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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Florestas.
Data corrente: | 09/12/1993
Data da última atualização: | 09/06/2006
Autoria: | COSTA, J. R. da.
Título: | A quineira e a sua cultura.
Ano de publicação: | 1949
Fonte/Imprenta: | Anuario Brasileiro de Economia Florestal, Rio de Janeiro, v. 2, n. 2, p. 374-385, 1949.
ISSN: | 0365-0626
Idioma: | Português
Conteúdo: | Native of South America where it still occurs in its original state, the quinine tree is found scattered over the lower slopes of the Andes from southern Bolivia do northern Venezuela, as well as in Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. This range is limited by certain factors, notably altitude, which varies between 900 and 2500 metres. It is said that Europeans knew of the anti-febrile qualities of the plant as early as 1636. The first description of the tree was made by La Condamine in 1737. Based on this description Linneus established in 1742 the genus Chinchona which, by a commonly accepted mistake, became Cinchona. The appearance of the species Cinchona Ledgeriana and C. succirubra marked the beginning of cultivation of the quinine tree on an economic ...
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