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Sarsaparilla, Wild | | Name : | Sarsaparilla, Wild | | Botanical : | Aralia nudicaulis | | Synonyms : | Bamboo Brier. Smilax Sarsaparilla. | | Family : | Araliaceae | | Parts Used : | Root. | | Habitat : | A native of the southern United States and grows in swampy woods and thickets. | | Description : | It has a stout, flexuous and square stem, with a few hooked prickles above. Leaves unarmed, elliptical-ovate, cuspidate, abruptly contracted at each end; three strong veins, two lateral smaller secondary ones; underside glaucous, 3 inches diameter, on short margined petioles, with two long tendrils at their bases. Flowers yellowish-white, appearing May to August, in small thin umbels of three or four red or black berries, three-seeded. | | Uses : | Alterative, tonic, antisyphilitic. Said to be inferior to all other Sarsaparillas. Much used by the American Indians. Used freely in decoction. |
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