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Accepted name: 
Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. [Araliaceae]
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asian ginseng Other Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
asian ginseng root Other Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
asiatic ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ch'ao-san Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chinese cultivated ginseng Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chinese ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chinese wild ginseng Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chosen ninjin Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
dkar po chig thub Other Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
extractum ginseng Other WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
fine root ginseng Other Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
folium ginseng Pharmaceutical Pharmacop. of China (2005)
fushun forest ginseng Other Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
garden ginseng Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gherq ta' l-ġinseng Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginseng Other British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008)
Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Pharmacop. of China (2005)
Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
ginseng (racine de) Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginseng extract Other WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
ginseng folium Pharmaceutical Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Pharmacop. of China (2015)
ginseng leaf Other Pharmacop. of China (2005)
Pharmacop. of China (2010)
ginseng oriental Other Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
ginseng oriental, raíz Other Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
ginseng radice Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginseng radix Pharmaceutical E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ginseng radix et rhizoma Pharmaceutical Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Pharmacop. of China (2015)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ginseng radix et rhizoma rubra Pharmaceutical Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Pharmacop. of China (2015)
ginseng radix palva Pharmaceutical Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
ginseng radix pulverata Pharmaceutical Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
ginseng radix rubra Pharmaceutical Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
ginseng root Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginseng, juuri Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginseng, panax Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
ginseng, raíz Other Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
ginseng, raíz de Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginsengov korijen Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginsengrod Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginsengrot Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginsengwurzel Other E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
ginzenggyökér Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
hakusan Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hakushan Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
higeninjin Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hong shen Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
hongshen Other Pharmacop. of China (2005)
Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Pharmacop. of China (2015)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hungseng Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hungshen Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hunseng Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
insam Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jen shen Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
jen shen chiu Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
jenseng Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
jenshen Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
jin san Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
jin sing Other Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
jinpi Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
jinsão Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kao-li-seng Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kao-liseng Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
kar po chik tup Other Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
kau-le shen Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
korean ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
koreanischer ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
korenina pravega ženšena (ginsenga) Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
korzeń żeń-szenia Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
lai sum soo Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
lai ts'am so Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
li shen hsu Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
man Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
manchurian ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
minjin Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
nhan sam Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
nin-zin Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ninjin Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
ninzin Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
niuhuan Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
oriental ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
otane ninjin Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
otane-ninzin Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
panax ginseng steamed root and rhizome Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
powdered ginseng Other Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
radices ginseng Pharmaceutical Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
radix et rhizoma ginseng Pharmaceutical Pharmacop. of China (2005)
radix et rhizoma ginseng rubra Pharmaceutical Pharmacop. of China (2005)
radix ginseng Other Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
red asian ginseng Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
red ginseng Other British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Pharmacop. of China (2005)
Pharmacop. of China (2010)
ren seng Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ren shen Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
renshen Other Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
Pharmacop. of China (2005)
Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Pharmacop. of China (2015)
Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
renshenye Other Pharmacop. of China (2005)
Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Pharmacop. of China (2015)
rénshēn Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
rød ginseng Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
rădăcină de ginseng Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
san-pi Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
san-pishanshen Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
sang Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sansam Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shan shen Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shanshen Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
shen lu Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
shen ts'ao Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sheng-sai-seng Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
shengshaishen Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
shenshaishanshen Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
sâm cát lâm Other Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
tin-san Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tong-yung-shen Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
true chinese ginseng Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
true ginseng Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tyosenninzin Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
t’ang-seng Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
všehojový kořen Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
white ginseng Other British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
wild ginseng Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yakuyo ninjin Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
yakuyo ninzin Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
yeh-shan-seng Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
yehshan-seng Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
yeung ts'aam Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
yong shen Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
yong sum Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
yuan shen Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yuan-seng Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
yuanshen Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
ženšenių šaknys Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ženšennijuur Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ženšenový koreň Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
žeņšeņa saknes Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
γίνσεγκ πάναξ Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
жен-шен, корен Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
དཀར་པོ་ཆིག་ཐུབ། Other Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
コウジン Other Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
ニンジン Other Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
ニンジン末 Other Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
人参 Other Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
人参叶 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
人参子 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
人参芦 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
人参花 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
人參 Other Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
参条 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
参须 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
園參 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
抚顺林下参 Other Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
紅参 Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
红参 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
野山參 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
홍삼 Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)