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{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Ipomoea purga&&Ipomoea jalapa&&Convolvulus purga&&Convolvulus jalapa&&Exogenium purga&&Exogonium jalapa
|family=Convolvulaceae
|nameE=Jalap Bindweed
|habitat=Mexican Andes (especially Vera Cruz)&&Brazil&&Tampico&&Jamaica&&Ceylon&&Northern India&&
|partUsed=Tubera Jalapae&&Resina Jalapae
|constituent=resin, starch, uncrystallizable sugar, mannitol, gum, methyl-aesculetin, convolvulin (jalapin), acids,
|action=root; purgative, hydragogue-cathartic; resin: cathartic, P. S. The dried root of Piptostegia pisonis, known as Brazilian Jalap, is used as a substitute and not recognized for official use, The dried tubercles of Ipomoea simulans (Tampico Jalap) are also used as a substitute
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Ipomoea batatas&&Convolvulus batatas
|family=Convolvulaceae
|nameE=Sweet Potato&&Spanish Potato
|habitat=Southern Europe&&North and Central America&&tropical and subtropical countries&&China&&
|partUsed=Amylum Batatae
|constituent=resin, starch, sugar, albuminoids, carbohydrates,
|action=alterative, tonic, demulcent, aphrodisiac, nutritive,
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Ipomoea orizabensis
|family=Convolvulaceae
|nameE=Mexican Scammony&&Otizaba Jalap&&Woody Jalap&&Orizaba Morning Glory
|habitat=Eastern Mexico&&
|partUsed=Radix Scammoniae mexicanae = Radix Orizabae = Radix Jalapae levis&&Resins Scammoniae (obtained from the milky juice of the root)
|constituent=resin (jalapin), gum, scammonin, scopoletin, starch,
|action=root: powerful purgative, toxic; resin; cathartic, toxic
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Ipomoea turpethum
|family=Convolvulaceae
|nameE=Turpeth&&Indian Jalap
|habitat=India&&Australia&&
|partUsed=Radix Turpethi&&Cortex radicis Turpethi
|constituent=essential oil, jalapin, resin (known as turpenthin),
|action=laxative, vermifuge, The rootbark resembles Radix Jalapae closely in its action, There are two varieties, white and black, White Turpith is in use as cathartic and laxative. Black Turpeth is drastic in action like Black Hellebore and therefore not in common use
}}

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