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Erythroxylum coca

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Erythroxylum coca

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Also known as coca, coke

species of plant, coca

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Erythroxylum coca is a plant species native to South America that produces leaves containing alkaloid compounds. The plant has historical and cultural significance to indigenous peoples and is also the source of cocaine, making it scientifically and socially important to understand.

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Species

Erythroxylum coca

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalpighiales
  5. FamilyErythroxylaceae
Native toBolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Observations recorded1,921

Common Name: Coca.

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taxon name
Erythroxylum coca
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Erythroxylum coca
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Erythroxylum coca
taxon common name
koka
MCN code
1211.30.00
short name
E. coca
taxon author citation
Lam.
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Coca leaves and fruits

Erythroxylum coca is a species of flowering plant in the family Erythroxylaceae. It is one of the two species of cultivated coca.

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