Prehistoric plants “Ephedra is a powerful plant that can act as a strong stimulant as well as having medicinal properties,” says archaeologist Karen Hardy of the U.K.’s University of Glasgow ...

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Within the surrounding sediment the researchers were also able to tease out the fragments of the Ephedra plant, which showed signs of being burnt. Today, Ephedra is used for its medicinal properties.

EPHEDRA is one of the three genera of the small Gymnospermous order Gnetaceæ, the two others being Gnetum and Welwitschia, that most curious of all gymnospermous plants. Ephedra is a type of ...

Ephedra is browsed by pronghorn antelope, mule deer, elk, buffalo and horses. Male sheep and cows browse it with no problems, but if pregnant cows or sheep eat it, they die or suffer prolonged ...

Ephedra, an ancient medicinal plant, was used in funerary rituals and possibly for therapeutic purposes by prehistoric communities in Morocco, accoring to a Nature recent study. Fossilized plant ...