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The cocaine alkaloid content of dry Erythroxylum coca var. coca leaves was measured ranging from 0.23% to 0.96%. [8] Coca-Cola used coca leaf extract in its products from 1885 until about 1903, when it began using decocainized leaf extract.
Erythroxylum coca var. ipadu, also known as Amazonian coca, is closely related to Erythroxylum coca var. coca, from which it originated relatively recently. [3] E. coca var. ipadu does not escape cultivation or survive as a feral or wild plant like E. coca var. coca [4] It has been suggested that due to a lack of genetic isolation to differentiate it from E. coca var. coca, E. coca var. ipadu ...
Of the approximately 200 members in the genus Erythroxylum, ... meaning that coca leaves might’ve been more easily available even during its early introduction to the continent.
Coca flour is made from whole ground dried coca leaves harvested from the coca plant, [1] Erythroxylum coca or Erythroxylum novogranatense. Coca flour is commercially produced and sold in stores in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. [2] [3] [4] Coca flour is primarily used regionally as a nutritional additive in breads, cakes, candy, juices ...
Archeologists have found a pre-Hispanic mummy surrounded by coca leaves on top of a hill in Peru’s capital next to the practice field of a professional soccer club. A team from The Associated ...
Erythroxylum novogranatense var. truxillense; Erythroxylum novogranatense was originally identified as E. coca, subsequently described as a variety, and finally came to be recognized as its own species. [1] Erythroxylum novogranatense var. novogranatense is native to Colombia and Venezuela. Unlike Erythroxylum coca, it tolerates non-acidic ...
A legal coca leaf market, said the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy, doesn’t keep illegal ones from sprouting up. In a statement responding to questions from The Associated Press, the ...
Coca tea, also called mate de coca, is a herbal tea made using the raw or dried leaves of the cocaine-containing coca plant, which is native to South America. It is made either by submerging the coca leaf or dipping a tea bag in hot water.