The Economic Botany Collection: Cinchona | Kew

Did you know the key flavour in tonic water is also used to treat malaria?
The plant-based medicine, quinine, comes from the bark of cinchona trees.
Though over-harvested in the wild, we preserve the bark in our Economic Botany Collection at Kew.
Find out more about Kew’s collection of crude drugs from Curator Mark Nesbitt.
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