which plant is quinine obtained?
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quinine is obtained from the bark of chincona tree .It is used to treat malaria .
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cinchona
Quinine, as a component of the bark of the cinchona (quina-quina) tree, was used to treat malaria from as early as the 1600s, when it was referred to as the "Jesuits' bark," "cardinal's bark," or "sacred bark." These names stem from its use in 1630 by Jesuit missionaries in South America, though a legend suggests ...
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