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:''For the plant species commonly known as Ipecacuanha, see Carapichea ipecacuanha'' ''Ipecacuanha'' was a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family but is no longer recognized. It has been sunk into synonymy with ''Psychotria''. The name also refers to: * Ipecacuanha, a drug, the dried root of ''Cephaelis ipecacuanha'', a plant from Brazil. The ipecacuanha from that country is called annulated, to distinguish it from the striated kind from Peru. The active ingredients reside chiefly in the cortex. It contains a feeble alkaloid called ceretin. Its preparations are pills, powders, lozenges, and wine. In large doses it is an emetic; in smaller ones it is an expectorant and an restorative. It is considered a specific in dysentery. Made into an ointment, it is a counter-irritant. * Ipecacuanha is used to refer to plants which produce this drug, which include the plant mentioned and others.〔 * Ipecacuanha, the name of the ship that is captained by a Davis in H.G. Wells' ''The Island of Doctor Moreau'' (1896). ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ipecacuanha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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