Scientific Name Holarrhena  pubescens(Buch.-Ham.) Wall. ex DC. syn. Holarrhena antidysenterica    (Linn.) Wall. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Panax, the generic name, is derived from the Greek Panakos (a panacea), in reference to the miraculous virtue ascribed to it by the Chinese, who consider it a sovereign remedy in almost all diseases.

It was formerly supposed to be confined to Chinese Tartary, but now is known to be also a native of North America, from whence Sarrasin transmitted specimens to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Paris in 1704.

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Scientific Name Corallium rubrum L. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Scientific Name Coriandurm sativum Linn<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Family Apiaceae