Cinchona bark specimens
Cinchona bark specimens from the Economic Botany Collection, RBG Kew. Cinchona bark and its derived quinine alkaloids were the most effective treatment for malaria from the 17th century to the 1940s. As a medicinal herb, cinchona bark is also known as Jesuits bark or Peruvian bark
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Filename: EBC_52683_52938_52925_050713AM001.jpg
Size: 3024 x 2016 (4.3MB)
Date: 13th July 2005
Author: Andrew McRobb
Job Title: Photographer
Sub Location: Kew Gardens
City: Richmond
County: Surrey
© RBG Kew
Cinchona bark specimens
Cinchona bark specimens from the Economic Botany Collection, RBG Kew. Cinchona bark and its derived quinine alkaloids were the most effective treatment for malaria from the 17th century to the 1940s. As a medicinal herb, cinchona bark is also known as Jesuits bark or Peruvian bark
© RBG Kew
Media ID 11687677
Bark Cinchona Economic Botany Medicinal Medicine Quinine Rbg Kew Rubiaceae Specimen
Filename: EBC_52683_52938_52925_050713AM001.jpg