Erythroxylum vacciniifolium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Erythroxylaceae
Genus: Erythroxylum
Species: Erythroxylum vaccinifolium
Name

Erythroxylum vaccinifolium Mart.
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Brazil
NE-Brazil (Piaui, Ceara, Bahia, Maranhao), WC-Brazil (Goias, Distrito Federal), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), S-Brazil (Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul)
Regional: Southern South America
Uruguay (Artigas, Montevideo)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Martius, C.F.P. von , 1840. Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Klasse der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 3(2): 387 (t. 9). 1840 Beitr. Erythroxylon 107 (t. 9).

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Erythroxylum vaccinifolium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Erythroxylum vaccinifolium. Published online. Accessed: Jun 02 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Erythroxylum vaccinifolium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 02. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Erythroxylum vaccinifolium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Jun 2020.2

Vernacular names

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.