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Cordia ecalyculata is a small evergreen tree or large shrub from South America, best known for its red fruit that is roasted and brewed as a caffeine-containing coffee substitute. It is grown mainly as a tree in warm, seasonally dry climates rather than as a common houseplant.
Cordia ecalyculata, also called Cordia salicifolia and chá de bugre, is a species of evergreen flowering tree in the family Cordiaceae, that occurs mainly in Brazil and is used as a medicinal plant. Its red fruit, which resembles a coffee bean and contains caffeine, is roasted and brewed as a coffee substitute.
Cordia ecalyculata is native to south eastern Brazil, Paragua, and north eastern Argentina.
The fruits of Cordia ecalyculata contain caffeine and are roasted and brewed to be used as a coffee substitute. It is also used as a traditional medicine in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais, Bahia, Goias, and Acre. Extracts from the plant are sold commercially in Brazil diuretic, as an appetite suppressant, and for weight loss. It has also shown some usefulness as a snakebite antivenom.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cordia ecalyculata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
