Plant Details

Accepted name:: Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L.Andersson [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ark ad dhahab	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
brasilianische brechwurzel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
brazilian ipecac	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
brechwurzel	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cartagena ipecac	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
cartagena ipecacuanha	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
cartegena ipecac	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
costa rica ipecacuanha	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gurmar buti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ipacacuana	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ipeca	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
ipecac	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
ipecac syrup	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
ipecacoanha	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
ipecacuana	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
ipecacuana, raiz	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
ipecacuana, raíz	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
ipecacuana, raíz y rizoma	Other	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
ipecacuanha	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. Brasil (Ribeiro Silva et al., 2001) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) Uso de Pl. Med. em Minas Gerais (Brandão et al., 2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
ipecacuanha anelada	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
ipecacuanha preta	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
ipecacuanha root	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
ipecacuanhae pulvis normatus	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ipecacuanhae radix	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ipecacuanhae radix et rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
ipecacuanhae radix et rhizome	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
ipecacuanhae radix pulverata	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
ipika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ipikaakyuna oushadhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ipikakku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ipikakkucceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ipécacuanha	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
ipécacuhana	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
jalab	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
kopfbeere	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
kräkrot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
matto grosso	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
matto grosso ipecacuanha	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
mayasilotu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
nicaragua ipecac	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
panama ipecac	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pepaconha	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
poaia	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Uso de Pl. Med. em Minas Gerais (Brandão et al., 2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
powdered ipecac	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
radix ipecacuanhae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
raicilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
raizcilla	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
rio ipecac	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
ruhrwurzel	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
syrupus ipecacuanha	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
togeun	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
トコン	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
トコン末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
underground parts		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
whole plant		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
rhizome, roots		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
root, rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhizome and root	dried rhizome and root	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
root	fragmented and dried underground organs	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
underground parts	fragmented and dried underground organs	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
rhizome, root	rhizome, root	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
root	dried root	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
root	tincture, dry extract, fluid extract, vegetal drug, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
root		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
root		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
root and rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
root, rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
underground parts	Fragmented and dried underground organs	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
rhizome, root	dried rhizome and roots	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
root, rhizome	dried roots and rhizomes	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
rizomas y las raíces secas		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
root, rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Callicocca ipecacuanha Brot. Mem. Sobre Ipecacuanha: 27 (1801).
Cephaelis acuminata H.Karst. Deut. Fl.: 1196 (1883).
Cephaelis ipecacuanha (Brot.) Willd. Berlin. Jahrb. Pharm. Verbundenen Wiss. 1804: 75 (1804).
Psychotria ipecacuanha (Brot.) Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 365 (1812).
Uragoga granatensis Baill. Hist. Pl. 7: 370 (1880).
Uragoga ipecacuanha (Brot.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 7: 370 (1880).
Evea ipecacuanha (Brot.) W.Wight Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 216 (1905).
Ipecacuanha fusca Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 147 (1838).
Ipecacuanha officinalis Arruda in H.Koster, Trav. Braz.: 497 (1816), nom. nud.
Ipecacuanha preta Arruda in H.Koster, Trav. Brazil: 497 (1816), not validly publ.
Uragoga acuminata (H.Karst.) Farw. Druggists' Circ. 61: 175 (1917), nom. illeg.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Callicoea ipecacuanha	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L. Andersson	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L. Andersson.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L.Andersson	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cephaelis acuminata	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Cephaelis acuminata (Bent.) Karst.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Cephaelis acuminata (Benth.) Karst.	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
Cephaelis acuminata H.Karst.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Cephaelis acuminata Karsten	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
Cephaelis acuminate Karsten	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Cephaelis ipecacuanha	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Cephaelis ipecacuanha (Brot.) A. Rich.	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
Cephaelis ipecacuanha (Brot.) A.Rich	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Cephaelis ipecacuanha (Brot.) A.Rich.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Cephaelis ipecacuanha (Brot.) Stokes	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Cephaelis ipecacuanha (Brot.) Tussac	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Cephaelis ipecacuanha (Brotero) A. Richard	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
Cephaelis ipecacuanha (Brotero) A.Richard	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
Cephaelis ipecacuanha (Broterol) A.Richard	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
Cephaelis ipecacuanha A. Richard	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Cephaelis ipecacuanha A.Richard	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Cephaelis ipecacuanha Rich.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Cephaelis ipecacunha (Brot.) A. Rich.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Cephaëlis acuminata Karsten	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Cephaëlis ipecacuanha (Brotero) A. Richard	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Psychotria ipecacuanha	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Psychotria ipecacuanha (Brot.) Standl.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Psychotria ipecacuanha (Brot.) Stokes	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) Uso de Pl. Med. em Minas Gerais (Brandão et al., 2010) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Psychotria ipecacuanha (Brot.) Stokes.	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
Psychotria ipecacuanha L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Psychotria ipecacuanha Stokes	Pl. Med. Brasil (Ribeiro Silva et al., 2001) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Uragoga granatensis Baillon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Uragoga ipecacuanha	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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