Erythroxylum rotundifolium Lunan

The Flora and Ethnobotany of Long Island, Bahamas
Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium (MU)
Species	Erythroxylum rotundifolium Au: Lunan
Family	Erythroxylaceae
Common Name Stiff Cock (one accont only)
Description	Shrub with fruits-
Location/Habitat Thompson Bay, along a foot path that is on the east side of the Queen's
Highway, about 1000 feet northeast of Thompson Bay Inn. Low scruby
dry evergreen forest, that is not densely vegetated.
¡Latitude	23°22’ 14” N	Longitude 74°08’ 09” W
j Uses/Comments Only one person mentioned this plant as being medicinal. It was said that
this plant acts as an aphrodisiac, enabling men to have a sustained
erection. Accounts from elsewhere in the Bahamas (Andros
Collector(s) Laurel Richey and Ethan Freid
I Collection No 98-254 Duplicates 5 Date November 26,1998
Plants Dried Using a Kerosene Heater
Vouchers for Laurel Richey's PhD Dissertation
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