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Hi - I was wondering if Cinchona trees are available in Australia? Regards Ted

Time: 19th February 2018 11:56am

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Fruitylicious1 says...
Hi Craftlingife

Which cinchona species you are after? There are at least 38 species of cinchona officinalis.

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Time: 23rd February 2018 8:54pm

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craftlingife says...
Hi Fruitylicoous as far as I can see the one used for tonic is cinchona Succirubra. Regards craftinglife

Time: 25th February 2018 10:15am

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Fruitylicious1 says...
Hi Craft

Only Cinchona Calisaya Wedd. plant is permitted to be imported here in Australia as per Western Australia Organism List. It also contains quinine like the C. Succirubra but to a lesser percentage. There was a C. Succirubra plantation in Queensland during the 1940's but it was since scrapped after WW2. It is hard to locate a C. Succirubra plant here in OZ except for the bark or the powder. Indonesia is the nearest country who have sizeable plantation of C. Succirubra for export. Good luck.

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Time: 28th February 2018 1:15pm

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craftlingife says...
Thank you for the in depth response. i am in Qld and maybe there is hope to locate a plant locally. Do you have an idea where the old plantation was located? I will inquire with qld Bio-security to see if it is controlled.

Thanks so much for your help

Time: 7th March 2018 1:15pm

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Fruitylicious1 says...
Hi Craft

There was another cinchona succirubra plantation besides Qld. It was called Poett's Coffee and Cinchona Plantation between 1873-1927 located at Rum Jungle, N.T. near the Finiss river.

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Time: 9th March 2018 8:06pm

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brisbane4000 says...
Dear Cinchona plants keeper


Time: 4th April 2020 8:32am

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Michal says...
Wow! Cinchona fruits in Melbourne. Lucky you! Were the seeds viable? Is there any way to get any?

Time: 6th May 2023 9:03pm

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