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From: andrewt@cs.su.oz (Andrew Taylor)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Quinine
Keywords: quinine, amazonian forests
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Date: 4 Jan 91 05:51:23 GMT
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In article <4287@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
> 	The cinochona tree is found in both South America and Indonesia.
> I would not lose much sleep over the loss of cinochona trees as a result
> of drinking tonic water; you are apt to cause the destruction of more trees
> through buying books and periodicals.  Please get real.

Actually the cinchona tree which yields quinine is endemic to south america.
It is cultivated in a number of places in the tropics. Most quinine comes from
plantations in Java.

Andrew