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Cocaine is an alkaloid which is contained in the Erythroxylon coca which grows in the Andes mountains of Peru and Bolivia 1000 to 3000 m. above sea level. 1 The first use of cocaine in history was by the Peruvian Indians in the 6th century who chewed on the coca leaves for the sense of wellness and endurance which it produced and who believed it to be a part of the Inca religion. 2
Cocaine Toxicity 2010
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Dominant species in the tree community are Haematoxylum campechianum, Bucida spinosa and Dalbergia glabra, with others including Byrsonima bucidaefolia, Cameraria latifolia, Erythroxylon areolatum and Malpighia lundellii.
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The low-lying wet forest has been highly affected by the opening of areas for settlements and the growing of marijuana (Cannabis sativa) and coca (Erythroxylon sp.), leaving only a few thinned-out and fragmented original stronghold forests.
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Cocaine is manufactured from the dry leaves of the _Erythroxylon coca_, which grows in the valleys of the East Cordilleras of South
Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 Various
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Coca (Erythroxylon coca) is a bush, and the leaves contain the stimulant cocaine.
The 1994 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Within its trim beds are contained tea and coffee plants, sugar-canes, caoutchouc and gutta-percha trees, _Erythroxylon coca_ for cocaine, and trees producing tannin and oils.
A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore 1898
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[60] The leaves of this shrub (_Erythroxylon coca_) contain a stimulant substance that in its effects is much like the active principle of coffee.
Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges 1895
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The _coca_ to which the betel-nut is here compared is the dried leaf of a Peruvian shrub (_Erythroxylon coca_). of stimulant and tonic qualities.
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-- The leaves of this Australian plant are chewed by the natives of Central Australia, just as the Peruvians and Chilians masticate the leaves of the _Erythroxylon coca_, to invigorate themselves during their long foot journeys through the country.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture William Saunders 1861
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The coca (_Erythroxylon coca_, Lam.) is a shrub about six feet in height, with bright green leaves and white blossoms.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853
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