Cinchona
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Cinchona is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae containing at least 23 species of trees and shrubs. All are native to the tropical Andean forests of western South America. A few specie
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Cortex peruvianus study by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 1706
Cinchona officinalis, the harvested bark
Peru offers a branch of cinchona to science (from a 17th-century engraving).
Jesuit's bark
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Jesuit's bark, also known as cinchona bark, Peruvian bark or China bark, is a former remedy for malaria, as the bark contains quinine, used to treat the disease. The bark of several species of the gen
Cinchona
…the spelling to Chinchona, and some prefer the pronunciation for the common name of the plant. Traditional medicine uses from South America known as Jesuit's bark and Jesuit's powder have been traced to Cinchona. In Nigeria it is locally called dogo yaro, or Dogo'n yaro, which translates to 'tall man'. Cinchona…
Cinchona tree
Sebastiano Bado's book on the Chinchona
Peruvian bark plantation in India 1864