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Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels

Common name: Angelica root

Local name: Dong quai, Dang gui

Family: Apiaceae

Taxonomic classification

Kingdom: Plantae

   Phylum: Tracheophyta

      Class: Magnoliopsida

         Order: Apiales

            Family: Apiaceae

               Genus: Angelica

                  Species: Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels

Discription

Leaves: three pinnetifid or pinnately dissected; petiole often swollen into a tubular or cystic sheaths

 

Flowers: white; greenish or reddish. Compound umbel; calyx little or no

 

Fruit: ovoid to oblong, flattened back, dorsal-ridged shape, protruding side edges have broad wings.

Habitat

High ground in cool and damp areas. Forests.

Habit

Herb

Ethnobotanical uses

Medicinal uses:

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