Erythroxylum ellipticum

Species of flowering plant

Erythroxylum ellipticum

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Malpighiales
Family:  | Erythroxylaceae
Genus:  | Erythroxylum
Species:  |

E. ellipticum

Binomial name
Erythroxylum ellipticum

R.Br. ex Benth.

Erythroxylum ellipticum is a Northern Australian species of Erythroxylum. It grows as a shrub or tree.

It is locally known as kerosene wood or turpentine tree \- because its green branches and twigs burn readily.

The shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 1 to 5 m (3 ft 3 in to 16 ft 5 in) and produces white-green flowers around November.

It is found on rocky hillsides and in creek beds growing in sandstone based soils in the Kimberley region of Western Australia[1] and extending across the top end of the Northern Territory and on parts of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.

## References

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1. ^ "Erythroxylum ellipticum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

## External links

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* Erythroxylum ellipticum \- A comprehensive review of Erythroxylum ellipticum.

Taxon identifiers

Erythroxylum ellipticum|

* Wikidata: Q5396531
* Wikispecies: Erythroxylum ellipticum
* APNI: 76010
* CoL: 6H5G3
* FloraBase: 4365
* GBIF: 3693932
* iNaturalist: 284990
* IPNI: 544042-1
* IUCN: 201037062
* NCBI: 2303031
* NTFlora: 1933
* Open Tree of Life: 6100261
* Plant List: kew-2801387
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:544042-1
* Tropicos: 50214964
* WFO: wfo-0000679822

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