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Red quinine bark

Cinchona pubescens

Commercially important source of quinine and other antimalarial cinchona alkaloids extracted from the bark.

Family

Rubiaceae

Temperature

17-25°C (absolute 9-28°C)

Rainfall

2500-3500mm (absolute 1400-4000mm)

Altitude

800-3500m

Soil pH

5-6 (absolute 4.5-6.5)

Soil types

humid tropical highland