Erythroxylum ellipticum

Erythroxylum ellipticum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Erythroxylaceae
Genus: Erythroxylum
Species: E. ellipticum
Binomial name
Erythroxylum ellipticum

Erythroxylum ellipticum is a Northern Australian species of Erythroxylum. It grows as a shrub or tree.

It locally called "Kerosene Wood or Turpentine Tree" - because its green branches and twigs burn readily.

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