HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The coca shrub is indigenous to South America, Mexico, Indonesia, and the West Indies. It is one of the oldest cultivated plants of South America [2]. Cultivated coca plants belong to two distinct species of the genus Erythroxylum (family Erythroxylaceae): Erythroxylum coca Lam.

Detailed explanation-2: -Coca, of the genus Erythroxylum, is a stimulant and painkiller that played key roles within the Inka state. As reported by the early Spanish chroniclers, coca was the most important plant offering during public rituals.

Detailed explanation-3: -Trick to Remember the Difference Use cocoa to refer to a delicious drink or a powder made from cacao beans. Use coca to refer to the leaves of the plants used to manufacture cocaine.