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As Demand for Ginseng Soars, Poachers Threaten Its Survival.

As Demand for Ginseng Soars, Poachers Threaten Its Survival

Posted on Wednesday, 12 October, 2016Thursday, 24 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

As Demand for Ginseng Soars, Poachers Threaten Its Survival.

Ginseng is any one of the 11 species of slow-growing perennial plants with fleshy roots, belonging to the genus Panax of the family Araliaceae. It is found in North America and in eastern Asia (mostly northeast China, Korea, Bhutan, eastern Siberia), typically in cooler climates. Over centuries, ginseng has been considered in China as an important component of Chinese traditional medicine. Besides Panax ginseng, many other plants are also known as or mistaken for the ginseng root. The most commonly known examples are xiyangshen, also known as American ginseng (P. quinquefolius), Japanese ginseng (P. japonicus), crown prince ginseng (Pseudostellaria heterophylla), and Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus). Although all have the name “ginseng”, each plant has distinctively different functions. However, true ginseng plants belong only to the Panax genus.

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http://www.nationalgeographic.com/people-and-culture/food/the-plate/2016/october/with-demand-for-ginseng-high–poachers-threaten-its-survival/

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The Cosmic Web of the Tarantula Nebula.
Credit & Copyright: Marcelo Salemme. It is the largest and most complex star-forming region in the entire galactic neighbourhood located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy orbiting our Milky Way galaxy. The region's spidery appearance is responsible for its name, the Tarantula Nebula, about 1,000 light-years across and 1,500 light-years from Earth. The spindly arms of the Tarantula nebula surround NGC 2070, a star cluster that contains some of the brightest, most massive stars known, visible in blue on the right. Since massive stars live fast and die young, it is not so surprising that the cosmic Tarantula also lies near the site of the closest recent supernova.

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