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OverviewAI-generated
Erythroxylum coca, commonly known as coca, is a species of plant in the family Erythroxylaceae. It belongs to the genus Erythroxylum and is classified within the order Malpighiales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species produces berries and is recognized as a useful plant with medicinal applications. It serves as the source for coca leaf, coca tea, coca flour, and cocaine.
The native range of Erythroxylum coca includes Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It has also been introduced to Assam, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kazan-retto, and Tanzania. The taxon is associated with the Amazonia region.
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Species
Erythroxylum coca
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyErythroxylaceae
Common Name: Coca.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 857
- With media
- 258
- Family
- Erythroxylaceae
- Collections
- NY, IBUNAM, BRY, US, BAYLU
- Recorded in
- Peru, Honduras, Mexico, Bolivia, Palau
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- useful plant
- Parent taxon
- Erythroxylum
- Image
- Erythroxylum coca - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-204.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- Erythroxylum coca
- taxon rank
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- Commons category
- Erythroxylum coca
- topic's main category
- Category:Coca
- Commons gallery
- Erythroxylum coca
- taxon common name
- koka
- has fruit type
- berry
- MCN code
- 1211.30.00
- this taxon is source of
- coca flour
- taxon range
- Amazonia
- short name
- E. coca
- taxon author citation
- Lam.
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Erythroxylum coca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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