Plant Details

Accepted name:: Panax trifolius L. [Araliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dwarf ginseng	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aralia triphylla Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 418 (1810).
Aralia trifolia (L.) Decne. & Planch. Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 3: 105 (1854).
Ginseng trifolium (L.) Alph.Wood Amer. Bot. Fl.: 142 (1872).
Nanopanax trifolius (L.) A.Haines Bot. Notes 15: 4 (2020).
Panax lanceolatus Raf. New Fl. 4: 57 (1838).
Panax pusillus Sims Bot. Mag. 33: t. 1334 (1810).
Panax trifolius var. roseus N.Coleman Cat. Fl. Pl. S. Pen. Michigan: 17 (1874).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aralia triphylla	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Panax trifolius L.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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