Erythroxylaceae

Erythroxylum P.Browne

Last edited by Pieter B. Pelser & John Edward Matulina Villasis, 28 December 2025
  1. Erythroxylum cuneatum (Miq.) Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 43(2) (1874) 135; Merrill, EPFP 2 (1923) 325; Payens, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 5 (1958) 548; Batuyong et al., Biodiversitas 21 (2020) 3973; ≡ Urostigma cuneatum Miq., London J. Bot. 6 (1847) 585. = Erythroxylum platyphyllum Merr., PJS 3c (1908) 232; Merrill, EPFP 2 (1923) 325. = Erythroxylum iwahigense Elmer, LPB 5 (1913) 1776; Merrill, EPFP 2 (1923) 325. = Erythroxylum burmanicum Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 4 (1854) 468. Distribution: Java, Java Sea, Lesser Sunda Isls, Malay Peninsula, Moluccas, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Riau Arch, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnam. HUNDRED ISLS (photos), LUZON: Abra, Bulacan, Camarines Sur, Ilocos Norte, Rizal, MINDANAO: Davao Oriental, Misamis, Zamboanga, Zamboanga del Sur, PALAWAN. Notes: 0-900m. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1). Native.

Possibly present

  1. Erythroxylum ecarinatum Hochr., Pl. Bogor. Exs. (1904) 39. Distribution: Australia, Moluccas, New Guinea, ?Philippines, Solomon Isls, Sulawesi. ?PALAWAN. Notes: Disturbed and primary forest on ultramafic soil. P.B. Pelser (2-May-24): Reynoso et al. 220 (L) possibly represents this species in the Philippines. 0-2000m. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1).

Cultivated, not naturalized

  1. Erythroxylum coca Lam., Encycl. (Lamarck) 2 (1786) 393; Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 267; Merrill, EPFP 2 (1923) 326; Payens, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 5 (1958) 547. Distribution: S America. Notes: Cultivated in various tropical countries. Cultivated, not naturalized.
  2. Erythroxylum novogranatense (D.Morris) Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20(Beibl. 49) (1895) 35; Payens, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 5 (1958) 546; ≡ Erythroxylum coca var. novogranatense D.Morris, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1889 (1889) 5. Distribution: S America. LUZON. Notes: Often grown as a hedge plant. Cultivated, not naturalized.

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