Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ephedra foeminea Forssk. [Ephedraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ephedra	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
herbal ecstasy	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
joint pine	Other	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
khakestar koshtar	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
medelhavsefedra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial parts		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
aerial parts		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ephedra campylopoda C.A.Mey. Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 5: 34 (1845).
Ephedra major Host Fl. Austriac. 2: 671 (1831), nom. utique rej.
Ephedra fragilis subsp. campylopoda (C.A.Mey.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 8 (1890).
Ephedra fragilis var. campylopoda (C.A.Mey.) Stapf Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 56(2): 56 (1889).
Ephedra macedonica Košanin Glas Srpske Kral. Akad. 119: 21 (1926).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ephedra campylopoda C.A.Mey	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
Ephedra foeminea Forssk.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Ephedra major	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
Ephedra major Host	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Ephedra major Host subsp. major	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ephedra major Host.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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