Biology:Erythroxylum vaccinifolium
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Erythroxylum vaccinifolium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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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
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