Plant Details

Accepted name:: Equisetum ramosissimum Desf. [Equisetaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Equisetum ramosissimum var. huegelii (Milde ) Christenh. & Husby

Equisetum ramosissimum var. ramosissimum

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
hadjodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haringira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hedaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
herbe sans feuille	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
jor ka tora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kitohitohy	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
krnbath	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
k’at-wast	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
prele	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
scouring rush	Other	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
tsipihipihina	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
tsitohintohina	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
tsitohitohina	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
قطوسط	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
كرنبت	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
笔筒草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
节节草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Branch		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
green plant		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hippochaete ramosissima (Desf.) Milde ex Bruhin Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 18: 758 (1868).
Equisetum elongatum var. ramosissimum (Desf.) Milde Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 64 (1863).
Presla ramosissima (Desf.) Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 27 (1867).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Equisctum ramosissimum Desf.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Equisetum ramosissimum	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Equisetum ramosissimum Desf.	Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Hippochaete ramosissima (Desf.) Boerner	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Hippochaete ramosissima.(Desf.) Boerner	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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