Ipomoea purga
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Read about Ipomoea purga in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Ipomoea purga, Hayne (I. jalapa, Nutt. & Coxe, not Pursh). Lvs. sagitate-cordate, smooth: peduncles generally 1-fld., longer than the petioles; fls. rose-purple; corolla long-tubular, with a flat limb. Sept., Oct. Trop. Amer. B.R. 33:49 (as Exogonium purga).—The "Jalap" of commerce is an active purgative made by grinding to a powder dried slices of the tuberous roots of this species. It was principally collected near Xalapa, Mex., of which Jalap is a corruption.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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