Erythroxylum Coca - Taxonomy

Taxonomy

Among the genus Erythroxylum, cocaine-rich leaves are obtained from 4 taxa:

  • Erythroxylum coca var. coca
  • Erythroxylum coca var. ipadu
  • Erythroxylum novogranatense var. novogranatense
  • Erythroxylum novogranatense var. truxillense (see also Coca#Species and classification

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