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  2. Ginseng - Wikipedia

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    Ginseng is found in cooler climates – Korean Peninsula, Northeast China, Russian Far East, Canada and the United States, although some species grow in warm regions – South China ginseng being native to Southwest China and Vietnam. Panax vietnamensis (Vietnamese ginseng) is the southernmost Panax species known. [citation needed]

  3. American ginseng - Wikipedia

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    Panax quinquefolius is a herbaceous perennial plant.Its aromatic root resembles a small parsnip that forks as it matures. The plant grows 6 to 18 in (15 to 46 cm) tall, usually bearing three compound leaves (sometimes called "prongs"), each with three to five leaflets, 2 to 5 in (5 to 13 cm) long.

  4. Panax ginseng - Wikipedia

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    Panax ginseng, ginseng, [2] also known as Asian ginseng, [2] [3] Chinese ginseng [2] [3] or Korean ginseng, [2] [3] [4] is a species of plant whose root is the original source of ginseng. It is a perennial plant that grows in the mountains of East Asia. [5] [6] Panax ginseng is primarily cultivated in Korea. While all South Korean ginseng is ...

  5. Panax - Wikipedia

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    American ginseng at Monk Garden in Wisconsin . The name Panax, meaning "all-healing" in Greek, shares the same origin as "panacea" and was used for this genus because Carl Linnaeus was aware of its wide use in Chinese medicine.

  6. Panax trifolius - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Araliaceae - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Panax vietnamensis - Wikipedia

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    The species is slow-growing, taking around 10 years to reach maturity. [3] Larger-scale commercial farming operations have been affected by theft of the plants. [5] False ginseng [clarification needed] seeds have been introduced to the Mount Ngọc Linh area in an attempt to be grown and sold as P. vietnamensis. The introduced strains mature in ...

  9. Panax notoginseng - Wikipedia

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    In Chinese it is called tiánqī , tienchi ginseng, sānqī or sanchi, three-seven root, and mountain plant. P. notoginseng belongs to the same scientific genus as Panax ginseng. In Latin, the word panax means "cure-all", and the family of ginseng plants is one of the best-known herbs. P. notoginseng grows naturally in China. The herb is a ...