Erythroxylum rufum, the rufous false coca, is a flowering plant species in the genus Erythroxylum.

Erythroxylum rufum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Erythroxylaceae
Genus: Erythroxylum
Species:
E. rufum
Binomial name
Erythroxylum rufum
Cav. 1789

Ombuin-3-O-rhamnosylglucoside, a glycoside of ombuin, can be found in E. rufum.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Erythroxylum rufum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T144296608A149010291. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T144296608A149010291.en. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. ^ Flavonoids of Erythroxylum rufum and Erythroxylum ulei. Bruce A. Bohm, David W. Phillips and Fred R. Gander, J. Nat. Prod., 1981, volume 44, issue 6, pages 676–679, doi:10.1021/np50018a009