Erythroxylum vaccinifolium
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Erythroxylum vaccinifolium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Erythroxylaceae |
Genus: | Erythroxylum |
Species: | E. vaccinifolium
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Binomial name | |
Erythroxylum vaccinifolium Mart. 1840
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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
[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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