Erythroxylum vaccinifolium (Erythroxylum vaccinifolium)
Description
Erythroxylum vaccinifolium 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.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Malpighiales
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Family: Erythroxylaceae
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Genus: Erythroxylum
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