What is Ginseng?
{{taxobox |name = Ginseng |image = Panax quinquefolius.jpg |image_width = 250px |image_caption = ''Panax quinquefolius'' |regnum = [[Plantae]] |divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]] |classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] |ordo = [[Apiales]] |familia = [[Araliaceae]] |subfamilia = [[Aralioideae]] |genus = '''''Panax''''' |genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] }} '''Ginseng''' refers to species within '''''Panax''''', a genus of species of slow-growing [[Perennial|perennial plants]] with fleshy roots, in the family [[Araliaceae]]. They grow in the [[Northern Hemisphere]] in eastern [[Asia]] (mostly northern [[China]], [[Korea]], and eastern [[Siberia]]), typically in cooler climates; ''Panax vietnamensis'', discovered in [[Vietnam]], is the southernmost ginseng found. {{biology-stub}} {{Nitric oxide signaling modulators}} {{Dietary supplement}} {{Non-timber forest products}} [[Category:Araliaceae]] [[Category:Herbs]]