Araliaceae FAMILY

Panax pseudoginseng

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Panax pseudoginseng is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a short, stout, fleshy tuberous rhizome; it produces a cluster of one or more unbranched stems around 50cm tall with 3 - 5 leaves in a whorl at the summit of the 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. , 1772 Title Genus Panax L. (Araliaceae) in India Publication Pleione 1(2): 46 - 54. 2007. Author Arun K. Pandey et al Publisher Year 2007 ISBN Description ]. A very popular medicinal herb in eastern Asia, where it is one of the species that is commonly used as a form of ginseng (Panax 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Nepal

HabitatForests and shrubberies, 2,100 - 4,300 metres in C. Nepal in the Himalayas[ 51 Title Flowers of the Himalayas. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Stainton. A. Publisher Oxford Universtiy Press Year 1984 ISBN - Description A very readable and good pocket guide (if you have a very large pocket!) to many of the wild plants in the Himalayas. Gives many examples of plant uses. ]. Moist shady places at elevations from 2,000 - 3,300 metres in Nepal[ 272 Title Plants and People of Nepal Publication Author Manandhar. N. P. Publisher Timber Press. Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-527-6 Description Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses. ].