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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Cephaelis ipecacuanha

Common Name
Ipeka, Altim Koku, Tokon, Ipecac

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Amebiasis Panama(Choco) *
Amebiasis Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Amebiasis Elsewhere *
Amebiasis Eslewhere *
Amebiasis Elsewhere *
Apertif Elsewhere *
Astringent Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cancer US(MD) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cholagogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diaphoretic Elsewhere *
Dysentery Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dysentery Elsewhere *
Emetic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emetic Elsewhere *
Emetic Elsewhere *
Emetic Elsewhere *
Emetic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Emetic France *
Emetic Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Epithelioma Italy Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.