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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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Coca being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Erythroxylum havanense
- Erythroxylum argentinum
- Erythroxylum areolatum
- Erythroxylum mexicanum
- Erythroxylum emarginatum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Erythroxylaceae
- Genus
- Erythroxylum
- Species
- Erythroxylum coca
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