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112. Rubiaceae.—Madder Family.

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Botanical name: 
Rubiaceae

Herbs, shrubs, or trees, with opposite, simple, and entire leaves, connected with interposed stipules, or in whorls without stipules. A very large family in tropical regions, represented by the coffee plant (Arabia and Africa) and by the cinchonas (South America).


A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, 1917, was written by Lucius E. Sayre, B.S. Ph. M.

  • 530. Ipecacuanha.—Ipecac.
  • 531. Rubia.—Madder.
  • 532. Cinchona.—Cinchona.
  • 533. Remijia.—Cuprea bark.
  • 534. Cephalanthus occidentalis.—Button bush, Pond dogwood.
  • 535. Mitchella.—Squaw Vine. Partridge Berry.
  • 536. Galium.—Cleavers. Lady's Bedstraws.
  • 537. Coffea.—Coffee.
  • 538. Catechu Pallidum.—Terra Japonica. Gambir.

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