
coca trees
Erythroxylum
Erythroxylum (Erythroxylon) is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family Erythroxylaceae. Many of the approximately 200 species contain the drug cocaine; Erythroxylum coca, a native of South America, is the main commercial source of cocaine and of the mild stimulant coca tea. Another species, Erythroxylum vacciniifolium (also known as Catuaba) is used as an aphrodisiac in Brazilian drinks and herbal medicine.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

coca
speciesErythroxylum coca

brisselet
speciesErythroxylum brevipes

Deccan Coca
speciesErythroxylum monogynum

African cocatree
speciesErythroxylum emarginatum

Erythroxylum havanense
speciesErythroxylum havanense

Erythroxylum australe
speciesErythroxylum australe

Erythroxylum argentinum
speciesErythroxylum argentinum

Erythroxylum suberosum
speciesErythroxylum suberosum

Erythroxylum novocaledonicum
speciesErythroxylum novocaledonicum

Smoke Wood
speciesErythroxylum areolatum

Erythroxylum macrophyllum
speciesErythroxylum macrophyllum

Small-Leaved Cocainetree
speciesErythroxylum delagoense

Erythroxylum mexicanum
speciesErythroxylum mexicanum

Blue-Leaved Cocatree
speciesErythroxylum pictum

Rat Wood
speciesErythroxylum rotundifolium

Erythroxylum cuneifolium
speciesErythroxylum cuneifolium

Erythroxylum deciduum
speciesErythroxylum deciduum

Erythroxylum platyclados
speciesErythroxylum platyclados

Erythroxylum tortuosum
speciesErythroxylum tortuosum

Erythroxylum sinense
speciesErythroxylum sinense

Erythroxylum laurifolium
speciesErythroxylum laurifolium

Erythroxylum campestre
speciesErythroxylum campestre

Erythroxylum citrifolium
speciesErythroxylum citrifolium

Erythroxylum cuneatum
speciesErythroxylum cuneatum

Erythroxylum rufum
speciesErythroxylum rufum

Erythroxylum novogranatense
speciesErythroxylum novogranatense

Erythroxylum revolutum
speciesErythroxylum revolutum

Erythroxylum urbanii
speciesErythroxylum urbanii

Erythroxylum coffeifolium
speciesErythroxylum coffeifolium

Smoke Wood
speciesErythroxylum confusum

Erythroxylum cumanense
speciesErythroxylum cumanense

Zambezi Coca Tree
speciesErythroxylum zambesiacum

Erythroxylum microphyllum
speciesErythroxylum microphyllum

Erythroxylum gracilipes
speciesErythroxylum gracilipes

Erythroxylum sideroxyloides
speciesErythroxylum sideroxyloides

Erythroxylum carthagenense
speciesErythroxylum carthagenense

Erythroxylum ellipticum
speciesErythroxylum ellipticum

Erythroxylum sechellarum
speciesErythroxylum sechellarum

Erythroxylum glaucum
speciesErythroxylum glaucum

Erythroxylum guatemalense
speciesErythroxylum guatemalense

Erythroxylum leandrianum
speciesErythroxylum leandrianum

Erythroxylum squamatum
speciesErythroxylum squamatum

Erythroxylum myrsinites
speciesErythroxylum myrsinites

Erythroxylum ulei
speciesErythroxylum ulei

Erythroxylum pungens
speciesErythroxylum pungens

Erythroxylum pulchrum
speciesErythroxylum pulchrum

Erythroxylum ligustrinum
speciesErythroxylum ligustrinum

Erythroxylum umbu
speciesErythroxylum umbu

Erythroxylum passerinum
speciesErythroxylum passerinum

Erythroxylum rosuliferum
speciesErythroxylum rosuliferum

Erythroxylum subrotundum
speciesErythroxylum subrotundum

Erythroxylum anguifugum
speciesErythroxylum anguifugum

Erythroxylum barbatum
speciesErythroxylum barbatum

Erythroxylum lanceum
speciesErythroxylum lanceum

Erythroxylum daphnites
speciesErythroxylum daphnites

Erythroxylum hypericifolium
speciesErythroxylum hypericifolium

Erythroxylum cuspidifolium
speciesErythroxylum cuspidifolium

Erythroxylum ferrugineum
speciesErythroxylum ferrugineum

Erythroxylum betulaceum
speciesErythroxylum betulaceum

Erythroxylum rimosum
speciesErythroxylum rimosum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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