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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Euphorbia ipecacuanha

Common Name
Spurge,Ipecac

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Emetic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Ipecac Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Wart US Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.