| ID | 571 |
| Crop ID | Coca Leaf |
| Part | Leaf |
| Use Category | Medicinal |
| Notes | The leaves are also used to make various preparations that are employed in modern medicine. Widely used as the source of the street drug cocaine, the leaves have long been used by local people as a stimulant to overcome hunger and exhaustion. An infusion of the leaves serves also as remedy for altitude sickness, the feared 'soroche'. |
| Metadata ID | 7,944 |