Distribution and localisation map
Wild sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
Aralie chassepareille
- Ethnobotany
- Presentation
- Identification
- Names
- Uses
- Ethnobotany
Native
In addition to serving in numerous medicinal purpose, for example internally to treat lung infections, blood purifier, applied externally to cure eczema, wound care, the plant was used as a emergency food in war and hunting where the French generic epithet "chassepareille" : chasse pareille : continue hunting.New England
A colony of Shakers (kind of Quaker) withdrew substantial income in the 19th century by selling lemonade made from Wild sarsaparilla, the sarsaparilla syrup.
