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Accepted name:: Panax japonicus (T.Nees) C.A.Mey. [Araliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bamboo ginseng	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chikusetsu-ninjin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chikusetu-ninjin	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ge da qi	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Tibetans in Shangri-La, Yunnan (Liu et al., 2009)
japanese gingseng	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
japanese ginseng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
japanischer ginseng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
panacis japonici rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
panacis japonici rhizoma pulveratum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
panax japonicus rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
powdered panax japonicus rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
rhizoma panacis japonici	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
satsuma-ninjin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tochiba-ninjin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zhu jie shen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zhu zi shen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zhujieshen	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
zhuzishen	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
チクセツニンジン	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
チクセツニンジン末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
珠子参	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
竹节人参叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
竹节参	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizome	rhizome	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 32 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Panax pseudoginseng var. japonicus (T.Nees) G.Hoo & C.J.Tseng Acta Phytotax. Sin. 11: 437 (1973).
Panax repens Steud. ex Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 12: 64 (1868).
Aralia japonica (T.Nees) Makino Bot. Notes Auth. Priv. Cabin. 2: 42 (1898), nom. illeg.
Aralia quinquefolia var. repens (Maxim.) Burkill Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1902: 6 (1902).
Aralia repens (Steud. ex Maxim.) Matsum. Nippon Shokubutsuzusetsu, ed. 2: 27 (1895).
Panax angustatus (Makino) Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 44: 670 (1930).
Panax ginseng f. angustatus Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 24: 223 (1910).
Panax ginseng f. dichrocarpus Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 24: 224 (1910).
Panax ginseng f. dolichocarpus Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 24: 223 (1910).
Panax ginseng var. japonicus (Nees) Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 24: 223 (1910).
Panax ginseng var. repens (Maxim.) Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 1: 321 (1907).
Panax ginseng f. trifoliolatus Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 24: 223 (1910).
Panax ginseng f. xanthocarpus Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 24: 224 (1910).
Panax japonicus f. angustatus (Makino) Makino & Nemoto Fl. Japan, ed. 2: 824 (1931).
Panax japonicus var. angustatus (Makino) H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 3: 290 (1954).
Panax japonicus f. dolichocarpus (Makino) H.Hara J. Arnold Arbor. 5: 33 (1924).
Panax japonicus f. incisus Nakai J. Arnold Arbor. 5: 34 (1924).
Panax japonicus f. lancifolius Nakai J. Arnold Arbor. 5: 34 (1924).
Panax japonicus var. parvifolius C.Y.Cheng & C.Y.Chu Acta Pharm. Sin. 9: 538 (1962).
Panax japonicus f. trifoliolatus (Makino) H.Hara J. Arnold Arbor. 5: 33 (1924).
Panax japonicus f. xanthocarpus (Makino) Nakai J. Arnold Arbor. 5: 34 (1924).
Panax pseudoginseng var. angustatus (Makino) H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 45: 210 (1970).
Panax pseudoginseng f. incisus (Nakai) H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 45: 210 (1970).
Panax pseudoginseng subsp. japonicus (T.Nees) H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 45: 209 (1970).
Panax pseudoginseng f. xanthocarpus (Makino) H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 45: 210 (1970).
Panax quinquefolius var. coreensis Siebold Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 12: 45 (1830).
Panax quinquefolius var. japonicus Siebold Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 12: 45 (1830), not validly publ.
Panax quinquefolius var. repens (Steud. ex Maxim.) Burkill Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1902: 6 (1902).
Panax quinquefolius var. subsessilis Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 14 (1863).
Panax schin-seng f. angustatus (Makino) Makino J. Jap. Bot. 1: 125 (1917).
Panax schin-seng var. japonicus T.Nees Pl. Med., Suppl. 1: 70 (1833).
Panax schin-seng f. xanthocarpus (Makino) Makino J. Jap. Bot. 1: (126) (1917).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Panax japonicus	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Panax japonicus (Nees) C. A. Meyer	Med. Pl. Used by Tibetans in Shangri-La, Yunnan (Liu et al., 2009)
Panax japonicus (T. Nees) C. A. Mey.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Panax japonicus (T. Nees) C.A. Meyer var. japonicus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Panax japonicus (T.Nees) C.A.Mey.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Panax japonicus (T.nees) C.a. Mey.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Panax japonicus C. A. Mey	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Panax japonicus C. A. Mey.	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Panax japonicus C. A. Meyer	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
Panax japonicus C.A.Mey.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Panax japonicus C.A.Meyer	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
Panax japonicus Meyer	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Panax pseudo-ginseng Wall. var. japonicus (C.A.Mey.) Hoo & Tseng	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Panax pseudoginseng Wall. var. japonica (C.A.Mey) G.Hoo & C.J.Tseng	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Panax repens	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Panax repens Max.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Panax repens Maximowicz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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