Biology:Erythroxylum vaccinifolium
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
Erythroxylum vaccinifolium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Erythroxylaceae |
Genus: | Erythroxylum |
Species: | E. vaccinifolium
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Binomial name | |
Erythroxylum vaccinifolium Mart. 1840
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Synonyms | |
Erythroxylum catuaba A.J.Silva ex Raym.-Hamet, 1936 |
Erythroxylum vaccinifolium is a flowering plant species in the genus Erythroxylum.
It is used to prepare catuaba, an infusion used as an aphrodisiac in Brazil ian herbal medicine. It contains a class of tropane alkaloids called catuabines.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q15380341 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythroxylum vaccinifolium.
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