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On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 10:23 PM, Sukla Chanda <[email protected]> wrote: > Its my pleasure. Thanks all. > Dr. Rawat you put very interesting note on this plant. > > > > Thanks, > Sukla > ------------------------------------------------ > Sukla Chanda, PhD > Science & Education, > The Field Museum, Chicago IL. > > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 2:44 AM, D.S Rawat > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thank you for showing this narcotic plant. It is believed that 'Coca' >> plant has made more addicts than any other single species in the world. The >> leaves contain Cocaine, tropacocaine, cinnamylcocaine, truxillines and >> benzoylecgonine alkaloids which are narcotic materials and strongly habit >> forming. Interestingly, 'Cola' leaves are also used in flavourings of many >> soft drinks BUT ONLY AFTER THESE ARE DEALKALOIDISED (alkaloids removed). >> DSRawat Pantnagar >> >> >> On Friday, February 28, 2014 10:36:09 AM UTC+5:30, Sukla Chanda wrote: >>> >>> >>> *Erythroxylum coca Lam. (Erythroxylaceae)* >>> >>> It is an exotic (to India), cultivated coca plant native to western >>> South America. Shrub, 2-3 m high, the branches are straight, and the >>> leaves, which have a green tint, are thin, opaque, oval, and taper at the >>> extremities. A marked characteristic of the leaf is an areolated portion >>> bounded by two longitudinal curved lines, one line on each side of the >>> midrib, and more conspicuous on the under face of the leaf. The flowers are >>> small, and disposed in clusters on short stalks; the corolla is composed of >>> five yellowish-white petals; anther heart-shaped; pistil consists of three >>> carpels united to form a three-chambered ovary. The flowers mature into red >>> berries. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Sukla >>> ------------------------------------------------ >>> Sukla Chanda, PhD >>> Science & Education, >>> The Field Museum, Chicago IL. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
