Erythroxylum vaccinifolium is a flowering plant species in the genus Erythroxylum.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Erythroxylaceae |
| Genus: | Erythroxylum |
| Species: | E. vaccinifolium
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| Erythroxylum vaccinifolium Mart. 1840
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Erythroxylum catuaba A.J.Silva ex Raym.-Hamet, 1936 | |
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, more specifically the alkaloids catuabine A, B and C.[1]
References
edit- ^ Graf, Engelbert; Lude, Waltraud (1977). "Alkaloide aus Erythroxylum vacciniifolium MARTIUS, 1. Mitt. Isolierung von Catuabin A, B und C". Archiv der Pharmazie. 310 (12): 1005–1010. doi:10.1002/ardp.19773101211. ISSN 1521-4184. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
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