Quinine tree

[mud]

Old uncle says:

"If ever ol' black fella offers u a flagon bottles of 'Quinny', you dont knock him back, alright?!"

Anecdotal evidence of curing leukimia.

Quinine, contained in soda water.

http://www.wordnik.com/words/quinine-tree

Just wondering what y'all alreayd know of this.

cheers

[occidentalis]

Interesting stuff

Codonocarpus is common in the Pilbara. Last time I was up there I spoke to a station hand from QLD who was asking me what I knew about 'quinine', but I had never heard the name before.

I guess that's what he's talking about .

I may be able to collect some next time I go up if anyone can use it for analysis,

[tarenna]

Possibly also Alstonia constricta?

[LokStok]

possibly also Petalostigma pubescens (instead of Petalostigma quadriloculare)

[elfwhisper]

Without a scientific name, the quinine tree is said to only grow where AU abounds and was used for its vitamin content in settlement days (FNQ)

[whitewind]

Melia azaderach, and Ochrosia elliptica were both used for Malaria but neither contain quinine.

[mud]

I told this story to another local Wiradjuri fella and he thought I was talking about 'inkweed'..