Mexican tea

English Etymology One of a number of common names based on types of people known to live in the desert, with tea referring to the herbal drink brewed from the plant. Noun - A leafless desert shrub of the US Southwest in the genus Ephedra genus, usually Ephedra trifurca species, used to make an herbal tea. Dysphania ambrosioides species, formerly Chenopodium ambrosioides species Synonyms shrub of genus: Ephedra en Brigham tea cowboy tea desert tea ephedra jointfir Mormon tea popotillo squaw tea teamster tea species: Dysphania ambrosoides en drug wormseed epazote herba sancti Mariae Jerusalem oak Jesuit's tea paico payqu wormseed References en Goosefoot subfamily plants Ephedras