Rufous False Cocaine

(Erythroxylum rufum)

Description

Erythroxylum rufum, the rufous false cocaine, is a flowering plant species in the genus Erythroxylum. Ombuin-3-O-rhamnosylglucoside, a glycoside of ombuin, can be found in E. Rufum.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order:Malpighiales

Family:Erythroxylaceae

Genus:Erythroxylum

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