Ephedraceae
Ma huang
Ephedra equisetina
- Family
- Ephedraceae
- Genus
- Ephedra
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Common names
By language (11)
- Azerbaijani
- Qatırquyruğuyabənzər acılıqotu, Qatırquyruğu acılıq
- Bulgarian
- Хвощова ефедра
- Chinese
- 木贼麻黄, 山麻黄, 木麻黄, 苡芭菊, 麻黄, 麻黄根, 两性木贼麻黄
- Czech
- Chvojník přesličkovitý
- English
- Ma huang
- Japanese
- モクゾクマオウ, 木賊麻黄
- Kazakh
- Қырықбуынды қылша
- Mongolian
- Морин зээргэнэ
- Polish
- Przęśl skrzypowata
- Russian
- Хвойник хвощевый, Эфедра хвощевая
- Ukrainian
- Ефедра хвощова, Ефедра гірська
Synonyms
- Ephedra equisetina var. monoica Y.Yang
- Ephedra nebrodensis subsp. equisetina (Bunge) Breistr. ex Greuter & Burdet
- Ephedra shennungiana Tang
Photos
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Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.