Carapichea Explained

Carapichea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Central America and northern South America from Nicaragua to Brazil.^[1] One species, Carapichea ipecacuanha, is used medicinally as the source of ipecac, a powerful emetic.

24 species are accepted:

• Carapichea adinantha
  • Carapichea affinis (Standl.) L.Andersson - Costa Rica, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil Carapichea araguariensis
• Carapichea cardenasiana
• Carapichea crebinervia
• Carapichea dolichophylla (Standl.) C.M.Taylor - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
• Carapichea fimbriflora
• Carapichea franquevilleana
• Carapichea galbaoensis
• Carapichea guianensis Aubl. - Suriname, French Guiana, Amapá, Pará
• Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L.Andersson - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Brazil
• Carapichea klugii
• Carapichea ligularis (Rudge) Delprete - Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana
• Carapichea lucida J.G.Jardim & Zappi - Bahia
• Carapichea maturacensis
• Carapichea necopinata
• Carapichea pacimonica
• Carapichea panurensis
• Carapichea sandwithiana
• Carapichea squamelligera
• Carapichea tillettii
• Carapichea urniformis
• Carapichea vasivensis
• Carapichea verrucosa

External links

• Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Carapichea

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/362143#page/201/mode/1up Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 1: 167, pl. 64.