Economic Botany Herbarium Details

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Economic Botany Herbarium Details

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Barcode: CAL0000013461

Family: ERYTHROXYLACEAE

Scientific Name: Erythroxylon coca Lam.

Collector: W.D. Saxton

Country: India

Uses: It is apowerful stimulant of the nervous system, affecting anologus to opium. Leaves contain cocain.The plant contains methyl salicylate.