Erythroxylum ecarinatum

(Erythroxylum ecarinatum)

Description

Erythroxylum ecarinatuma is a Southwest Pacific and Australian species of Erythroxylum.It is an Australian rainforest timber tree locally called "brown plum".

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum:

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order:Malpighiales

Family:Erythroxylaceae

Genus:Erythroxylum

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