Non scientific name details for yerba de caballo - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

yerba de caballo

3 Accepted name(s) for "yerba de caballo":

Accepted name
Elephantopus scaber L.
Elephantopus mollis Kunth
Equisetum giganteum L.

3 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)	Elephantopus scaber L.	Elephantopus scaber L.	Elephantopus scaber L.		Stem, leaf, root
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Elephantopus mollis Kunth	Elephantopus mollis Kunth	Elephantopus mollis Kunth
Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)	Equisetum giganteum L.	Equisetum giganteum L.	Equisetum giganteum L.		Dried aerial parts

16 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "yerba de caballo":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
cabello	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
chigote de fraile	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
cola de caballo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
colai caballo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
cola‘e caballo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
cucha cara	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
cucha-cara	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
devil's grandmother	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
elephantopus	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ka-tu-pin	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
lengua de vaca	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ma-tu-pin	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
sin-che	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
soft elephantsfoot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
soft elephant’s-foot	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
yerba del platero cola de cabello	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)