Aralia racemosa L.
Common names: American Spikenard
Species details (USDA):
USDA ARRAR
Documented uses
83 uses documented
Algonquin, Quebec
Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
detail...
(Black, Meredith Jean,
1980,
Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65,
pages 204)
Algonquin, Quebec
Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
detail...
(Black, Meredith Jean,
1980,
Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65,
pages 204)
Cherokee
Drug, Burn Dressing
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 57)
Cherokee
Drug, Cough Medicine
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 57)
Cherokee
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 57)
Cherokee
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 57)
Cherokee
Drug, Diaphoretic
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 57)
Cherokee
Drug, Disinfectant
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 57)
Cherokee
Drug, Expectorant
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 57)
Cherokee
Drug, Gynecological Aid
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 57)
Cherokee
Drug, Orthopedic Aid
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 57)
Cherokee
Drug, Pulmonary Aid
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 57)
Cherokee
Drug, Respiratory Aid
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 57)
Cherokee
Drug, Tonic
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 57)
Chippewa
Drug, Abortifacient
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1928,
Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379,
pages 358)
Chippewa
Drug, Cough Medicine
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1928,
Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379,
pages 340)
Chippewa
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1928,
Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379,
pages 350)
Chippewa
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1933,
Some Chippewa Uses of Plants,
Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press,
pages 137)
Chippewa
Drug, Orthopedic Aid
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1928,
Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379,
pages 366)
Chippewa
Drug, Orthopedic Aid
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1928,
Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379,
pages 362)
Chippewa
Other, Protection
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1933,
Some Chippewa Uses of Plants,
Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press,
pages 137)
Choctaw
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Campbell, T.N.,
1951,
Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century,
Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290,
pages 287)
Choctaw
Drug, Expectorant
detail...
(Campbell, T.N.,
1951,
Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century,
Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290,
pages 287)
Choctaw
Drug, Eye Medicine
detail...
(Campbell, T.N.,
1951,
Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century,
Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290,
pages 287)
Choctaw
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Campbell, T.N.,
1951,
Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century,
Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290,
pages 287)
Choctaw
Drug, Pediatric Aid
detail...
(Campbell, T.N.,
1951,
Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century,
Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290,
pages 287)
Choctaw
Drug, Pediatric Aid
detail...
(Campbell, T.N.,
1951,
Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century,
Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290,
pages 287)
Choctaw
Drug, Stimulant
detail...
(Campbell, T.N.,
1951,
Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century,
Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290,
pages 287)
Iroquois
Drug, Abortifacient
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 393)
Iroquois
Drug, Anthelmintic
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 392)
Iroquois
Drug, Antidiarrheal
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 391)
Iroquois
Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 392)
Iroquois
Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 391)
Iroquois
Drug, Blood Medicine
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 392)
Iroquois
Drug, Cough Medicine
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 392)
Iroquois
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 392)
Iroquois
Drug, Gynecological Aid
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 393)
Iroquois
Drug, Gynecological Aid
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 392)
Iroquois
Drug, Kidney Aid
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 392)
Iroquois
Drug, Liver Aid
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 392)
Iroquois
Drug, Orthopedic Aid
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 392)
Iroquois
Drug, Pulmonary Aid
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 392)
Iroquois
Drug, Strengthener
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 392)
Iroquois
Drug, Tonic
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 392)
Iroquois
Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 392)
Iroquois
Drug, Urinary Aid
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 392)
Iroquois
Drug, Venereal Aid
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 392)
Malecite
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Mechling, W.H.,
1959,
The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs,
Anthropologica 8:239-263,
pages 257)
Malecite
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Mechling, W.H.,
1959,
The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs,
Anthropologica 8:239-263,
pages 248)
Malecite
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Mechling, W.H.,
1959,
The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs,
Anthropologica 8:239-263,
pages 249)
Malecite
Drug, Kidney Aid
detail...
(Mechling, W.H.,
1959,
The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs,
Anthropologica 8:239-263,
pages 257)
Malecite
Drug, Strengthener
detail...
(Mechling, W.H.,
1959,
The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs,
Anthropologica 8:239-263,
pages 248)
Malecite
Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
detail...
(Mechling, W.H.,
1959,
The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs,
Anthropologica 8:239-263,
pages 251)
Malecite
Drug, Venereal Aid
detail...
(Mechling, W.H.,
1959,
The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs,
Anthropologica 8:239-263,
pages 257)
Menominee
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1923,
Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174,
pages 24)
Menominee
Drug, Blood Medicine
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1923,
Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174,
pages 24)
Menominee
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1923,
Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174,
pages 24)
Menominee
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1923,
Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174,
pages 24)
Menominee
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1923,
Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174,
pages 62)
Meskwaki
Drug, Adjuvant
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1928,
Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326,
pages 203)
Meskwaki
Drug, Gynecological Aid
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1928,
Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326,
pages 203)
Micmac
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper,
1979,
Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68,
pages 54, 55)
Micmac
Drug, Antihemorrhagic
detail...
(Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper,
1979,
Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68,
pages 54, 55)
Micmac
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Mechling, W.H.,
1959,
The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs,
Anthropologica 8:239-263,
pages 259)
Micmac
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper,
1979,
Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68,
pages 54, 55)
Micmac
Drug, Cough Medicine
detail...
(Mechling, W.H.,
1959,
The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs,
Anthropologica 8:239-263,
pages 259)
Micmac
Drug, Cough Medicine
detail...
(Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper,
1979,
Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68,
pages 54, 55)
Micmac
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper,
1979,
Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68,
pages 54, 55)
Micmac
Drug, Eye Medicine
detail...
(Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper,
1979,
Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68,
pages 54, 55)
Micmac
Drug, Gynecological Aid
detail...
(Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper,
1979,
Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68,
pages 54, 55)
Micmac
Drug, Kidney Aid
detail...
(Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper,
1979,
Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68,
pages 54, 55)
Micmac
Drug, Stimulant
detail...
(Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper,
1979,
Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68,
pages 54, 55)
Micmac
Drug, Throat Aid
detail...
(Mechling, W.H.,
1959,
The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs,
Anthropologica 8:239-263,
pages 259)
Micmac
Drug, Throat Aid
detail...
(Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper,
1979,
Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68,
pages 54, 55)
Micmac
Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
detail...
(Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper,
1979,
Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68,
pages 54, 55)
Micmac
Drug, Venereal Aid
detail...
(Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper,
1979,
Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68,
pages 54, 55)
Ojibwa
Drug, Unspecified
detail...
(Reagan, Albert B.,
1928,
Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota,
Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248,
pages 237)
Penobscot
Drug, Antihemorrhagic
detail...
(Speck, Frank G.,
1917,
Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians,
Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321,
pages 311)
Penobscot
Drug, Kidney Aid
detail...
(Speck, Frank G.,
1917,
Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians,
Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321,
pages 311)
Penobscot
Drug, Tonic
detail...
(Speck, Frank G.,
1917,
Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians,
Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321,
pages 311)
Penobscot
Drug, Venereal Aid
detail...
(Speck, Frank G.,
1917,
Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians,
Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321,
pages 311)
Potawatomi
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1933,
Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230,
pages 41)
Potawatomi
Food, Soup
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1933,
Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230,
pages 96)