Erythroxylaceae

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Coca family
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Erythroxylaceae
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Genera

The Erythroxylaceae (or coca family) is a family of flowering plants consisting of 4 genera and at least 250 species. The best-known species is the coca plant (Erythroxylum coca), the source of the drug cocaine.

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