Cinchona cultivation for Quinine, and Camellia sinensis tea shrubs in the Dooars of West Bengal

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Cinchona cultivation for Quinine, and Camellia sinensis tea shrubs in the Dooars of West Bengal. Notice the yellow and white tea plant flowers and the green fruit seed pods. Latpanchar Sittong Types of Trews and fruits Darjeeling Cinchona (pronounced /sɪŋˈkoʊnə/ or /sɪnˈtʃoʊnə/) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae containing at least 23 species of trees and shrubs. All are native to the tropical Andean forests of western South America. A few species are reportedly naturalized in Central America, Jamaica, French Polynesia, Sulawesi, Saint Helena in the South Atlantic, and São Tomé and Príncipe off the coast of tropical Africa, and others have been cultivated in India and Java, where they have formed hybrids. Cinchona has been historically sought after for its medicinal va