Taxon: Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L. Andersson

Common names:

• brasilianische Brechwurzel   (Source: Zander ed17 as Psychotria ipecacuanha)
  
• ipecac   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• ipecacuanha   (Source: Use Pl Brazil as Cephaelis ipecacuanha)
  
• raicilla   (Source: F Panama as Cephaelis ipecacuanha)
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore; source of emetine   (fide Import Medicinal Pl; CRC MedHerbs ed2, as Psychotria i.; Ill Chin Mat Med, as Cephaelis ipecacuanha; Herbal Drugs, as Cephaelis ipecacuanha; Herbs Commerce ed2, as Cephaelis ipecacuanha)
  

Distributional range:

Native:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; Nicaragua [s.e.]; Panama
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Colombia; Ecuador - Napo

Other:

• cultivated elsewhere

References:

• Andersson, L. 2002. Re-establishment of Carapichea (Rubiaceae, Psychotrieae). Kew Bull. 57:363–374.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17) [= Psychotria ipecacuanha].
• Mors, W. T. & C. T. Rizzini. 1966. Useful plants of Brazil. (Use Pl Brazil) [= Cephaelis ipecacuanha].
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama) [= Cephaelis ipecacuanha].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Carapichea ipecacuanha.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Carapichea ipecacuanha. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Callicocca ipecacuanha Brot. (basionym)
  
• (=) Cephaelis acuminata H. Karst.
  
• (≡) Cephaelis ipecacuanha (Brot.) Tussac
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (≡) Psychotria ipecacuanha (Brot.) Stokes
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L. Andersson:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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