Canary Coca

A handful of seeds, many thousands of years ago, a very long way from their homeland. Deposited by bird droppings, perhaps, or a freak storm, who knows? But on this island, they germinate. They take root, and grow, then they reproduce. Soon they spread and thrive, and soon spread to the rest of the Canary Islands. It will take a very long time for humans to realize this plant is here, but when they do, coca would have come to the old world.

Alright, what can we do with this?
 

katchen

Banned
One might as well ask, "why didn't coca chewing catch on with the Spaniards the way tobacco did?
Or why didn't khat catch on in the Islamic world and Europe?
And why have traces of cocaine been found in Egyptian mummies?
The best thing I can figure is that there must be a coca plant analogue or relative somewhere in Africa. Which would not be hard to exist considering that both South America and Africa were part of the same Gondwanaland continent up until about 65 million years ago.
 
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