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liuzhou

liuzhou

On 11/3/2019 at 1:59 PM, Thanks for the Crepes said:

 

I knew we have something we call ginseng that grows wild here, and after looking it up, it turns out we export it to China, including from my state, North Carolina. We also cultivate it, and have strict rules for harvesting the wild stuff, so as to perpetuate it.

 

liuzhou, do you have any idea if what is still growing wild in our mountains is the same plant that is extinct in the Chinese wild? There is a latin name in the link above.

 

 

America ginseng, Panax quinquefolius is a different sub-species from South China ginseng, Panax notoginseng. I have seen the American variety here, but it is rather expensive.

liuzhou

liuzhou

4 minutes ago, Thanks for the Crepes said:

 

I knew we have something we call ginseng that grows wild here, and after looking it up, it turns out we export it to China, including from my state, North Carolina. We also cultivate it, and have strict rules for harvesting the wild stuff, so as to perpetuate it.

 

liuzhou, do you have any idea if what is still growing wild in our mountains is the same plant that is extinct in the Chinese wild? There is a latin name in the link above.

 

 

America ginseng is a different sub-species from South China ginseng, Panax notoginseng. I have seen the American variety, Panax quinquefolius here, but it is rather expensive.

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