Kingdom Plantae Family Erythroxylaceae Higher classification Erythroxylum | Order Malpighiales Genus Erythroxylum Rank Species | |
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Scientific name Erythroxylum vaccinifolium Similar Erythroxylum, Trichilia catigua, Muira puama, Erythroxylaceae, Trichilia | ||
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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