Erythroxylum ellipticum

Erythroxylum ellipticum is a Northern Australian species of Erythroxylum. It grows as a shrub or tree.

Erythroxylum ellipticum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Erythroxylaceae
Genus:	Erythroxylum
Species:	E. ellipticum
Binomial name
Erythroxylum ellipticum R.Br. ex Benth.

It is locally known as kerosene wood or turpentine tree - because its green branches and twigs burn readily.

The shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 1 to 5 m (3 ft 3 in to 16 ft 5 in) and produces white-green flowers around November.

It is found on rocky hillsides and in creek beds growing in sandstone based soils in the Kimberley region of Western Australia^[1] and extending across the top end of the Northern Territory and on parts of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.