Japanese spikenard

English

Japanese spikenard

Noun

Japanese spikenard (plural Japanese spikenards)

1. An upright herbaceous perennial plant, Aralia cordata, growing up to 2 to 3 metres in height and native to Japan, Korea, and eastern China.

Synonyms

• udo

Translations

Aralia cordata

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 九眼獨活／九眼独活 (jiǔ yǎn dúhuó), 食用土當歸／食用土当归 (shíyòng tǔdāngguī)

• Finnish: hertta-aralia
• Japanese: 独活 (うど, udo, どっかつ, dokkatsu)
• Korean: 독활 (dokhwal)