Erythroxylum vaccinifolium
| Erythroxylum vaccinifolium | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Erythroxylaceae |
| Genus: | Erythroxylum |
| Species: | E. vaccinifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Erythroxylum vaccinifolium Mart. 1840 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Erythroxylum catuaba A.J.Silva ex Raym.-Hamet, 1936 | |
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, more specifically the alkaloids catuabine A, B and C.