Erythroxylum platyclados, synonyms including Erythroxylum acranthum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Erythroxylaceae, native to parts of eastern Africa and the islands of Aldabra and Comoros.

[2] Erythroxylum platyclados is native to Aldabra in Seychelles, the Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique and Tanzania.

It mainly grows in seasonally dry tropical habitats.

[1] Erythroxylum acranthum was assessed as "vulnerable" in the 1998 IUCN Red List, where it is said to be native only to the Seychelles.

[3] As of February 2023[update], E. acranthum was regarded as a synonym of Erythroxylum platyclados, which has a much wider distribution.