Seedlings of Cinchona succirubra, India, 1861

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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
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Media ID 10645076
Date: 12th February 2015
Copyright Status: Copyrighted Work
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Credit: © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Filename: p041 - 006838LA20120727-019 Cinchona.jpg
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Associated Categories: History
Associated Categories: medicinal
Associated Categories: History
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