Jalapa (U. S. P.)—Jalap.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Ipomoea orizabensis (Pellet.) Ledeb. ex Steud.
Engl.: Orizaba root, fusiform jalap, jalap stalks, jalap tops, light jalap, male jalap, Mexican scammony, Orizaba jalap, woody jalap.
Span.: purgo macho.
Pharm.: virgin scammony.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
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