Erythroxylum vacciniifolium
Erythroxylum vacciniifolium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Erythroxylaceae |
Genus: | Erythroxylum |
Species: | E. vacciniifolium |
Binomial name | |
Erythroxylum vacciniifolium Mart. 1840 | |
Synonyms | |
Erythroxylum catuaba A.J.Silva ex Raym.-Hamet, 1936 |
Erythroxylum vacciniifolium is a flowering plant species in the genus Erythroxylum.
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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