| Accepted name: |
Panax quinquefolius L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Aralia quinquefolia (L.) Decne. & Planchon
-Ginseng quinquefolium Wood
-Panax quinquefolium
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| English names: |
Ginseng
Five-leaved Ginseng
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| French names: |
Ginseng à cinq folioles
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPANQU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The drug has been used in China and SE Asia as an antipyretic and as a stimulant or tonic like Panax ginseng (3). |
| Key Characters: |
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