Coca, cocaine Erythroxylum coca


Erythroxylum coca
  • Common Names
  • Coca, cocaine , cocaine
  • Botanical Name
  • Erythroxylum coca
  • Family
  • ERYTHROXYLACEAE

Medicinal Uses & Benefits of Coca, Cocaine

Side Effects | Plant & Garden| Folklore

How to Use: Coca, cocaine


Coca leaves have been used as a stimulant by the indigenous people of Peru, Bolivia, and northern Argentina for centuries; it also has religious and symbolic significance.

The Coca-Cola Company buys 115 tons of coca leaf from Peru and 105 tons from Bolivia per year, which it uses as an ingredient in its Coca-Cola formula (famously a trade secret). The cocaine itself does not end up in the drink nowadays, however, and is generally sold to the pharmaceutical industry where it is used for various surgical procedures.

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