lfls ovate, variable in size on the same lf, the larger to 15 cm, sharply and often doubly serrate, acuminate, obliquely cordate at base; infl a large panicle with numerous umbels; styles connate about half-length; fr dark purple; 2n=24. Rich woods; Que. and N.B. to Minn. and S.D., s. to N.C. and n. Mex. July.

More

A shrub that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1-2.2 m high and spreads 60 cm to 2 m wide. The roots have an aroma. The leaves are compound and 75 cm long. The flowers are small and green-white. They are in flattened heads. The fruit are purple-brown.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

1.2 - 1.5

Mature height (meter)

1.8 - 2.2

Root system

tap-root

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Rich deciduous forests, wooded slopes, ravines, moist bluffs, riverside forests, creeksides, and streamsides; at elevations from 100-1,500 metres.

More

It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The roots are used as an ingredient in root beer. It gives a licorice flavour. The berries are made into jelly. The young leaves are eaten boiled and added to soups.

Uses	environmental use food food additive medicinal
Edible	fruits leaves roots saps shoots
Therapeutic use	Blood Medicine (bark), Gynecological Aid (bark), Kidney Aid (bark), Orthopedic Aid (bark), Urinary Aid (bark), Diaphoretic (fruit), Disinfectant (fruit), Tonic (fruit), Expectorant (fruit), Pediatric Aid (fruit), Stimulant (fruit), Misc. Disease Remedy (root), Tuberculosis Remedy (root), Burn Dressing (root), Dermatological Aid (root), Diaphoretic (root), Disinfectant (root), Tonic (root), Abortifacient (root), Cough Medicine (root), Orthopedic Aid (root), Analgesic (root), Expectorant (root), Eye Medicine (root), Gastrointestinal Aid (root), Pediatric Aid (root), Stimulant (root), Antidiarrheal (root), Antirheumatic (Internal) (root), Blood Medicine (root), Gynecological Aid (root), Kidney Aid (root), Pulmonary Aid (root), Strengthener (root), Venereal Aid (root), Cold Remedy (root), Adjuvant (root), Antihemorrhagic (root), Throat Aid (root), Tuberculosis Remedy (tuber), Cough Medicine (unspecified), Dermatological Aid (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Gynecological Aid (unspecified), Orthopedic Aid (unspecified), Pulmonary Aid (unspecified), Respiratory Aid (unspecified), Abortifacient (unspecified), Anthelmintic (unspecified), Antirheumatic (Internal) (unspecified), Liver Aid (unspecified), Venereal Aid (unspecified), Unspecified (unspecified), Antihemorrhagic (unspecified), Kidney Aid (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Ache(Back) (unspecified), Alterative (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Antiseptic (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Chest (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Diaphoretic (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Gout (unspecified), Medicine (unspecified), Poultice (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Scrofula (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Syphilis (unspecified), Pectoral (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	5
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-35
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-