Cinchona Bark

Name:
Cinchona Bark
Detailed information:
The bark of one of several species of cinchona trees native to South America and cultivated in Indonesia, Peru, Ecuador, and western Africa. The best-known types are calisaya, loxa, and succirubra. It is used primarily as the source of natural quinine, quinidine, chinchonidine, cinchonine, and related alkaloids formerly used as antimalarials.