Coca belongs to the genus Erythroxylum, which comprises more than 270 different species, many native to the American tropics. Among those, two species of cultivated cocas are found in mostly ...

Coca belongs to the diverse genus Erythroxylum, which comprises over 270 different species, many native to the American tropics. Among these, two species of cultivated cocas are found in mostly ...

Scientists genetically modify a tobacco plant to produce COCAINE in its leaves. Cocaine is produced naturally in the leaves of the Erythroxylum coca plant; Scientists have discovered the chemical ...

Coca plants belong to the Erythroxylum genus, which includes over 270 species, mostly native to the American tropics. Two primary species of cultivated coca are Erythroxylum coca and Erythroxylum ...

image: Erythroxylum coca in bloom. view more Credit: J. D'Auria / IPK. Since the Western world came across the South American plant genus Erythroxylum, the use of this multifaceted genus has been ...

First Known Use: 1860 Etymology: Cocaine takes its name from the leaves of the Andean Erythroxylum coca plant—and from the doctoral thesis of a German graduate student.. Not Your Average Leaf Coca ...

Accounting for $1.5 billion in 2020, the cocaine drug market is the second largest illegal drug market in the world. It comes from Erythroxylum coca, a plant native to South America that local ...

Coca plantations in Sri Lanka. The coca plant (Erythroxylum novogranatense variety novogranatense, the Colombian coca) was introduced to the Peradeniya Botanical Garden in 1870 (as pointed out by Dr.

Ever wondered how scientists tell apart coca plants grown for different human uses (sometimes illegal) from those that grow wild? A new paper published today in Molecular Biology and Evolution reveals ...