Ipomoea purga is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ipomoea. It is commonly referred to as jalap[1] and is probably also the source of the John the Conqueror root.
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Ipomoeapurga is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ipomoea. It is commonly referred to as jalap and is probably also the source of the John the...
Ipomoea (/ˌɪpəˈmiː.ə, -oʊ-/) is the largest genus in the plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 600 species. It is a large and diverse group, with common...
largely obsolete in Western medicine, consisting of the tuberous roots of Ipomoeapurga, a convolvulaceous plant growing on the eastern declivities of the Sierra...
species in the genus Ipomoea. Ipomoea abrupta R.Br. Ipomoea abutiloides (Kunth) G.Don Ipomoea abyssinica (Choisy) Hochst. Ipomoea acanthocarpa (Choisy)...
from African-American folklore. He is associated with the roots of Ipomoeapurga, the John the Conqueror root or John the Conqueroo, to which magical...
scammonium) is a glycoside that has been isolated from the stems of Ipomoeapurga (jalap plant) and from Convolvulus scammonia (scammony). Noda, N; Kogetsu...
of the cathartic drug jalap (the poisonous root of a Mexican plant, Ipomoeapurga, related to the morning glory, which was dried and powdered before ingesting)...
Among local items of commerce were botanical medicines particularly ipomoeapurga source of a drug known in English as Jalap. The growth of Xalapa in...
determined. Jalap, a cathartic drug derived from the tuberous roots of Ipomoeapurga, had been known in Europe since the beginning of the 17th century, but...
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