Cinchona
From London's Ghost Acres
Imported from
Used to Make
Description
The Cinchona tree is a plant native to the Andes Mountains of South America. The bark of this tree (known as Peruvian Bark or Jesuits Bark in primary sources) is used to make Quinine to treat malaria. While originally exclusively found in the Andes, in the 19th Century the British and Dutch managed to smuggle the plant to their colonial holdings in India and Java, respectively. The Cinchona tree was able to successfully grow in these new environments, and it was grown and processed into Quinine on an industrial scale. Imports in 1911 stood at 20,401 cwts.
Database name: Peruvian Bark.