Erythroxylum ellipticum

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

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 {{cvt|1|to|5|m}} 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{{Florabase|id=4365|title=Erythroxylum ellipticum}} and extending across the top end of the Northern Territory and on parts of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.