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Panax japonicus (T.Nees) C.A.Mey.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Araliaceae > Panax

Characteristics

Herbs, 50-80(-100) cm tall. Rootstock horizontal, flagellate or moniliform. Stem straight, glabrous. Leaves 3-5, verticillate at apex of stem, palmately compound; petiole base without stipule or stipulelike appendages; leaflets 5, obovate-elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 5-18 × 2-6.5 cm, membranous, both surfaces sparsely setose on veins, base broadly cuneate to subrounded, margin serrulate or biserrate, apex acuminate or long acuminate. Inflorescence a solitary, terminal umbel 50-80(or more)-flowered; peduncle 12-21 cm, glabrous or slightly pubescent; pedicels 7-12 mm. Filaments shorter than petals. Ovary 2-5-carpellate; styles 2-5, united to middle. Fruit red, subglobose, 5-7 mm in diam.; seeds 2-5, white, triangular-ovoid, 3-5 × 2-4 mm. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Sep.
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A herb. It grows 50-80 cm tall. The rootstock lies along parallel to the ground level. The stems are straight. There are 3-5 leaves. The are compound with 5 leaflets spread out like fingers in a hand. The are narrowly oval and 5-18 cm long by 2-7 cm wide. There are teeth along the edge. The flowers are in flat top groups of 50-80 flowers. The fruit are round and red. They are 5-7 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.55 - 0.7
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. In China it grows in forests in valleys between 1,200-3,600 m above sea level.
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Forests, forests in valleys; at elevations from 1,200-3,600 metres.Woods in mountains all over Japan.
Light 1-6
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

The dried roots are used in tonic teas and liqueurs.
Uses medicinal tea
Edible roots
Therapeutic use Convalescence (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Panax japonicus unspecified picture
Panax japonicus unspecified picture

Distribution

Panax japonicus world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:91487-1
WFO ID wfo-0000263623
COL ID 4C9KL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aralia repens Panax repens Panax angustatus Panax japonicus Panax japonicus f. incisus Panax schin-seng f. angustatus Panax pseudoginseng var. japonicus Panax schin-seng var. japonicus Aralia quinquefolia var. repens Panax ginseng var. japonicus Panax ginseng var. repens Panax japonicus var. parvifolius Panax pseudoginseng subsp. japonicus Panax quinquefolius var. coreensis Panax ginseng f. angustatus Panax ginseng f. dichrocarpus Panax ginseng f. xanthocarpus Panax pseudoginseng f. incisus Panax pseudoginseng f. xanthocarpus Panax japonicus var. japonicus Panax pseudoginseng var. angustatus
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