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Carapichea
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. One species, Carapichea ipecacuanha, is used medicinally as the source of ipecac, a powerful emetic.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Carapichea ligularis
speciesCarapichea ligularis
Carapichea affinis
speciesCarapichea affinis
Carapichea guianensis
speciesCarapichea guianensis
Carapichea galbaoensis
speciesCarapichea galbaoensis
Carapichea ipecacuanha
speciesCarapichea ipecacuanha
Carapichea adinantha
speciesCarapichea adinantha
Carapichea pacimonica
speciesCarapichea pacimonica
Carapichea franquevilleana
speciesCarapichea franquevilleana
Carapichea vasivensis
speciesCarapichea vasivensis
Carapichea cardenasiana
speciesCarapichea cardenasiana
Carapichea panurensis
speciesCarapichea panurensis
Carapichea dolichophylla
speciesCarapichea dolichophylla
Carapichea klugii
speciesCarapichea klugii
Carapichea verrucosa
speciesCarapichea verrucosa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 339964.