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Erythroxylum coca

Lam. (1786)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Malpighiales Family: Erythroxylaceae Genus: Erythroxylum

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Encycl. 2: 393 (1786)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Erythroxylum coca Hanalei District. Kalalau Valley, east side gulches near front of valley mouth, below Kaaalahina ridge. Predominately non-native, degraded area under canopy of Syzygium cumini W/ Syzygium cumini, Furcraea foetida, Desmodium sp., Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Preserved_Specimen Walsh, S. 446 Kauai BISH 2017-06-20
2 Erythroxylum coca Lihue District. Next to CTAHR Agricultural research facility. In alien shrub patch. Growing in mesic-moist area; partially shaded understory of a patch of uncultivated alien shrubs and small trees with some large, planted ironwood in the overstory, approximately 60% canopy cover. Casuarina equisetifolia, Psidium cattleianum, Cinnamomom cf. japonicum Preserved_Specimen Brock, K. 720 Kauai BISH 2015-09-10
3 Erythroxylum coca Kawaihau District. Kauai Agricultural Reserch Station. Wailua Homesteads Many plants present, forming a dense cover with Psidium cattleianum in one small area (~15 by 15 meters), and spreading sparingly throughout mesic-moist Dicranopteris/Metrosideros forest and other unculti Preserved_Specimen Brock, K. 946 Kauai BISH 2017-02-15
4 Erythroxylum coca Lawai Akemama Rd Cultivated Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 476 Kauai BISH 1983-07-22
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