It is said that the natives discovered its qualities by observing that a bird called the huaco, which feeds on snakes, whenever it was bitten flew off and ate some of this plant. From Wordnik.com. [Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas] Reference
Another is the juice of the creeping plant called vejuco de huaco. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests] Reference
Saying this, he produced from his pocket some cake of the huaco leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas] Reference
The huaco plant grows in the woods. From Wordnik.com. [Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas] Reference
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