Ephedra foliata Boiss. ex C.A.Mey.

Shrubby horsetail (en)

Species

Gymnosperms > Gnetales > Ephedraceae > Ephedra

Characteristics

A sprawling shrub. It branches many times. It grows up to 1 m tall. The leaves are vary few and are narrow and opposite. The flowers are in spikes at the ends of branches. The flowers are white and cone shaped. The fruit are fleshy and are green but turn brown. They have a split at the tip making them heart shaped.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2
Root system -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows on rocky slopes and sand dunes. It grows at higher altitudes in Bahrain.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten.
Uses food material medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Dropsy (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Cardiotonic (unspecified), Eye (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Germination luminosity -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Ephedra foliata unspecified picture

Distribution

Ephedra foliata world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Singapore, Somalia, Chad, Turkmenistan, and Yemen

Conservation status

Ephedra foliata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326016-1
WFO ID wfo-0000794362
COL ID 6FNGF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Ephedra ciliata Ephedra ciliata Ephedra polylepis Ephedra asparagoides Ephedra foliata Ephedra alte Ephedra aitchisonii Ephedra alte Ephedra kokanica Ephedra peduncularis Ephedra rollandii Ephedra ciliata var. polylepis Ephedra foliata var. aitchisonii Ephedra foliata var. ciliata Ephedra foliata var. polylepis