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Richard Spruce
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Filename: SpruceMaster.jpg
Size: 3160 x 4433 (5.6MB)
Date: 12th February 2015
Credit: Copyright RBG Kew
Copyright Status: Copyrighted Work
Owner URL: http://www.kew.org/
Job Title: Photographer
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Richard Spruce
Richard Spruce (1817-1893) botanist and plant collector who was commissioned by William Hooker to transfer the cinchona (quinine) industry from South America to India. Accompanied by Robert Cross, a Kew gardener, he successfully collected and cultivated 637 plants and 100, 000 seeds of Cinchona succirubra which were sent to India via Kew
Media ID 10645505
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