Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Panax quinquefolius L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Ginseng quinquefolia Wood, Panax quinquefolium L., Possibly Aralia quinquefolia Dec. & Planch, Possibly Aralia quinquefolia Gray

Common names:

American ginseng [American genseng] (1828-Present, endangered in Great Plains) (7, 50, 64, 92, 109, 138, 155, 157, 158)

Amerikanische Kraftwurzel (1900, German) (158)

A'tali kûli (1886, Cherokee, it climbs the mountain, addressed in Cherokee rituals as "great man" or "little man") (102)

Five-fingers [Five fingers] (1828-1929) (6, 7, 64, 156, 157, 158)

Five-fingers root [Fivefingers root] (1876) (92)

Garangtoging or Garantogen, Garantoquen, Garantquen, Grantogen (1828-1929, Iroquois, a child) (6, 7, 41. 92, 157, 158)

Gensang (1828) (7)

Ginseng (1770-1986) (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 14, 19, 37, 41, 47, 49, 52, 53, 57, 61, 63, 64, 72, 92, 95, 97, 102, 105, 107, 156, 158)

Ginseng (1900, French) (158)

Ginseng d'Amerique (1828-1892, French) (6, 7)

Ginseng root (1828) (7)

Ginshang (1894-1923, VT) (75, 156)

Ginsing (1876-1929) (92, 157)

Jin chen (1892) (6)

Jinshang (1900) (158)

Junshand (1929) (157)

Kraftwurzel (1892, German) (6)

Man's-health [Man's health] (1892) (6)

Ninsin (1828-1900, misapplied) (7, 158)

Ninsin root (1876) (92)

Panax (1917) (52, 53, 57)

Redberry [Red berry, Red-berry] (1876-1929) (5, 6, 64, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Sang (1886-1929, WV, abbreviation for ginseng) (5, 64, 75, 102, 156, 157, 158)

Schinseng (1900, German) (158)

Seng (1907) (64)

Šuniau-jibik (1932, Chippewa, money root) (105)

Tartar root (1892) (6)