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Richardsonia scabra
Ipecacuanha Ip`e*cac`u*an"ha, n. [Pg. ipecacuanha (cf. Sp. ipecacuana); fr. Braz. ipe-kaa-guena, prop., a creeping plant that causes vomiting.] (Med. & Bot.) The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cepha["e]lis Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac (Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac (Richardsonia scabra).
Richardsonia scabra
Coca Co"ca, n. [Sp., fr. native name.] The dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon Coca). In med., called Erythroxylon. Note: Coca leaves resemble tea leaves in size, shape, and odor, and are chewed (with an alkali) by natives of Peru and Bolivia to impart vigor in prolonged exertion, or to sustain strength in absence of food. Mexican coca, an American herb (Richardsonia scabra), yielding a nutritious fodder. Its roots are used as a substitute for ipecacuanha.

Meaning of Richardsonia from wikipedia

- Richardia (Mexican-clover) is a genus of about fifteen species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are native to tropical to warm, temperate...
- DC.) Steud. Richardsonia divergens Pohl ex DC. Richardsonia grandiflora Cham. & Schltdl. Richardsonia lateralis Pohl ex DC. Richardsonia sparsa Pohl ex...
- 1876 Type species Richardsonia insignis Castelnau, 1872 Synonyms Glauertichthys Whitley, 1945 Macullochia Waite, 1910 Richardsonia Castelnau, 1872 (pre-occupied)...
- Cyclophyllum Hook.f. Rhyssocarpus Endl. = Melanopsidium Colla Richardia L. Richardsonia ****h = Richardia L. Ridsdalea J.T.Pereira & K.M.Wong Riodocea Delprete...
- Pseudrachicallis H.Karst. = Arcytophyllum Pterostephus C.Pres. = ****coce Richardsonia ****h = Richardia Sarissus Gaertn. = Hydrophylax Schiedea Bartl. = Richardia...