Ipecac (English spelling)

Japanese: トコン(吐根) - トコン(英語表記)ipecac
Ipecac (English spelling)
A woody herb of the Rubiaceae family that grows under the tropical rainforests of Brazil (illustration). The dried roots are used medicinally, and for this reason it is cultivated in tropical regions. The long, woody stems creep above ground and reach a height of 10-40 cm. The leaves are opposite and elliptical, 5-9 cm long, with forked stipules. Part of the root is thick and bead-like. This part is used as ipecac. The pedicels are shorter than the leaf axils, and at the end of them a dozen or so flowers grow in a head shape. The flowers are pentamerous and actinosymmetric, with a white, tubular funnel-shaped corolla and a two-lobed lower ovary, each with one ovule.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ブラジルの熱帯降雨林下にはえるアカネ科の木本状の草本(イラスト)。根を乾燥したものを薬用とし,このため熱帯地方で栽培される。木化した茎が長く地上をはい,地上茎は立ちあがり高さ10~40cm。葉は対生し楕円形,長さ5~9cm,先の分かれた托葉がある。根の一部が太くて連珠状となる。この部分を吐根として利用する。葉腋(ようえき)より短い花梗を出し,その先に十数個の花を頭状につける。花は5数性で放射相称,花冠は白く筒状漏斗形,子房は下位で2室,各室に一つの胚珠がつく。

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