Erythroxylum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malpighiales Family: Erythroxylaceae Genus: Erythroxylum P. Browne
Species
About 250, including: Erythroxylum amazonicum Erythroxylum areolatum Erythroxylum argentatum Erythroxylum australe - Brigalow Erythroxylum Shrub Erythroxylum brownianum Erythroxylum campestre Erythroxylum carinatus Erythroxylum cataractarum Erythroxylum catuaba - catuaba Erythroxylum citrifolium Erythroxylum coca - coca Erythroxylum cumanense Erythroxylum deciduum Erythroxylum ecarinatum - Brown Plum Erythroxylum ellipticum - Kerosene Wood or Turpentine Tree Erythroxylum fimbriatum Erythroxylum glaucum Erythroxylum gracilipes Erythroxylum hypericifolium Erythroxylum impressum Erythroxylum incrassatum Erythroxylum laurifolium Erythroxylum lucidum Erythroxylum macrocnemum Erythroxylum macrophyllum Erythroxylum mamacoca Erythroxylum monogynum Erythroxylum montanum Erythroxylum mucronatum Erythroxylum novogranatense Erythroxylum ovatum Erythroxylum panamense Erythroxylum pelleterianum Erythroxylum pulchrum Erythroxylum recurrens Erythroxylum retusum Erythroxylum rotundifolium Erythroxylum shatoni Erythroxylum steyermarkii Erythroxylum ulei Erythroxylum vacciniifolium - catuaba Erythroxylum zambesiacum

Erythroxylum (=Erythroxylon) is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family Erythroxylaceae. One of the 250 species in the genus is Erythroxylum coca, the source of the drug cocaine and the mild stimulant coca tea.[1] Another species, Erythroxylum vacciniifolium is used as an aphrodisiac in Brazilian herbal medicine.

Erythroxylum species are food sources for the larvae of some butterflies and moths, including Dalcera abrasa, which has been recorded on E. deciduum.

Photos

• 27 photos originales sur la culture de la coca dans la vallée de La Convención, province de Cuzco, Pérou

External links

• GRIN Species Records of Erythroxylum
• Erythroxylum at Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Database
• Australian and Worldwide Erythroxylum Species at Australian Rareplants Site

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Erythroxylum". Image Credit.

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