PARTS:
EDIBLE 
TASTE
RAW/COOK
SEASON
All
Shoots
celery
COOK
Spring/Summer
Leaves
RAW/CHOP/COOK
Spring/Summer
Stalk/Stem
Buds
Flowers
Fruits
Pods
Seeds
Nuts
Roots
Bark
NAME: Devil’s Walking Stick
LATIN NAME / FAMILY: Aralia spinose / Araliaceae
OTHER COMMON NAME(S): Hercules' Club
CONDITIONS:
sun/shade
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PORTION: small
COMMENT: Shoots cooked, make good celery substitute, young leaves raw or cooked (4) 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.(1) American Indians used The Club for a range of ailments,
to treat toothaches for thousands of years, with a natural kind of topical novacaine found in all parts to varying degrees. The Club also has chelerythrine, which in the lab is effective against resistant staphylococcus, a little nasty bug one picks up in hospitals.(2)
LOOK-A-LIKES:
POISONOUS LOOK-A-LIKES:
OTHER USES: great for pollinators
SOURCE LINKS (may include nutritional and medicinal info, plus other uses):