Erythroxylum australe is a shrub or small tree endemic to northern Australia.

The plant is known by a variety of names including Brigalow erythroxylon shrub and dogwood (unrelated to Cornus).

The plant grows in a wide variety of habitats in subcoastal and coastal regions, ranging from dry rainforest and vine thickets to open savanna woodland.

The leaves contain 0.8% meteloidine, an alkaloid similar to cocaine.

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