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American Ginseng

American ginseng is a species of flowering plant in the ivy family Araliaceae. It is native to eastern North America although its cultivation was successfully introduced to China in 1975. The specific epithet quinquefolius means "five-leaved", which refers to the typical number of leaflets per leaf. It is one of a group of taxa known as "ginseng".

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Panax quinquefolius
Genus: Panax
Kingdom: Plantae
Habit: herb