Koka (biljna vrsta)
Koka lat. Erythroxylum coca) je biljka iz grupe Erythroxylaceae i potječe iz sjevernozapadne Južne Amerike. Bilkja ima posebnu ulogu u tradicionalnoj andskoj kulturi. Listovi koke sadrze kokain, koji je jak stimulans.
Biljka raste do visine od 2-3 m a listovi su zelene boje, tanki i ovalni
Vanjske poveznice
- Shared Responsibility
- Legalize Coca Leaves – and Break the Consensus
- OneWorld.net Analysis: Blurred Vision on Coca Eradication
- The Coca Museum (A private museum in La Paz, Bolivia)
- Coca - Cocaine website of the Transnational Institute (TNI)
- Coca, Cocaine and the International Conventions Transnational Institute
- Enaco S.A. Peruvian Enterprise of the Coca, Official Website
- Coca Yes, Cocaine No? Legal Options for the Coca Leaf Transnational Institute (TNI), Drugs & Conflict Debate Paper 13, May 2006
- Coca leaf news page
Fotografije
- 27 original photos on coca growing in La Convención valley, Cuzco Province, Peru
- Harvesting coca in Yungas de La Paz, Bolivia
- Drying coca in the Chapare, Bolivia