Araliaceae
Panax

Panax ginseng C.A.Mey.

First published in G.Gauger, Rep. Pharm. Prakt. Chem. Russ. 1: 524 (1842)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Russian Far East to Korea. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Aralea, Ginseng
[UPFC]

Uses

Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Common Names

unknown
Chinese cultivated ginseng, Chinese wild ginseng, Korean ginseng, ch'ao-san, ginseng, jin san, kau-le shen, lai sum soo, lai ts'am so (Cant.), li shen hsu, nin-zin, ninjin, ordinary Korean ginseng, tin-san (Chinese), tong-yung-shen, true Chinese ginseng, yeung ts'aam (Cant.), yong shen, yong sum

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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