Biology:Erythroxylum vaccinifolium

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Erythroxylum vaccinifolium
Erythroxylum vaccinifolium Mart. - Flickr - Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil (7).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Erythroxylaceae
Genus: Erythroxylum
Species:
E. vaccinifolium
Binomial name
Erythroxylum vaccinifolium
Mart. 1840
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