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)
amsania	Other	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
asmaaniyaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
asmani bootai	Other	Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
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)
budaagur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chay	Other	Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
chepat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chewa	Other	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
chhe	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ephadra	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
ephed.	Other	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
ephedra	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
ephedrine	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
herbal ecstasy	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
indian joint-fir	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
indian jointfir	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
kagcharo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khanta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pakistani ephedra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
phok	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purpurya	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
refesing	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
samlatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sang kaba	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
shan ling ma huang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
som	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
soma-valli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
somalatha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
somaltha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
someni	Other	Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009)
somlata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Med. Pl., Trad. Med., Markets in Nepal (Kunwar et al., 2013) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
somlataa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
somlatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tipat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
torgatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
traani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tutgamtha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tutgautha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
éphédra	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowering stem		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Aerial parts		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Whole plant		MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 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 Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
Stem		The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
Stem		Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009)
Fruit, leaves		Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl., Trad. Med., Markets in Nepal (Kunwar et al., 2013)
Ephedra gerardiana (Wall.) Stapf.	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
Ephedra gerardiana Wall ex Stapf	Med. Pl. of Khumbu Region Nepal (Rawal et al., 2009)
Ephedra gerardiana Wall.	Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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 Klotzsch & Garcke	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Ephedra gerardiana Wall. ex Stapf	Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Med. Pl. of Khumbu Region Nepal (Rawal et al., 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ephedra gerardiana Wall. ex Stapf.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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 Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Ephedra gerardiana Wallich ex Stapf	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Epherdra geradiana	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)

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