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Coca belongs to the diverse genus Erythroxylum, which comprises over 270 different species, many native to the American tropics.

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 ...

A tobacco plant relative called Nicotiana benthamiana has been genetically modified to produce cocaine in its leaves. Cocaine is produced naturally in the leaves of the Erythroxylum coca plant ...

A study of brain matter from mummified bodies found in a hospital crypt from the 1600s found traces of coca, the plant used for cocaine.

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 ...

The study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, said that the narcotic was likely consumed by chewing coca leaves known as Erythroxylum coca.

Pictured is a flower from the coca plant, Erythroxylum coca Lam. Benjamin Chavez and colleagues used a yeast based synthetic biology platform to elucidate the last remaining enzymatic steps ...

Play now! As the University of Oxford explains, Erythroxylum is the genus for the coca plant, and notes “In 1855 an anaesthetic alkaloid (cocaine) was isolated from coca leaves.” ...

In two of the nine samples tested, the researchers found active components from Erythroxylum coca, the formal name for the plant from which cocaine is derived.