Taxon: Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim.

Common names:

• eleuthero   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• Siberian-ginseng   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• ci wu jia   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• borstige Fingeraralie   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• sibirischer Ginseng   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – German
  
• Stachelpanax   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• Taigawurzel   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – German
  
• ezo-kogi   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• gasiogalpinamu   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transcribed Korean
  
• čertov kust   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transliterated Russian
  
• dikij perec   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transliterated Russian
  
• svobodnojagodnik koljučij   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transliterated Russian
  
• rysk rot   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide Pl Book; Dict Gard; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

More:

View phytochemical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye, Sakhalin
  China: China - Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi [n.], Shanxi, Sichuan
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido; Korea

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. [= Acanthopanax senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Harms].
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2004. World checklist and bibliography of Araliaceae.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Hu, S. Y. 1980. Eleutherococcus vs. Acanthopanax. J. Arnold Arbor. 61:107.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). [= Acanthopanax senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Harms].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Soejarto, D. D. & N. R. Farnsworth. 1979. The correct name for Siberian ginseng. Bot. Mus. Leafl. 26:339–343.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Eleutherococcus senticosus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Eleutherococcus senticosus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Eleutherococcus senticosus.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Acanthopanax senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Harms
  (previously associated with 10 accessions)
• (≡) Hedera senticosa Rupr. & Maxim. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim.:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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