Ephedraceae
Chinese ephedra
Ephedra sinica
- Family
- Ephedraceae
- Genus
- Ephedra
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- جاشية, الإيفيدرا سينيكا, العاذر, ايفيدرا, عدام, علنده, ما هوانغ
- Bulgarian
- Китайска ефедра
- Chinese
- 草麻黃, 草麻黄, 华麻黄, 麻黄, 麻黄根
- Czech
- Chvojník čínský
- English
- Chinese ephedra
- French
- Ma Huang, Éphédra chinois
- Hebrew
- שרביטן סיני
- Japanese
- シナマオウ, 草麻黄
- Korean
- 초마황
- Persian
- افدرا
- Polish
- Przęśl chińska
- Russian
- Хвойник китайский, Ма хуанг
- Spanish
- Efedra de China
Synonyms
- Ephedra flava F.P.Sm.
- Ephedra ma-huang Tang S.Liu
Photos
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Photo: DMTrott, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Rudolphous, 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.