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Seedlings of Cinchona succirubra, India, 1861

Seedlings of Cinchona succirubra, India, 1861

Seedlings of Cinchona succirubra, photographed on arrival in Ootacamund, southern India, 9 April 1861. Collected by Richard Spruce in Ecuador, the plants were received by WIlliam McIvor, a former Kew gardener, who was superintendent of the Botanic Garden in Ootacamund... Read more

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Filename: p041 - 006838LA20120727-019 Cinchona.jpg

Size: 4058 x 3011 (3.1MB)

Date: 12th February 2015

Credit: © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Copyright Status: Copyrighted Work

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© The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Seedlings of Cinchona succirubra, India, 1861

Seedlings of Cinchona succirubra, photographed on arrival in Ootacamund, southern India, 9 April 1861. Collected by Richard Spruce in Ecuador, the plants were received by WIlliam McIvor, a former Kew gardener, who was superintendent of the Botanic Garden in Ootacamund, where he successfully cultivated the red bark trees. Extracts of the bark of Cinchona produced quinine, a malaria medicine

© The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Media ID 10645076

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