| Angelica gigas | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Angelica |
| Species: | A. gigas |
| Binomial name | |
| Angelica gigas Nakai |
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Angelica gigas (Dang Gui) is a monocarpic biennial or short lived perennial plant from China, Japan and Korea. It inhabits forests, grasslands and banks of streams. The roots are used in traditional Chinese medicine. Recent research in 2007 has isolated a chemical from the root of the plant, a coumarin compound "decursin", that has anti-androgenic properties.[1]
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Angelica gigas is a a stout plant that is 1 to 2 meters high with deep thick roots and purplish ribbed stem. Its leaf blades have a triangular-ovate outline. It has a 20–40 × 20–30 cm, 2–3-ternate-pinnate arrangement. The plant's purple umbel measures 5–8 cm across. Its dark purple-red obovate flowers blooms in late summer.
For moist garden soil in full sun or semishade. The plant is best propagated through seeds in the spring. The plant is a perennial plant that flowers in the months of July to August.[2]