Pseudoginseng (Engl.)

Panax Pseudoginseng Wall.

Antiseptic

A perennial herb plant Height: 50 centimeters tall Leaves: Leaves usually 4, whorled at tip of stem, digitately compound; bases of leaf-stalk and leaflet-stalks with numerous lance shaped, stipule like appendages; leaflets 3 or 4, obovate-elliptic to obovate-oblong, 9-10 × 3.5-4 cm (lateral ones smaller), membranous, below hairless, above bristly on veins (trichomes 1.5-2 mm), base narrowed, margin saw-toothed, tip long caudate-tapering. Flowers: Inflorescence are solitary, branch-end umbels 20-50-flowered. Flower-cluster-stalk is about 12 cm; flower-stalks about 1 cm, hairless. Ovary 2-carpellate; styles 2 divided, reflexed. Fruits: Fruit a small berry, nearly drupaceous, and red when ripe.

Medicinal Uses & Benefits

Samad (wounds). Preparation: Extract enough latex from the stem.. Part used: Latex from the stem

Preparation

Extract enough latex from the stem.

Location & Habitat

REGION VII (CENTRAL VISAYAS), SIQUIJOR, LAZI, Lowland areas | REGION VII (CENTRAL VISAYAS), SIQUIJOR, LAZI, Lowland areas

Research

Siquijor State College: Documentation of Philippine Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health: FOLK HEALING PRACTICES of SIQUIJOR ISLAND: Phase 3

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Quick Info

Scientific Name: Panax Pseudoginseng Wall.
Local Name: Pseudoginseng (Engl.)
Family: Araliaceae
Category: Antiseptic
Collected By: Jovencio M. Manga (healer); Cesario P. Orong (mangalalap); Edwin D. Castillon (mangalalap)
Date Collected: Dec 13, 2018

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