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Quinine from the bark of the quina-quina tree introduced as medicine for malaria.

1630

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Oral tradition indicates that extracts from the bark of the quina-quina tree were used by Indigenous people to treat malarial fever for many years before they were introduced to Western markets. Grown in the Andes, the market demand for quinine speeds up colonization in the Andes, as supplies elsewhere are low. The seeds are delicate and are not easily grown outside the Andean climate. Dutch and French colonizers start cultivating quinine for treating malaria, seizing the global market.