中文名（Chinese Name）：大叶三七
学名（Scientific Name）：Panax japonicus (T. Nees) C. A. Mey.
英文名（English Common Name）：
别名（Chinese Common Name）：白三七、竹节参
异名（Synonym）：Panax pseudo-ginseng var. japonicus (C. A. Mey.) Hoo et Tseng；Aralia quinquefolia var. repens (Maxim.) Burkill；Panax repens Maxim.；Panax schin-seng var. japonicum Nees；Panax pseudoginseng var. japonicus (C. A. Mey.) C. Ho et C. J. Tseng；Panax wangianus Sun；Panax pseudoginseng var. wangianus (Sun) C. Ho et C. J. Tseng；Panax quinquefolius var. japonicum Siebold；Panax schin-seng lvees:；Aralia repens (Steud. ex Maxim.) Matsum.；Panax angustatus (Makino) Honda；Panax ginseng f. angustatus Makino；Panax schin-seng var. japonicus T.Nees；Panax ginseng f. dichrocarpus Makino；Panax ginseng f. xanthocarpus Makino；Panax japonicus var. parvifolius C.Y.Cheng & C.Y.Chu；Panax ginseng var. japonicus (Nees) Makino；Panax schin-seng f. angustatus (Makino) Makino；Panax quinquefolius var. japonicus Siebold；Panax japonicus f. incisus Nakai；Panax quinquefolius var. coreensis Siebold；Panax ginseng var. repens (Maxim.) Makino
科属（Family & Genus）：五加科（Araliaceae）人参属
形态特征（Description）：根状茎竹鞭状或串珠状，或兼有竹鞭状和串珠状，根通常不膨大，纤维状，稀侧根膨大成圆柱状肉质根，中央小叶片阔椭圆形、椭圆形、椭圆状卵形至倒卵状椭圆形，稀长圆形或椭圆状长圆形，最宽处常在中部，长为宽的2-4倍，先端渐尖或长渐尖，基部楔形、圆形或近心形，边缘有细锯齿、重锯齿或缺刻状锯齿，上面脉上无毛或疏生刚毛，下面无毛或脉上疏生刚毛或密生柔毛。
分布（Distribution）：分布甚广，北自甘肃、陕西、河南，南至云南、广西，西起西藏南部，经四川、贵州、湖北、湖南、安徽、江西、浙江至福建北部。生于森林下或灌丛草坡中，海拔1200-4000米。越南、尼泊尔、缅甸、日本和朝鲜也有分布
用途（Use）：根状茎有活血去瘀、消肿镇痛之效，可代三七供药用。
引自中国植物志英文版FOC Vol. 13 Page 489      
Panax japonicus (T. Nees) C. A. Meyer, Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg. 1: 340. 1843.
竹节参 zhu jie shen | Araliaceae  | Panax
Panax japonicus
Credit: Harvard University Herbaria
Herbs, 50-80(-100) cm tall. Rootstock horizontal, flagellate or moniliform. Stem straight, glabrous. Leaves 3-5, verticillate at apex of stem, palmately compound; petiole base without stipule or stipulelike appendages; leaflets 5, obovate-elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 5-18 × 2-6.5 cm, membranous, both surfaces sparsely setose on veins, base broadly cuneate to subrounded, margin serrulate or biserrate, apex acuminate or long acuminate. Inflorescence a solitary, terminal umbel 50-80(or more)-flowered; peduncle 12-21 cm, glabrous or slightly pubescent; pedicels 7-12 mm. Filaments shorter than petals. Ovary 2-5-carpellate; styles 2-5, united to middle. Fruit red, subglobose, 5-7 mm in diam.; seeds 2-5, white, triangular-ovoid, 3-5 × 2-4 mm. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Sep.
Forests, forests in valleys; 1200-3600 m. S Anhui, N Fujian, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, N India, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, NE Thailand, Vietnam].
All four varieties are used medicinally.

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