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Panax quinquefolius
About
American ginseng is a species of flowering plant in the ivy family Araliaceae. It is native to eastern North America although its cultivation was successfully introduced to China in 1975. The specific epithet quinquefolius means "five-leaved", which refers to the typical number of leaflets per leaf. It is one of a group of taxa known as "ginseng".
- Family
- Araliaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Panax quinquefolius
- Slug
- panax-quinquefolius
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Genus
- Panax
- Species
- quinquefolius
- Wikidata QID
- Q2737217
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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