Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
california ephedra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
california joint-fir	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
california jointfir	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cañatilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
desert-tea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ephedra californica	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ephedra californica S. Wats.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Ephedra californica S. Watson	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ephedra californica S.Watson	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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