Panax wangianus

Botanical Description

Panax wangianus is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a stout tuberous rhizome; it produces a cluster of one or more unbranched stems with 1 - 5 leaves in a whorl at the summit of the stem A very popular medicinal herb in eastern Asia, where it is one of the species that is commonly used as a form of ginseng. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use and trade, and is often also cultivated for medicinal use, especially in Japan, Korea and China[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].