Common names

1
Common names

• Coca (Erythroxylum coca)
• Cacao (Theobroma cacao
• Kola (Kola nitida)

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Common names

• Coffee (Coffea arabica)
• Coconut (Cocos nucifera)
• Castor bean (Ricinus communis)

3

• Kava kava (Piper methysticum)

4

• LinnaeusCarl van Linne, Sweden
• Binomial classification system
• Latin
• dead language
• Everybody spoke it
• No cultural boundaries

5

• Hybrids