Where is the main place of origin of ginseng

The main production areas of ginseng in China are: Liaoning Province, Jilin Province and Heilongjiang Province.

The main production areas of ginseng in China are: Liaoning Province, Jilin Province and Heilongjiang Province. Ginseng is the dried root and rhizome of perennial herbaceous plants of the genus Ginseng of the family Wujiaceae, belonging to the traditional Chinese medicinal herbs, which are mainly distributed in the eastern part of Liaoning, the eastern half of Jilin and the eastern part of Heilongjiang in China.

Exterior Characteristics of Ginseng:

Ginseng (scientific name: Panax ginseng? C. A. Meyer) is a perennial herbaceous plant of the family Wujiaceae and the genus Ginseng. Up to 60 cm high; rhizome short, main root fusiform; palmately compound leaves 3-6 whorled at the top of the stem, petiole 3-8 cm long, glabrous; leaflets 3-5, membranous, central leaflet elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 8-12 cm long, lateral leaflets ovate or rhombic-ovate, 2-4 cm long, apex long acuminate, base broadly cuneate, densely serrate.

Teeth spinose-acuminate, sparsely spinose-hairy above, glabrous below, lateral veins 5-6 pairs; petiole 0.5-2.5 cm; umbel solitary at stem apex, with 30-50 flowers, peduncle 15-30 cm; pedicel 0.8-1.5 cm; flowers yellowish-green; calyx 5-denticulate, glabrous; petals 5; filaments short; ovary 2-locular, styles 2, free; fruit compressed-globose, bright red, straight in diameter-7 mm. diameter -7 mm; seeds reniform, creamy white.