Ginseng is a perennial herb, which likes to grow in the shade, and its leaves have no stomata and palisade tissue, so it can't retain water. When the temperature is higher than 32 degrees, the leaves will burn with a canopy density of 0.7-0.8. It usually blooms in 3 years and bears fruit in 5-6 years. The flowering period is from May to June, and the fruiting period is from June to September.
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Tibetan ginseng is a perennial herb, the main root of ginseng is 30-60 cm high, plump, fleshy, yellow-white, cylindrical or spindle-shaped, with a few branches below; The rhizome (reed head) is short and erect.
The stem of Tibetan ginseng is upright, cylindrical and unbranched; There is only one leaf at the top of the annual plant stem, and the leaf has three leaflets, commonly known as "three flowers"; The biennial stem still has only one leaf, but it has five leaflets, which is called "slap"; Three-year-olds have two opposite compound leaves and five leaflets, which are called "second jiazi"; At the age of four, it increased to three rounds of compound leaves, called "light table"; At the age of five, it increases to four-wheel compound leaves, which is called "four leaves"; Six-year-old children have five whorled compound leaves at the top of their stems, which are called "five leaves".
Tibetan ginseng has palmately compound leaves, 3-5 leaflets, and the middle 3 leaflets are similar in size and have petioles; Leaflets are elliptic or slightly obovate, 4- 15 cm long and 2-6.5 cm wide, with tapered tips, wedge-shaped bases and serrated edges. There are a few bristles scattered on the upper vein, and the lower part is hairless. The bottom 1 pair of leaflets is very small and has no petiole.
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