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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Shishiudo
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Apiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Angelica]]''
| species = '''''A. pubescens'''''
| binomial = ''Angelica pubescens''
| binomial_authority = [[Carl Maximowicz|Maxim.]]
}}

'''Shishiudo''' (''Angelica pubescens'', 猪独活, [[synonymy|syn.]] ''A. polyclada'') is a plant in the family [[Apiaceae]], native to [[Japan]].

It is a [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]] growing to 1-2 m tall with tripinnate [[leaf|leaves]] up to 1 m long, the leaflets being 5-10 cm long. The [[flower]]s are white, produced in large [[umbel]]s.

The young stems and leaves are edible. Shishiudo is often mistaken with [[Aralia cordata|udo]].

[[Category:Apiaceae]]
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