Araliaceae
Siberian ginseng
Eleutherococcus senticosus
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Genus
- Eleutherococcus
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Common names
By language (28)
- Arabic
- بناقنثة لاسعة
- Armenian
- Էլեուտերոկոկուս փշավոր
- arz
- بناقنثه لاسعه
- azb
- سیبیر جینسینق
- Azerbaijani
- Tikancıqlı eleuterokokk
- Belarusian
- Элеўтэракок калючы
- Catalan
- Eleuterococ, Ginseng siberià, Eleuter, Eleuterococcus senticosum
- Chinese
- 刺五加, 一百针, 坎拐棒子, 老虎潦
- crh
- Tayga
- Croatian
- Sibirski ginseng
- Czech
- Eleuterokok ostnitý
- English
- Siberian ginseng, Devil's bush, Devil's shrub, Eleuthero, Touch-me-not, Wild pepper
- Estonian
- Harilik eleuterokokk ehk harilik ogapaanaks
- Finnish
- Venäjänjuuri, Siperian ginseng, Venäjänaralehti
- French
- Eleuthérocoque, Ginseng de Sibérie, Ginseng sibérien
- German
- Borstige Taigawurzel, Taigawurzel
- Hungarian
- Tajgagyökér
- Italian
- Eleuterococco, Eleuterococco senticosus, Eleuterococcus senticosus
- Japanese
- エゾウコギ, エレウテロコック, ゴカヒ, シゴカ, 五加皮, 刺五加
- Javanese
- Ginséng sibéria
- Korean
- 가시오갈피, 가시오가피, 가시오가피나무, 가시오갈피나무
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Russisk rot
- Persian
- جینسنگ سیبری
- Polish
- Eleuterokok kolczasty
- Russian
- Элеутерококк колючий, Acanthopanox senticosus, Сибирский женьшень
- Spanish
- Eleuterococo
- Turkish
- Sibirya ginsengi, Eleuterococcus senticocus
- Vietnamese
- Sâm Tây Bá Lợi Á
Synonyms
- Acanthopanax asperatus Franch. & Sav.
- Acanthopanax senticosus Harms
- Acanthopanax senticosus f. inermis (Kom.) Harms
- Acanthopanax senticosus f. subinermis (Regel) Harms
- Acanthopanax senticosus var. brevistamineus S.F.Gu
- Acanthopanax senticosus var. subinermis (Regel) Kitag.
- Eleutherococcus asperatus (Franch. & Sav.) Koidz.
- Eleutherococcus koreanus Nakai
- Eleutherococcus senticosus f. inermis Kom.
- Eleutherococcus senticosus f. subinermis Regel
- Eleutherococcus senticosus var. subinermis Regel
- Hedera senticosa Rupr. & Maxim.
Flowers
- In flower
- July (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FruitPhoto: Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stanislav Doronenko, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Repina Tatyana, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elena_Sherehora, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.