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How was ipecac discovered?

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By Chelsie Vandaveer January 10, 2003 Series: | 1 | | 2 | | 3 | killerPlants Tendrils: ~~1~~2~~3~~4~~5~~ Suggested Reading—>Click here. Assorted Killer Savings Garden Links—>Click here. Killer Picks: Wollemi Pine, greatest living fossils discovered in the 20th century—>Click here. In the Womb Book, Life’s Greatest Miracle, Exploring the Human Body—>Click here. National Geographic Magazine—>Click here. Ipecac is an emetic (a drug that induces vomiting) derived from Cephaelis ipecacuanha (Brotero) A. Richard. The plants are native to Brazil and first mentioned in 1601 by Manoel Tristaon, a Jesuit missionary. The species epithet ipecacuanha is the plant’s Portuguese name. According to the 1889 Century Unabridged Dictionary, the Portuguese name came from “ipecaaguen, the native name of the plant, said to mean ‘smaller roadside sick-making plant’.