Ipecacuanha may refer to:
a synonym of Carapichea, a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae the common name of Carapichea ipecacuanha, a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, the roots of which were used to make syrup of ipecac a fictional ship in H. G. Wells's The Island of Doctor Moreau
See also Ruellia geminiflora, known locally as ipecacuanha-da-flor-roxa Solanum ipecacuanha, an obsolete name of Solanum pseudocapsicum, a nightshade species