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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Erythroxylum coca

Common Name
Cocaine; Koka

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) Amerindian *
Ache(Stomach) Amerindian *
Anesthetic Europe *
Anesthetic India *
Anesthetic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Anodyne Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Aperient Amerindian *
Aphrodisiac Amerindian *
Asthma Amerindian *
Asthma Europe *
Astringent India *
Carminative Amerindian *
Deobstruent Amerindian *
Depression Europe *
Depurative Elsewhere *
Digestive Amerindian *
Diuretic Amerindian *
Dyspepsia Amerindian *
Edema Amerindian *
Epistaxis Amerindian *