Erythroxylaceae
Coca Family
The Erythroxylaceae family (Coca Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Malpighiales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 2 species. Its members are predominantly trees.
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Simple, alternate leaves marked by two faint parallel lines running either side of the midrib on shrubs and small trees; small flowers ripen into a small red drupe, while the leaves themselves store potent alkaloids.
Leaves throughout the genus Erythroxylum store cocaine and related tropane alkaloids at varying concentrations — chewed traditionally in the Andes in raw leaf form for mild stimulant effect long before any refined extraction existed.
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Answer what you can see and narrow it down to a single Erythroxylaceae species.
To check whether a plant belongs to Erythroxylaceae, compare the leaf arrangement, leaf type, flower symmetry, fruit type, and one distinctive marker together. A single feature can mislead; the family pattern is the combination.
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Families that can look similar
Euphorbiaceae
Compare against Euphorbiaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare EuphorbiaceaeClusiaceae
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Compare ClusiaceaeFlacourtiaceae
Compare against Flacourtiaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare FlacourtiaceaePassifloraceae
Compare against Passifloraceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare PassifloraceaeAll 2 species in ERYTHROXYLACEAE
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