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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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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 Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Erythroxylum coca Lam. Kalalau Valley, east side gulches near front of valley mouth, below Kaaalahina ridge Predominately non-native, degraded area under canopy of Syzygium cumini PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Seana Walsh SKW446 Kauai PTBG 6/20/2017
2 Erythroxylum coca Lam. 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 9/10/2015
3 Erythroxylum coca Lam. 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. SKW446 Kauai BISH 6/20/2017
4 Erythroxylum coca Lam. Naturalizing in alien shrub patch next to CTAHR Agricultural research facility. About 10 individual plants present of different age classes occupying a 20m by 20m area. 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. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kelsey Brock 720 Kauai PTBG 9/10/2015
5 Erythroxylum coca Lam. Kauai Agricultural Research Station, Wailua Homesteads Many plants present, forming a dense cover with Psidium cattleianum in one small area (~ 15 by 15 m), and spreading sparingly throughout mesic-moist Dicranopteris/Metrosideros forest and other uncultivated alien-dominated areas at least 600 m away. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kelsey Brock 946 Kauai PTBG 2/15/2017
6 Erythroxylum coca Lam. Lawai Akemama Rd Cultivated PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 476 Kauai BISH 7/22/1983
7 Erythroxylum coca Lam. hanalei district, kalalau valley, east side gulches near front of valley mouth, below kaaalahina ridge. Non-native, degraded area PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. walsh, a. williams & k. kosaka skw446 Kauai US 6/20/2017
8 Erythroxylum coca Lam. Hanalei District, Kalalau Valley, east side gulches near front of valley mouth, below Kaaalahina ridge. Non-native, degraded area PRESERVED_SPECIMEN S. Walsh, A. Williams & K. Kosaka SKW446 Kauai US 6/20/2017
9 Erythroxylum coca Lam. Lawai. Akemama Road. Cultivated shrub Cultivated. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 476 Kauai PTBG 7/22/1983
10 Erythroxylum coca Lam. Hanalei District, Kalalau Valley, east side gulches near front of valley mouth, below Kaaalahina ridge. Non-native, degraded area PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Walsh, S. K.; Williams, A.; Kosaka, K. SKW446 Kauai US 6/20/2017
11 Erythroxylum coca Lam. lawai akemama rd Cultivated PRESERVED_SPECIMEN flynn, t. collector number: 476 Kauai BISH 7/22/1983
12 Erythroxylum coca Lam. Koloa, NTBG, Medicinal and Ficus section, N side of Lawai stream, along service road Non-native, degraded area PRESERVED_SPECIMEN S. Walsh, A. Williams & K. Kosaka SKW446 Kauai HAPI 6/20/2017
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