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Ginseng is also grown under forest-based, wild-simulated conditions, which require 6–10 years (or more) before harvest. [69] Based solely on yield, forest farming may be 1/10 as productive as commercial cultivation. [39] American ginseng is commercially cultivated in Canada (60%), United States (30%), and China (7%). [70]
Ginseng (/ ˈ dʒ ɪ n s ɛ ŋ /) [1] is the root of plants in the genus Panax, such as Korean ginseng (P. ginseng), South China ginseng (P. notoginseng), and American ginseng (P. quinquefolius), characterized by the presence of ginsenosides and gintonin.
Native Americans also dried and powdered the bark for use as a deodorant [9] and used the mashed berries to clean hair. [10] Because devil's club is related to American ginseng, some people try to market the plant as an 'adaptogen'. The plant has been harvested for this purpose and sold widely as "Alaskan ginseng".
Ginseng season runs through Nov. 30. West Virginia 'seng diggers have been looking to make money from the golden root for nearly 200 years. It has been used for centuries in North America and Asia ...
The U.S. Forest Service continues to pause ginseng harvesting permits in Pisgah and Nantahala to allow the plants to grow to sustainable populations.
From 2000 through 2007, ginseng root harvesters made about $22 million to up to $43 million each year on average from selling ginseng root found in the wild, according to the Agriculture Department.
The root of the ginseng (Panax trifolius) is knobby and resembles a potato [8] with a fleshy appearance.The plant grows to be about 4-8 inches high [9] with tiny white or pink flowers that are about 2mm wide, [10] radially symmetrical, [11] and cluster in a spherical shape.
The Araliaceae are a family of flowering plants composed of about 43 genera and around 1500 species consisting of primarily woody plants and some herbaceous plants commonly called the ginseng family. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The morphology of Araliaceae varies widely, but it is predominantly distinguishable based on its woody habit, tropical ...