Coca - Wikipedia
网页Description. The coca plant resembles a blackthorn bush, and grows to a height of 2 to 3 m (7 to 10 ft). The branches are curved, and the leaves are thin, opaque, oval, and taper at the extremities.
Coca leaf: Myths and Reality | Transnational Institute
网页What is coca? What is its relationship to cocaine? Why is the coca leaf banned? Does the 1961 convention still ban any use of coca? Why should coca be removed from the UN list of prohibited drugs? Where is coca grown? How much do coca producers benefit from the drugs trade? What methods have been used to tackle the cocaine problem?
Coca | Medicinal Uses, Stimulant, Andean Cultures | Britannica
网页2024年8月23日 · coca, (Erythroxylum coca), tropical shrub, of the family Erythroxylaceae, the leaves of which are the source of the drug cocaine. The plant, cultivated in Africa, northern South America, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan, grows about 2.4 metres (8 feet) tall.
Coca: The History and Medical Significance of an Ancient Andean ...
网页2016年4月7日 · Coca is an indigenous plant of South America with numerous alkaloid components, the most well-known one of which is the psychoactive component, cocaine. Its leaves have been a staple in the Andean lifestyle for thousands of years. Strong interest in coca use has existed in the anthropological world for decades.
Nutritional and Medicinal Uses of the Coca Leaves
网页2019年5月25日 · But beyond being an inherited tradition, due to the nutritional properties that have been found in coca leaves through various scientific studies, its medicinal use has spread among the Andean people and the rest of the world. To this plant are attributed anesthetic, antispasmodic, tonic and digestive properties.
Erythroxylum coca - Wikipedia
网页The coca plant resembles a blackthorn bush, and grows to a height of 2–3 m (7–10 ft). The branches are straight, and the leaves, which have a green tint, are thin, opaque, oval, and taper at the extremities. A marked characteristic of the leaf is an areolated portion bounded by two longitudinal curved lines, one line on each side of the ...
Coca: A Blessing and a Curse - National Geographic
网页Scientific studies of coca’s medicinal properties have found that its leaves contain a powerful alkaloid that acts as a stimulant. Its effects include raised heart rate, increased energy, and...
The tradition of coca leaf use for ancestral Indigenous people in …
网页The coca leaf is the perfect example of the natural use and artificial abuse of people and how the imbalance brought from the global north since colonial times can bring death instead health and life. Chronists of the “indias” make …
Coca – much more than a drug source - Kew
网页2024年7月10日 · Leaves were traditionally chewed to gain the benefits from all the compounds in a measured dose, but today cocaine can be extracted at scale. This practice has detrimental impacts on the environment, requiring thousands of leaves and the application of harmful chemicals.
What Coca Means in Peru - JSTOR Daily
网页2022年1月9日 · Families share coca leaves to mark milestones such as births, deaths, a boy’s first haircut, or a girl’s first menstruation. When a man courts a woman, his family distributes coca leaves to hers. Coca acts as a substitute currency, too. The leaves are also part of divination and healing practices.
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