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NAME: Devil’s Walking Stick
SPECIES / FAMILY: Aralia Spinosa / Araliaceae
OTHER COMMON NAME(S): Prickly Elder
CONDITIONS:
sun/shade
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celery |
COOK |
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celery |
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Spring/Summer |
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PORTION: small
COMMENT: Shoots cooked, make good celery substitute, young leaves raw or cooked // Young leaves - cooked. The leaves usually have a number of slender prickles, they must be gathered before the prickles harden and are then chopped finely and used as a potherb.(1)
CAUTION: Very thorny. Handling the roots can cause dermatitis in some people. Large amounts of the berries are poisonous.(1)
NUTRITION/MEDICINAL: Alterative; Analgesic; Diaphoretic; Ophthalmic; Sialagogue; Stimulant. Analgesic.
LOOK-A-LIKES: Often confused with Prickly Ash / Hercules Club
POISONOUS LOOK-A-LIKES:
OTHER USES:
SOURCE LINKS (may include nutritional and medicinal info, plus other uses):