Panax japonicus in Fenxi

Panax japonicus is a perennial herb in Fenxi, with a height of 50-80cm or more. The rhizome is horizontal, bamboo whip-shaped, fleshy and white, with concave stem marks between nodules, palmately compound leaves and 3-5 whorls at the top of the stem; The petiole is 8-11 cm long; Leaflets are usually 5, the leaf blade is membranous, obovate-elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 5-18cm long and 2-6.5cm wide, the apex is acuminate, sparsely long-pointed, the base is wedge-shaped to nearly round, the edge is serrate or doubly serrate, the upper veins are hairless or sparsely setose, and the lower veins are hairless or sparsely densely hairy. Umbellies are solitary at the top of the stem, with 50-80 flowers or more, and the total pedicel is 12-20cm long, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; The flower is small, light green, and the pedicel is about 10mm； long; Calyx green, apex 5 teeth, teeth triangular-ovate; Petals 5, oblong, imbricate; Stamens 5, filaments shorter than petals; Ovary is inferior, 2-5-loculed, style 2-5, united below the middle, separated at the upper part, and bent outwards when fruit is produced. Drupe berry, spherical, red when mature, 5-7mm in diameter. Seeds 2-5, white, triangular-oblong, about 4.5mm long. The flowering period is May-June and the fruiting period is July-September.
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