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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Quinine Bark
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rubiales]]
| familia = [[Rubiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Cinchona]]''
| species = '''''C. officinalis'''''
| binomial = ''Cinchona officinalis''
| binomial_authority = [[L.]], [[1753]]
}}

'''''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]]. There are a number of various other chemicals which are made from this tree, and they include [[cinchonine]], [[cinchonidine]] and [[quinidine]]. 

==See also==
* [[List of plants of Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil]]
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==External links==
*[http://www.rain-tree.com/quinine.htm Tropical Plants Database: ''Cinchona officinalis'']

[[Category:Trees of South America]]
[[Category:Trees of the Amazon]]