Panax vietnamensis

Botanical Description

Panax vietnamensis is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a stout, fleshy tuberous rhizome; it produces a cluster of one or more unbranched stems around 20 - 60cm tall with 3 - 7 leaves in a whorl at the summit of each stem[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 1472 Title Physicochemical Characteristics of Gradual Fractionation Ingredients of Industrial Galactomannan Gums from Gleditsia Publication Bioresources · July 2016 Author Yu-dong Liu et al Website http://10.15376/biores.11.3.7046-7060 Publisher Year 2016 ISBN Description ]. A very popular medicinal herb in Vietnam, 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 Vietnam[ 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. ].