Condaminea Macrophylla
This plant belongs to the cinchona family, and contains tonic properties. The Peruvian bark gatherers adulterate the true cinchona bark with this, but it may be detected by its white inner surface, it...
This plant belongs to the cinchona
family, and contains tonic properties. The Peruvian bark gatherers
adulterate the true cinchona bark with this, but it may be
detected by its white inner surface, its less powerful bitter
taste, and a viscidity not possessed by the cinchonas.
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