Scientific name and utility of chinchona
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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. Thescientific name was later modified from Chinchona to Cinchona, which is the accepted spelling today.
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The scientific name is chinchona ( before cinchona)
It's other common name is FEVER TREE , KINAKINA , QUINA - QUINA.
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.
There are 38 known species in the genus. At least three of these species (C. officinalis, C. ledgeriana, C. succirubra) have a high enough concentration of quinine alkaloids to be cultivated commercially for their medicinal value.
Chinchona bark is best known as the source of the anti-malarial drug quinine and is now cultivated throughout the tropics .
It's other common name is FEVER TREE , KINAKINA , QUINA - QUINA.
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.
There are 38 known species in the genus. At least three of these species (C. officinalis, C. ledgeriana, C. succirubra) have a high enough concentration of quinine alkaloids to be cultivated commercially for their medicinal value.
Chinchona bark is best known as the source of the anti-malarial drug quinine and is now cultivated throughout the tropics .
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