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Specialty Expressions: EQUISETUM BOGOTENSE

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Equisetum bogotenseBotanicalThe plant is used in Chiriqui for liver and kidney ailments (!). Elsewhere, it is used for every problems, dysentery, gonorrhea, diabetes, hemorrhage, and pyorrhea. (references)

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Extended Definition: Equisetum bogotense

Equisetum bogotense

Andean Horsetail
Andean horsetail
Andean horsetail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Equisetales
Family: Equisetaceae
Genus: Equisetum
Species: E. bogotense
Binomial name
Equisetum bogotense
Kunth

The Andean Horsetail (Equisetum bogotense) is a perennial with thicker less bushy whorled branches. The plant also has a silica rich rhizomatous stem, which roots grow out of, under ground. This stem is a dull dark brown color with glabrous growth aside from the sheathed segments.

External links

  • [1] - binomial
  • [2] - basic information on the Andean Horsetail.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Equisetum bogotense". Image Credit.