Jalapa (U. S. P.)—Jalap.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Ipomoea jalapa (L.) Pursh.
Bot. syn.: Convolvulus jalapa L.
Ipomoea jalapa Nutt. & Cox., Convolvulaceae: See Ipomoea purga (Wend.) Hayne.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Woodville 1790-1794.
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Classic texts: Scudder's Materia Medica, 1898: Cathartics.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
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