Erythroxylum aerolatum L. National Museum of Natural History. Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions Apply Click for more information. Click to view download files. Click to view IIIF info.

Of the approximately 200 members in the genus Erythroxylum, most species contain the central nervous system stimulant tropane alkaloid, known more commonly as cocaine.Because the plant is endemic ...

Of the approximately 200 members in the genus Erythroxylum, most species contain the central nervous system stimulant tropane alkaloid, known more commonly as cocaine.Because the plant is endemic ...

Erythroxylum brevipes DC. National Museum of Natural History. Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions Apply Click for more information. Click to view download files. Click to view IIIF info.

image: Erythroxylum coca in bloom. view more Credit: J. D'Auria / IPK. Since the Western world came across the South American plant genus Erythroxylum, the use of this multifaceted genus has been ...

Scientists set out to mimic the natural production of cocaine in Nicotiana benthamiana, which occurs in the leaves of the Erythroxylum coca plant. arrow-down comments ...

The most lucrative agricultural system in the Amazon is neither soy nor palm oil, but coca leaf, which is cultivated for both legal and illegal markets. There are two species, Erythroxylum coca ...

David Matuskey, Erythroxylum Coca and Its Discontents, RCC Perspectives, No. 6, Environment, Culture, and the Brain: New Explorations in Neurohistory (2012), pp. 55-60. Free online reading for over 10 ...

Erythroxylum coca has pretty flowers but can be transformed into cocaine. Image credit: H. Zell, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0. Earlier this month, ...