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The first American planting of cinchona was in 1860 in Guatemala and Jamaica. Subsequent investments in Guatemala by private and governmental agencies, negligible until stimulated by the recent war, have culminated today in plantations aggregating only about 1,000 acres with 1 3/4 million trees.
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Popenoe, W. Cinchona cultivation in guatemala— a brief historical review up to 1943. Econ Bot 3, 150–157 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859519
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