Plant Details

Accepted name:: Equisetum giganteum L. [Equisetaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cabello	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
cavalinha	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
chigote de fraile	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
cola caballo	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
cola de caballo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
colai caballo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
cola‘e caballo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
rabo-de-cavalo	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
tembladera	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
yerba de caballo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
yerba del platero cola de cabello	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Entire plant		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
leaf, stem, aerial part		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
Dried aerial parts		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 29 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Equisetum martii Milde Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 12: 1258 (1862).
Equisetum araucanum Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 94: 352 (1896).
Equisetum bolivianum Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 304 (1920).
Equisetum brasiliense Milde Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 12: 1262 (1862).
Equisetum brasiliense f. nudum Milde Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 13: 228 (1863).
Equisetum brasiliense var. nudum (Milde ) Milde Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 14: 531 (1864).
Equisetum brasiliense f. ramosum Milde Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 13: 228 (1863).
Equisetum brasiliense var. ramosum (Milde ) Milde Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 14: 531 (1864).
Equisetum caracasanum DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 6: 244 (1815).
Equisetum elongatum var. affine Milde Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 68 (1863).
Equisetum elongatum var. dolosum Milde Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 68 (1863).
Equisetum elongatum var. scaberrimum Milde Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 12: 1264 (1862).
Equisetum giganteum var. brasiliense (Milde ) Milde Monogr. Equiset.: 403 (1867).
Equisetum giganteum var. caracasanum (DC.) Milde Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 12: 1263 (1862).
Equisetum giganteum var. chilense Milde Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 13: 229 (1863).
Equisetum giganteum var. digitaliferum Pastore Physis (Buenos Aires) 15: 249 (1939).
Equisetum humboldtianum Fendl. Fl. Venez.: 1801 (1816), nom. superfl.
Equisetum humboldtii Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 549 (1816), nom. superfl.
Equisetum martii var. minus Milde Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 12: 1261 (1862).
Equisetum philippii Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 304 (1920).
Equisetum pyramidale Goldm. Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 11: 469 (1843).
Equisetum ramosissimum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 5: 9 (1810), nom. illeg.
Equisetum ramosissimum var. affine (Milde ) Milde Monogr. Equiset.: 453 (1867).
Equisetum ramosissimum var. dolosum (Milde ) Milde Monogr. Equiset.: 453 (1867).
Equisetum ramosissimum var. scaberium Milde Monogr. Equiset.: 443 (1867).
Equisetum ramosissimum var. scandens (Gay) Milde Monogr. Equiset.: 454 (1867).
Equisetum scandens Gay Fl. Chil. 6: 471 (1853).
Equisetum tarapacanum Phil. Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 2(Bot. 8): 91 (1891).
Hippochaete gigantea (L.) Holub Preslia 44: 128 (1972).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Equisetum giganteum L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Equisetum martii Milde	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)

Equisetum giganteum L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009)
Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Equisetum martii Milde

Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)

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