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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Erythroxylum cuneatum (Miq.) Kurz (ERYTHROXYLACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Cinta Mula

Description

Evergreen shrub to medium-sized tree to 25 m tall. Leaves 4-12 cm long, oblong to obovate. Flowers in leaf axils, 0.7-1 cm long, white, bisexual. Fruits 0.7-1.2 cm, yellow-green ripening bright red, oblong or ellipsoid.

Ecology

Lowland forest in both seasonal and non-seasonal climates, especially near the coast.

Distribution

Widespread in SE Asia

Uses

Timber of minor importance. Erythroxylum coca is the source for the production of the drug cocaine in S. America.