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Panax ginseng
Species of flowering plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the plant species. For the root and its uses, see Ginseng. For another species that is also called "Chinese ginseng", see Panax notoginseng.
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]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Araliaceae |
Genus: | Panax |
Species: | P. ginseng |
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Panax ginseng is primarily cultivated in Korea. While all South Korean ginseng is Panax ginseng,[5][7] ginseng production in China encompasses both Panax ginseng and South China ginseng (Panax notoginseng).[8]