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| Cinchona is a genus of about 25 species in the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical South America. They are large shrubs or small trees growing to 5-15 metres tall with evergreen foliage. The leaves are opposite, rounded to lanceolate, 10-40 cm long. The flowers are white, pink or red, produced... Read enhanced Wikipedia article |
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Cinchona
Cinchona is a genus of about 25 species in the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical South America. They are large shrubs or small trees growing to 5–15 metres tall with evergreen foliage. -
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USS Cinchona (AN-12)
USS Cinchona (AN-12/YN-7) was an Aloe-class net laying ship which was assigned to serve the U.S. Navy during World War II with her protective anti-submarine nets. ... Cinchona arrived off newly invaded Saipan 16 June 1944. -
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Cinchona ledgeriana
Cinchona ledgeriana is a plant indigenous to the eastern slopes of the Andes, where they grow from 1,500-3,000 meters in elevation in Colombia and Bolivia. -
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Cinchona officinalis
Cinchona officinalis (Quinine Bark) is a tree native to Amazon Rainforest vegetation. This plant is used for the production of quinine, which is an anti-fever agent especially useful in the prevention and treatment of malaria. -
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Cinchona pubescens
Cinchona pubescens is known for its bark's high quinine content- and has similar uses to Cinchona officinalis in the production of quinine, most famously used for treatment of malaria (Kinyuy et al. 1993). -
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Jesuit's bark
Peru offers a branch of cinchona to Science (from a 17th century engraving). ... Jesuit's Bark, also called Peruvian Bark, is the historical name of the most celebrated specific remedy for all forms of malaria. -
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List of Rubiaceae genera
Full list of the genera in the madder family (Rubiaceae) ... Cinchona L. -
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Quinidine
Quinidine is a pharmaceutical agent that acts as a class I antiarrhythmic agent (Ia) in the heart. It is a stereoisomer of quinine, originally derived from the bark of the cinchona tree. -
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Quinic acid
Quinic acid is a crystalline acid obtained from cinchona bark, coffee beans, and other plant products and made synthetically by hydrolysis of chlorogenic acid. Quinic acid is also implicated in the perceived acidity of coffee. -
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Endoclita
Endoclita is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. ... Recorded food plants: Albizia, Camellia, Cinchona, Crotalaria, Manihot, Tectona, Theobroma
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