Ngọc Linh (a Sino-Vietnamese name meaning "Jade Mountain") is a mountain of the

Annamite Range The Annamite Range or the Annamese Mountains (french: Chaîne annamitique; lo, ພູ ຫລວງ ''Phou Luang''; vi, Dãy (núi) Trường Sơn) is a major mountain range of eastern Indochina, extending approximately through Laos, Vietnam, ...

in Vietnam. It straddles the two provinces of Quảng Nam and

Kon Tum Kon Tum is the capital city of Kon Tum Province in Vietnam. It is located inland in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam, near the borders of Laos and Cambodia. History After the People's Army of Vietnam invaded South Vietnam on March 30, 1 ...

. It is considered "the roof of Southern Vietnam". ''

Panax vietnamensis The ''Panax'' (ginseng) genus belongs to the ''Araliaceae'' (ivy) family. ''Panax'' species are characterized by the presence of ginsenosides and gintonin. ''Panax'' is one of approximately 60 plant genera with a classical disjunct east Asian and ...

'' ( vi, sâm Ngọc Linh), a species of

ginseng Ginseng () is the root of plants in the genus ''Panax'', such as Korean ginseng ('' P. ginseng''), South China ginseng ('' P. notoginseng''), and American ginseng ('' P. quinquefolius''), typically characterized by the presence of ginsenosides an ...

native to the

South Central Coast South Central Coast ( vi, Duyên hải Nam Trung Bộ, links=no) or (South Central Region) is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of the independent municipality of Đà Nẵng and seven other provinces. The two southern provinces Ninh ...

and Central Highlands regions of Vietnam first identified as a separate species in 1973, is especially common on and around mount Ngọc Linh. The area of Ngọc Linh mountain is also the only known habitat of '' Gracixalus lumarius'' or thorny tree frog and of the similar '' Gracixalus trieng'' or Trieng tree frog.

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Notes on mammals of the Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province)
Mountains of Vietnam Landforms of Kon Tum province Landforms of Quảng Nam province {{Vietnam-geo-stub