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

Video

• Democracy Now Interview with Bolivian President Evo Morales, in which he discusses the coca leaf
• Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez chews a coca leaf during a public TV broadcast and discuss its benefits