Erythroxylum vaccinifolium
Erythroxylum vaccinifolium is a flowering plant species in the genus Erythroxylum.
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 |
Binomial name | |
Erythroxylum vaccinifolium Mart. 1840 | |
Synonyms | |
Erythroxylum catuaba A.J.Silva ex Raym.-Hamet, 1936 |
It is used to prepare catuaba, an infusion used as an aphrodisiac in Brazilian herbal medicine. It contains a class of tropane alkaloids called catuabines.
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