Peru: History of Coca, "the Divine Plant" of the Incas
Peru: History of Coca, "the Divine Plant" of the Incas
William Golden Mortimer
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In the older cocals an insect called mougna sometimes intro- "Marlanl; person, com.; 1899. Digitized by Google 244 HISTORY OF COCA. duces itself into the trunk of the shrub and occasions its with- ering. M. Grandidier speaks of a disease termed cupa, or cuchupa, in the valley of the Santa Marta, which has de- stroyed an entire crop within eight days. From an attack of this not only the immediate leaf is rendered small and bit- ter, but during the following year the shrub remains unpro- ductive,... and a gall-like excrescence is developed termed sarna mocUo — seeds of gall. Some cultivators at the first indica- tion of this disease prune the affected twigs and so succeed in raising a new crop by the next harvest. The ant, cuquiy which is a great pest through all the mon- taiia, is a dangerous evil to the Coca plant. It riot only cuts the roots, but disintegrates the bark and destroys the leaves, and in a single night may ruin an entire plantation. In fact, the sagacity of the traditional ant is outdone by these pests.
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