. The drug plants of Illinois . 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 stimula
. The drug plants of Illinois . 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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