Aralia spinosa - Description and medicinal uses of the angelica tree. Aralia nudicaulis - Short description and medicinal uses of the bamboo brier, also known as wild sarsaparilla, shot bush or wild licorice. Aralia spinosa - Includes distribution and occurrence, botanical and ecological characteristics, value and use, and fire ecology. Aralia spinosa: Devil's Walking Stick - Description, illustrated with photographs of leaves, flowers, twig, fruit and bark. Aralia spinosa - Description and uses of the plant commonly called prickly elder, angelica tree, Hercules' club, or toothache bush. Aralia spinosa - Devil's Walkingstick.