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Erythroxylum laurifolium is a shrub or small tree from the coca family (Erythroxylaceae), native to the Mascarene islands of Mauritius and Réunion in the wet tropics. Little cultivation information is published, so treat its care as that of a humid-tropical woody shrub.
Erythroxylum laurifolium is a species from the genus Erythroxylum. It was first described by Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erythroxylum laurifolium 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.
