Cinchona pubescens

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/cinchona-pubescens

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Cinchona pubescens
2. What is the geographic origin?Andean regions of northwestern South America
3. What is Cinchona pubescens and why is it special?Cinchona pubescens is a South American tree whose bark contains a natural medicine called quinine, which is used to treat malaria.
4. How does the bark of Cinchona pubescens help fight malaria?The quinine in the bark stops malaria parasites from digesting hemoglobin inside red blood cells, which kills the parasites.

Ethnobotany: The scientific study of the traditional knowledge and uses of plants by indigenous peoples.
Antipyretic: A substance that reduces fever.
Plasmodium Parasite: The genus of protozoan parasites responsible for causing malaria in humans and other animals.