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Notes: Mount Revelstoke National Park, British Columbia Canada
Devil's club, Alaskan ginseng.
alaskan ginseng
  • Single stemmed, spines on stem (which cause severe skin irritation), bright red berries that bears like to eat, member of same family as Siberian and Asian ginseng without ginsenosides.
  • Has potent antifungal antiviral antibacterial properties (root, inner stem bark). It's now being tested for treatment of TB and AIDS. [Oplopanax horridus]
  • Location: Giant Cedars Trail, Mount Revelstoke National Park, British Columbia

(Alutiiq name: Cukilanarpak, Athabascan name: Heshkeghka’a, Tlingit name: Sauthkt. Scientific name: syn. Echinopanax horridum)  - source.
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