Images and Information of Ephedra gerardiana

BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - DRAVYAGUNA VIGNANA VOL.2,5,5N
Author - PROF. P.V. SHARMA
Title - NIGHANTU ADARSA VOL. I & II
Author - BAPALAL G. VAIDYA
Title - SOME CONTROVERSIAL DRUGS OF INDIA
Author - DR. BAPLAL VAIDYA

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh

Distribution

Drier regions of temperate & alpine Himalayas from Kashmir to Sikkim at 2800-5100 m., Himachal Pradesh

Title - Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh

Author - Dr. Narain Singh Chauhan

Title - A Forest Flora for Kumaon

Distribution

Kumaon

Title - A Forest Flora for Kumaon

Author - A.E. Osmaston

Title - Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal)

Distribution

Tons valley:occasional in dry and sandy localities

Title - Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal)

Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao

Title - Alpine meadows of Uttaranchal

Distribution

Uttaranchal (Alpine meadows): Byans, Darma, Ralam, Johar, Lapthal, Niti, Gangotri NP. Frequent on alluvial fans, gravel terraces and rocky slopes between 3000 - 5000 m asl.

Title - Alpine meadows of Uttaranchal

Author - G.S.Rawat

Botanical Name -

Ephedra gerardiana WALL.

Full Botanical citation -

Ephedra gerardiana Wall. ex Stapf in Akad. Woss.-Wien. Math. Naturwiss. Kl. Denkschr. 56.2: 75. t. 3.f. 18. 1889; R.D.Gaur, Fl. Distr. Garhwal North West Himalaya (With Ethnobotanical Notes), TransMedia, Srinagar (Garhwal), India, 48. 1999

Family -

EPHEDRACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Homeopathy

Botanical Synonyms (1) -

Ephedra vulgaris HOOK.F. NON A.RICH.

Vernacular names -

Total 28 Vernacular names found in 6 languages.

Hindi (9) - ain, janusar, khanda, khanta, kharna, kunawar, somlata, torgatha, tutgautha

Kannada (4) - janusar, khanda, kharna, kunawar

Malayalam (4) - janusar, khanda, kharna, kunawar

Sanskrit (3) -

Sanskrit Comments

saumya, som, soma

Tamil (4) - janusar, khanda, kharna, kunawar

Telugu (4) - janusar, khanda, kharan, kunawar