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Erythroxylum coca

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Coca (Erythroxylum coca) en Meta (Colombia) 1.jpg

Erythroxylum coca is a shrub or small tree, with very prominent, sometimes warty lenticels on the branches. It most commonly grows from 1 - 2 metres tall. Widely used as the source of the street drug cocaine, the leaves have long been used by local people as a stimulant to overcome hunger and exhaustion.

Uses

Parts Used

[[:Category:Herbs with used in medicine|]], stem, leaves, Root.

Chemical Composition

[2]

Common names

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

A plant of moderate to higher elevations in the tropics. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 17 - 23°c, but can tolerate 14 - 27°c.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Photo Gallery

  • Coca (Erythroxylum coca) en Meta (Colombia) 1.jpg
  • Coca (Erythroxylum coca) en Meta (Colombia) 2.jpg
  • Coca (Erythroxylum coca) en Meta (Colombia) 3.jpg

References

  1. ↑ Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. ↑ [Chemistry]
  3. ↑ [Morphology]
  4. ↑ [Cultivation]

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