Scientific Name:Cinchona spp. (C. officinalis, C. ledgeriana, C. succirubra). Linnaeus named this genus of tree species after the Countess of Chinchon, according to legend, promoted the use of the medicinal bark after she herself was successfully treated for malaria in the 1630s. The scient...
Cinchona officinalis commonly known as Cinchona is actually an evergreen tree belonging to Rubiaceae (Madder family). The plant is native to mountainous tropical regions of South America, especially Peru; cinchona is now also grown in India, Java, and parts of Africa, and is cultivated intensively...
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