Japanese Ginseng (tentative translation)
Panax japonicus (Ness.) C.A. Meyer [Araliaceae]
Tochibaninjin (トチバニンジン, 栃葉人参)
Lifeform: perennial forb
Distribution: east Asia (China - Japan)
Habitat: woodlands - forests
Panax L. in Japan
P. ginseng C. A. Meyer (チョウセンニンジン) (culivation)
P. japonicus C. A. Meyer (トチバニンジン)
- var. angustatus Hara (ホソバチクセツニンジン)
- f. dicrocarpus (Makino) Nakai (ソウシシヨウニンジン)
P. pseudoginseng Wall. (サンシチニンジン) (cultivation)
Panax japonicus in Hokkaido
In Nopporo Forest Park, Sapporo, at May 8, 2003, by Uraguchi A.