Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ephedra gerardiana Wall. ex Klotzsch & Garcke [Ephedraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Ephedra gerardiana var. gerardiana

Ephedra gerardiana var. sikkimensis Stapf

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ain	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asmani booti	Other	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
asmanibooti	Other	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
chay	Other	Pl. Used in the Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
chepat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chhe	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ephadra	Other	Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
ephedra	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ephedrine	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
herbal ecstasy	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
indian joint-fir	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
indian jointfir	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
kagcharo	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khanta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pakistani ephedra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
phok	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purpurya	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
refesing	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
samlatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sang kaba	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
shan ling ma huang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
som	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
somalatha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
somaltha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
somlata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
somlatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
torgatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tutgamtha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tutgautha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
éphédra	Other	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowering stem		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Aerial parts		Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Whole plant		MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
Leaves, Stem		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Leaves, Roots, Stem		Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
Roots, Leaves		Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Stem		Pl. Used in the Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ephedra gerardiana var. wallichii Stapf Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 56(2): 75 (1889), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ephedra geradiana Wall.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ephedra gerardiana Wall.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) Pl. Used in the Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
Ephedra gerardiana Wall. ex J.A. Mey	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Ephedra gerardiana Wall. ex Stapf	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ephedra gerardiana Wall.ex Stapf	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
Ephedra gerardiana Wall.ex Stemapf ex Decne.	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Ephedra gerardiana Wallich Ex Stapf	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Ephedra gerardiana Wallich ex Meyer	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Ephedra gerardiana Wallich ex Stapf	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Epherdra geradiana	Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

Google Images

Google Scholar

Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

Google Images