CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES AND BEST PRACTICES FOR GINSENG©
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) is a small, slow-growing herbaceous perennial herb that grows in hardwood forests throughout most of eastern North America.
It is similar to Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng) that has been used in Asia as a medicinal herb for thousands of years.
Overharvesting of wild populations of ginseng in China, Korea, and Japan made the root of this plant very valuable.
The first American ginseng was exported to China from Canada in the mid-1700s.
It was well-accepted by the Chinese and soon huge amounts of American ginseng roots were being harvested from forests from Southern Ontario and Quebec south to North Carolina for export to China.
Davis, J. (2015). CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES AND BEST PRACTICES FOR GINSENG©. Acta Hortic. 1085, 451-453
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1085.91
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1085.91
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1085.91
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1085.91
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