Erythroxylaceae
Ratwood
Erythroxylum rotundifolium
- Family
- Erythroxylaceae
- Genus
- Erythroxylum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Ratwood
Synonyms
- Erythroxylum brevipes var. spinescens (A.Rich.) Griseb.
- Erythroxylum brevipes var. spinescens (A.Rich.) M.Gómez
- Erythroxylum compactum Rose
- Erythroxylum fiscalense Standl.
- Erythroxylum obovatum Macfad.
- Erythroxylum pallidum Rose
- Erythroxylum pringlei Rose
- Erythroxylum sessiliflorum O.E.Schulz
- Erythroxylum spinescens A.Rich.
- Erythroxylum suave O.E.Schulz
- Erythroxylum suave var. aneurum O.E.Schulz
- Erythroxylum suave var. compactum (Rose) O.E.Schulz
- Erythroxylum suave var. jamaicense O.E.Schulz
- Erythroxylum tikalense Lundell
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: monkeyjodey, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Adam J. Searcy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.