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The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

CINCHONA

Picture of Cinchona

The cinchona is a genus of trees native to South America with fragrant white or pink flowers. The bark contains quinine and other related alkaloids. The tree was named in honour of the countess of Chinchon, the vice-Queen of Peru after she was cured by cinchona bark in 1638.
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