Plant Details

Accepted name:: Panax pseudoginseng Wall. [Araliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
false ginseng	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
ginseng	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
himalayaginseng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
himalayan ginseng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
in indian medicine	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
indian ginseng	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
indian pseudoginseng	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jia ren shen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mangen	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nadar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nepal ginseng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pseudoginseng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
san qui ginseng	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sanchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
藏三七	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tuberous roots		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aralia pseudoginseng (Wall.) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 721 (1879).
Panax schin-seng T.Nees Pl. Med., Suppl. 1: 70 (1833), nom. illeg.
Aralia quinquefolia var. pseudoginseng (Wall.) Burkill Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1902: 7 (1902).
Panax quinquefolius var. elegantior Burkill Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1902: 8 (1902).
Panax quinquefolius var. notoginseng Burkill Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1902: 7 (1902).
Panax quinquefolius var. pseudoginseng (Wall.) Burkill Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1902: 7 (1902).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aralia pseudo-ginseng (Wall.) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Panax pseudo-ginseng Wall.	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Panax pseudoginseng	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Panax pseudoginseng Wall.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Panax pseudoginseng Wallich	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Panax pseudonginseng Wall	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Panax schin-seng Nees	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Panax schinseng Nees	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)

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