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25: 303: 262: 63: 144:, and grows there as easily as a yam, often producing clusters of tubers weighing over 9 lb; but these, as they differ in appearance from the commercial article, have not as yet obtained a place in the English market. They are found, however, to be rich in resin, containing 18%. The plant also has been grown in 152:
trees, but more recently in new ground, as it was found to exhaust the soil. Besides Mexican or Vera Cruz jalap, a drug called Tampico jalap has been imported for some years in considerable quantity. It has a much more shrivelled appearance and paler colour than ordinary jalap, and lacks the small,
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The ordinary drug is distinguished in commerce as Vera Cruz jalap, from the name of the port whence it is shipped. Jalap has been cultivated for many years in
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at an elevation of 5,000 to 8,000 feet (1,500 to 2,400 m) above sea level, more especially about the neighbourhood of
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Jalap has been known in Europe since the beginning of the 17th century, and derives its name from the city of
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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from which jalap is obtained; it was first scientifically described (as
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transverse scars present in the true drug. This kind of jalap, the
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is largely based on an article in the out-of-copyright
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Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition

scammonin I
cathartic
drug
Ipomoea purga
convolvulaceous
Sierra Madre Oriental
Mexico
Chiconquiaco
Cofre de Perote
state
Veracruz
Xalapa
Mexico
J. R. Coxe
India
Ootacamund
Jamaica
cinchona
Daniel Hanbury
Ipomoea simulans
Ipomoea jalapa
morning glory
species
Linnaeus
David Don
Thomas Nuttall
C.J.W. Schiede
junior homonym

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