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n. - A large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family of plants of order Geraniales.

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  • Just how the Erythroxylum shrub has been able to mutate genes is unclear.
  • About 7,000 years ago a single Erythroxylum shrub in the Northern Territory became isolated from its cousins further east on Cape York in Queensland when melting...
  • Commonly found are Lonchocarpus pentaphyllus, Pisonia fragrans, Haematoxylon campechianum, Myrsia atrifolia, Chrysophyllum argenteum, Erythroxylum ovatum and two types...
  • The following species are also restricted to this center (and endemic or near-endemic to this ecoregion): Acacia fleckii, Alchornea occidentalis, Baphia massaiensis subsp....
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