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Erythroxylum

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Noun1.Erythroxylum - a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family ErythroxylaceaeErythroxylum - a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae
plant genus - a genus of plants
coca, coca plant, Erythroxylon coca - a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine
Erythroxylon truxiuense - a South American shrub whose leaves are a source of cocaine


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Coca tea, or mate de coca in the vernacular, and the leaf of the erythroxylum cataractarum to be scientific, was introduced to Britain by the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew early in the 19th century, but apparently the plant has never found favour in orthodox western horticulture.
 
 
 
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