Ipecac . ( Voice I Tupi ). 1. d. fruticosa, the family of the Rubiáceas plant of South America, with sarmentosos stems, elliptic leaves, very long, smooth above and slightly hairy on the underside, small, white flowers in sprays terminals fruit berries ovate and terse, with two gibosas seeds by a plane, and stem cylindrical, about a centimeter in diameter, twisted, full of little separate outgoing rings, and widely used in medicine as Emetic, tonic, purgative and sudorífica. 2. f. root of this plant. IPECAC the West Indies. 1. f. shrub in the family of the leafless, lanceolate, smooth leaves and flowers of Saffron. Its root is used as Emetic. 2. f. root of this plant.