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'''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.
 
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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.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
  
 
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* [https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/erythroxylum-coca Erythroxylum coca on sciencedirect.com]
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* [https://www.britannica.com/plant/coca Erythroxylum coca on britannica.com]
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Latest revision as of 17:36, 4 May 2020

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

Physical stress, Soroche.[1]

Parts Used

Leaves.

Chemical Composition

[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English


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

Shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
{{{5}}}

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

Seeds

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

Amazon rainforest.

Photo Gallery

References

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

External Links