Erythroxylum vaccinifolium

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Erythroxylum vaccinifolium
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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

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. [1]

References

  1. 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.