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Ethnobotanical Plant Erythroxylum coca

Common Name
Cocaine; Koka

Activities

Uses for this plant.
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 Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Stomach) Amerindian Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Anesthetic Europe Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic India Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Aperient Amerindian Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac Amerindian Duke, 1992 *
Asthma Amerindian Duke, 1992 *
Asthma Europe Duke, 1992 *
Astringent India Duke, 1992 *
Carminative Amerindian Duke, 1992 *
Deobstruent Amerindian Duke, 1992 *
Depression Europe Duke, 1992 *
Depurative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Digestive Amerindian Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Amerindian Duke, 1992 *
Dyspepsia Amerindian Duke, 1992 *
Edema Amerindian Duke, 1992 *
Epistaxis Amerindian Duke, 1992 *