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Erythroxylum coca
Coca (Erythroxylum coca) is a shrub in the Erythroxylaceae family, one of the two cultivated coca species, native to western South America. It grows well in warm, humid tropical conditions and needs very acidic soil, around pH 3.5 to 5.5.
Erythroxylum coca is a species of flowering plant in the family Erythroxylaceae. It is one of the two species of cultivated coca.
The leaves are sometimes eaten by the larvae of the moth Eloria noyesi.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
