Erythroxylaceae

Coca

Erythroxylum coca Lam.

Family: Erythroxylaceae
Genus: Erythroxylum

Pets and kids

CatsNot sure
DogsNot sure
KidsNot sure

Why

Cats: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Dogs: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Kids: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.

Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.

Coca (Erythroxylum coca) — FruitPhoto: John G. Phillips, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (55)

Arabic: كوكا
arz: كوكا
Asturian: Coca
Aymara: Kuka
Azerbaijani: Erythroxylon coca, Kokain kolu
Bangla: কোকা
Basque: Koka, Koka landare
Belarusian: Какаінавы куст
Catalan: Coca
Chinese: 古柯, 药古柯, 可卡
Croatian: Koka
Czech: Kokainovník pravý, Coca, Erythroxylon coca, Koka, Koka pravá, Rudodřev koka
Danish: Coca, Koka
Dutch: Coca, Cocaplant, Erythroxylon Coca
English: Coca, Coke
Esperanto: Kokao
Estonian: Kokapõõsas, Koka, Koka-punapuu
Finnish: Kokapensas, Aitokokapensas, Bolivian koka
French: Coca, Erythroxylon coca
frr: Kokastrük
Georgian: Კოკაინის ხე
German: Cocastrauch, Kokablatt, Kokastrauch
Greek: Κόκα
Hebrew: קוקה, קוקה אמריקנית
hsb: Wšědny kokakerk
Indonesian: Coca, Koka
io: Kokao
Italian: Coca, Erthroxylum coca, Erythroxylon coca
Japanese: コカ, コカノキ, コカ茶
Korean: 코카나무, 코카
Latvian: Kokas augs, Koka, Kokas krūms
Lithuanian: Tikrasis kokainmedis, Koka
Macedonian: Кока
Malagasy: Kôka
mul: Erythroxylon coca
Norwegian Bokmål: Koka, Erythroxylon coca
Norwegian Nynorsk: Koka
Occitan: Còca
os: Кокæ
Persian: کوکا
Polish: Krasnodrzew pospolity, Kokainowy krzew
Portuguese: Coca, Folha de coca
Quechua: Kuka, Coca, Erythroxylon, Erythroxylon coca, Qoqa
Romanian: Coca, Eritroxylon coca
Russian: Кокаиновый куст, Кока
Scottish Gaelic: Coca
Serbian: Кока, Koka
Serbian (Latin): Koka
Slovenian: Koka
Spanish: Coca, Hayo
Swedish: Kokabuske
Tatar: Кәкәин куагы
Thai: โคคา
Turkish: Koka ağacı, Koka, Erythroxylon coca, Koka bitkisi
Ukrainian: Кока

Characteristics

In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: introduced

Photos

FruitPhoto: John G. Phillips, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Lucero Luna Montilla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Danna Guevara, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Frank Dietze, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Gary Saucedo/Archivo Centro Takiwasi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vincent A. Vos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Gary Saucedo/Archivo Centro Takiwasi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.