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Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaves are used medicinally, as a cocaine source, in<br />

m<strong>at</strong>e de coca tea, and as a chew for <strong>the</strong>ir stimul<strong>at</strong>ive effects and<br />

infrequently to relieve hunger pangs and altitude sickness.<br />

Though lower in cocaine content than o<strong>the</strong>r Erythroxylum spp., E.<br />

coca var. ipadu is <strong>the</strong> most important coca in lowland Amazonia.<br />

Some commercial production has moved to <strong>the</strong> Colombian Llanos.<br />

Also grown as a medicinal in home gardens in rural Amazonia.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Western Amazonia<br />

REFERENCES: Balick 1985, Clement 1989, Duke and Vásquez 1994,<br />

Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Plowman 1979, Plowman 1984, Schultes 1984<br />

Erythroxylum havanense Jacq. [syn. E. chiapense Lundell, E.<br />

mexicanum Kunth]<br />

FAMILY: Erythroxylaceae (coca)<br />

ENGLISH: bracelet<br />

SPANISH: chilillo, tetilla<br />

USES/NOTES: Purple to bright red succulent fruit reportedly is<br />

edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics<br />

REFERENCES: Espejo Serna et al. n.d., MBG n.d., Plowman 1991,<br />

Plowman and Hensold 2004<br />

Erythroxylum novogran<strong>at</strong>ense (Morris) Hieron. var. novogran<strong>at</strong>ense<br />

Rusby<br />

FAMILY: Erythroxylaceae (coca)<br />

ENGLISH: Colombian coca<br />

PORTUGUESE: coca, ipadu<br />

SPANISH: coca<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaf occasionally is chewed for its stimul<strong>at</strong>ing effects<br />

or used for m<strong>at</strong>e de coca tea and is a minor cocaine source. Plant<br />

has <strong>the</strong> gre<strong>at</strong>est environmental range.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Andes <strong>of</strong> Colombia and Venezuela<br />

REFERENCES: Plowman 1979, Plowman 1984<br />

Erythroxylum novogran<strong>at</strong>ense (Morris) Hieron. var. truxillense<br />

(Rusby) Plowman [syn. E. truxillense Rusby]<br />

FAMILY: Erythroxylaceae (coca)<br />

ENGLISH: Trujillo coca<br />

PORTUGUESE: coca<br />

SPANISH: coca<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaf is a cocaine source, though less commercially<br />

important than E. coca var. coca, used as a masticant by Andean<br />

peasants to relieve altitude sickness and hunger pangs, and for<br />

m<strong>at</strong>e de coca tea.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Drier Andean valleys <strong>of</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn Peru and/or Ecuador<br />

REFERENCES: Plowman 1979, Plowman 1984<br />

Eschscholzia californica Cham. in Nees<br />

FAMILY: Papaveraceae (poppy)<br />

ENGLISH: California goldpoppy, California poppy, desert goldpoppy<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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