A genus of South American shrubs and trees that includes the coca plant, known for their reddish wood.
From Greek 'erythros' (red) + 'xylon' (wood). The genus name describes the reddish-colored wood of these plants.
The name literally means 'red wood,' but what made Erythroxylon historically important wasn't its timber—it was what its leaves contained that changed world history.
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