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Notification to the Parties
No. 2000/018 Geneva, 29 February 2000
CONCERNING:
United States of America
Export of Panax quinquefolius
1. The US Fish and Wildlife Service, Offices of Management Authority and Scientific Authority of the United States of America have jointly announced the new permit conditions on the export of wild Panax quinquefolius (American ginseng).
2. Wild American ginseng roots harvested during the 1999 harvest season must be five years of age or older (roots possessing five or more bud scars on the length of the rhizome) in order to be eligible for export. Examples of these specimens that may be traded are shown in the illustrations on the following page.
3. Parties that wish to obtain further information on the conditions for trade are invited to contact the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Management Authority direct.
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Camera lucida drawing of a 10-year old ginseng rhizome. Starting at the root collar (RC) the arrows on the right indicate the top of the basal internode of each successive year’s growth. A portion of the aerial shoot (AS) produced during the current year is attached. Note the size difference between next season’s aerial shoot bud (ASB) and the dormant bud on the opposite side of the aerial shoot. Bar = 1 cm. |
Camera lucida drawing of a 7-year old ginseng rhizome. Arrows on the left show two year’s growth of the original rhizome, whose third season’s aerial shoot bud aborted. The dormant bud located at the root collar developed a new rhizome in the third year which has continued growth in four subsequent years (AR = adventitious root), (AS = aerial shoot). Bar = 1 cm. |