Erythroxylum vacciniifolium
| Erythroxylum vacciniifolium | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
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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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