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 bark
Cinchona tree
Sebastiano Bado's book on the Chinchona
Peruvian bark plantation in India 1864
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
Jesuit's bark
…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 genus Cinchona, family Rubiaceae indigenous to the western Andes of South America, was introduced to Jesuit missionaries during the 17th century as a traditional…
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Cortex peruvianus study by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 1706
Peru offers a branch of cinchona to science (from a 17th-century engraving).