Common name: Ipecac
Family: Rubiaceae
Synonym(s):
Country of Origin: Nicaragua to Brazil
Description: The dried rhizomes and roots of this plant are the source of the drug Ipecac.
syn. Cephaelis ipecacuanha (Brot.) A. Rich
syn. Psychotria ipecacuanha (Brot.) Stokes
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 9-11?
Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
Provenance:
Smith# 241-04
Restrictions:
Culture:
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Gentianales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Rubiaceae
- SubFamily: Rubioideae
- Tribe: Psychotrieae
- SubTribe:
References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 25 March 2015.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 25 March 2015.
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