devil's-walking-stick

…A deciduous shrub of the Araliaceae family that is common along mountain paths and in secondary forests (illustration). Its English names are angelica tree, Hercules' club, and devil's walking stick. The trunk is single or slightly branched, erect, 2-4m tall, and has many sharp thorns on the surface of the bark. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…山の道ぞいや二次林に多いウコギ科の落葉低木（イラスト）。英名はangelica tree,Hercules’‐club,devil’s‐walking‐stick。幹は単一またはわずかに分枝して直立し，高さ2～4m，樹皮の表面には鋭いとげが多数ある。…

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