Erythroxylum novogranatense
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Erythroxylum novogranatense, also known as Colombian Coca, is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Erythroxylaceae native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, and Venezuela. It is us
Erythroxylum novogranatense var. Novogranatense
Erythroxylum novogranatense var. truxillense flower
Cocaine
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Cocaine is a central nervous system stimulant and tropane alkaloid, derived primarily from the leaves of two coca species native to South America: Erythroxylum coca and E. novogranatense. The leaves a
Erythroxylum novogranatense
…also contain methyl salicylate. As one of the oldest cultivated plants in the Americas, Erythroxylum novogranatense has been cultivated as a source of cocaine for thousands of years, but its role in the production of cocaine is relatively small. Erythroxylum novogranatense var. novogranatense represents about…
Llipta is used to improve extraction when chewing coca (Museo de la Coca, Cusco, Peru).
Two cups of coca tea
Mambe or ypadu is made from toasted and ground coca leaves with ashes
Cocaine hydrochloride