Erythroxylum ellipticum

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Erythroxylum ellipticum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Erythroxylaceae
Genus: Erythroxylum
Species:
E. ellipticum
Binomial name
Erythroxylum ellipticum
R.Br. ex Benth.

Erythroxylum ellipticum is a Northern Australian species of Erythroxylum . It grows as a shrub or tree.

It is locally known as kerosene wood or turpentine tree - because its green branches and twigs burn readily.

The shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 1 to 5 m (3 ft 3 in to 16 ft 5 in) and produces white-green flowers around November.

It is found on rocky hillsides and in creek beds growing in sandstone based soils in the Kimberley region of Western Australia [1] and extending across the top end of the Northern Territory and on parts of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.

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References

  1. "Erythroxylum ellipticum". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.