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Ginseng (/ ˈ dʒ ɪ n s ɛ ŋ /) [1] is the root [a] of plants in the genus Panax, such as South China ginseng (P. notoginseng), Korean ginseng (P. ginseng), and American ginseng (P. quinquefolius), characterized by the presence of ginsenosides and gintonin.
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) is a species of flowering plant in the ivy family Araliaceae. ... A picture of the American ginseng plant with fruit.
The plant has been harvested for this purpose and sold widely as "Alaskan ginseng". Despite some morphological similarities between the araliaceous members Panax ('true' ginseng), Eleutherococcus senticosus ("Siberian ginseng") and devil's club, the different genera are chemically diverse. [citation needed]
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 .
Flower. Withania somnifera, known commonly as ashwagandha, [2] [3] [4] is an evergreen shrub in the Solanaceae or nightshade family that grows in India, Nepal, the Middle East, and parts of Africa.
From 2000 through 2007, ginseng root harvesters made about $22 million to up to $43 million each year on average from selling ginseng root found in the wild, according to the Agriculture Department.
Lepidium meyenii, known as maca or Peruvian ginseng, is an edible herbaceous biennial plant of the family Brassicaceae that is native to South America in the high Andes mountains of Peru and Bolivia. It was rediscovered for commercial purposes at the Meseta de Bombón plateau close to Lake Junin in the late 1980s. [ 1 ]
Angelica sinensis, commonly known as dong quai (simplified Chinese: 当归; traditional Chinese: 當歸; pinyin: dāngguī; Jyutping: dong1 gwai1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-kui) or female ginseng, is a herb belonging to the family Apiaceae, indigenous to China. A. sinensis grows in cool high altitude mountains in East Asia.