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ERYTHROXYLUM IPADU COCA SEED erythroxylum-coca-seeds.com
Erythroxylaceae, Erythroxylon (Erythroxylum) coca, var. ipaduThe coca plant is an understory shrub with simple, entire, alternate leaves. As can be observed from the photographs above, the leaves are smooth, light green oval-shaped and approx. 5-8 cm long, born on short petioles. The flowers are inconspicuous, small and white, found singly or in small clusters along the branches (see flower buds in photo). The red, berry-like…