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  2. Coca - Wikipedia

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    Coca tea is produced industrially from coca leaves in South America by a number of companies, including Enaco S.A. (National Company of the Coca), a government enterprise in Peru. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] Coca leaves are also found in a brand of herbal liqueur called "Agwa de Bolivia" (grown in Bolivia and de-cocainized in Amsterdam), [ 62 ] and a natural ...

  3. Cocalero - Wikipedia

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    Coca crops in Chapare were thus targeted for eradication. Because coca and cocaine were being trafficked up through South and Central America to the United States, coca production in South America came to the attention of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration , which, subsequently under Plan Colombia , began to fund eradication efforts ...

  4. Erythroxylum novogranatense - Wikipedia

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    Germination percentages of E. coca and E. novogranatense seed were found to decrease from around 95% and 89% directly after harvesting to 29% and 0%, respectively, after 24 days of storage at 4 m (13 ft). Coca seedlings are usually sown in shaded nurseries and transplanted to the field when they are about one year old and 20–25 cm (7.9–9.8 ...

  5. Colombian coca leaf farming hit two-decade high in 2023, UN says

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    BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian land dedicated to the cultivation of coca leaves, a raw ingredient for cocaine, jumped 10% last year to reach the largest area in over two decades, a report by the ...

  6. Erythroxylum coca - Wikipedia

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    Erythroxylum coca var. ipadu, also known as Amazonian coca, is closely related to Erythroxylum coca var. coca, from which it originated relatively recently. [3] E. coca var. ipadu does not escape cultivation or survive as a feral or wild plant like E. coca var. coca [4] It has been suggested that due to a lack of genetic isolation to differentiate it from E. coca var. coca, E. coca var. ipadu ...

  7. Pope Francis expresses interest in chewing coca leaves ... - AOL

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    Pope Francis will soon be traveling to Bolivia and according one of the country's officials, he has expressed interest in chewing coca leaves while he's there. Though they are a main ingredient in ...

  8. Scientists Uncovered a Blow From the Past: 17th Century ... - AOL

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    Of the approximately 200 members in the genus Erythroxylum, most species contain the central nervous system stimulant tropane alkaloid, known more commonly as cocaine.Because the plant is endemic ...

  9. Agriculture in California - Wikipedia

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    California farms produce 90% of all U.S.-grown avocados, with the great majority being of the Hass variety. [14] In 2021 [ 15 ] the state harvest was 135,500 short tons (122,900 t) on 46,700 acres (18,900 ha) for a yield of 2.9 short tons per acre (6.5 t/ha), and at $2,430 per short ton ($2,679/t) that brought $327,369,000.