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

Annamite Range The Annamite Range (; ) is a major mountain range of Mainland Southeast Asia, extending approximately through Laos, Vietnam, and a small area in northeast Cambodia. Geography The highest points of the Annamite Range are the -high Phou Bia, th ...

in Vietnam.

History

Its name Ngọc-linh liên-sơn (Ngoc-linh Mountains) was originated from Ngơl k'iàng or Ngơk kariàng in

Jeh-Tariang The Jeh-Tariang people, also written as Gie Trieng people () are an ethnic group in Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about ...

language. It means "the great mountain". 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. Historically, this area has been inhabited by the indigenous Ba Na people, whic ...

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

Culture

Panax vietnamensis ''Panax vietnamensis'' or Vietnamese ginseng () is a species of the ginseng genus ''Panax''. In Vietnam the species, prized in herbal medicine, is commercially very valuable and now considered threatened. Description ''Panax vietnamensis'' is a ...

'' (), a species of

ginseng Ginseng () is the root of plants in the genus ''Panax'', such as South China ginseng (''Panax notoginseng, P. notoginseng''), Korean ginseng (''Panax ginseng, P. ginseng''), and American ginseng (''American ginseng, P. quinquefol ...

native to the

South Central Coast In Vietnam, South Central Coast () and South Central Region () are two terms which can refer to the same region or two regions that do not correspond to each other. South Central Coast (sometimes called "South Central Region") consists of the i ...

and Central Highlands regions of

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

first identified as a separate species in 1973, is especially common on and around mount Ngọc Linh. The

area Area is the measure of a region's size on a surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an open surface or the boundary of a three-di ...

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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