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Q. Which among the following is a drug for malaria obtained from the bark of the cinchona tree?
Answer: Quinine
Notes: Quinine, a wonder drug for malaria, was formerly obtained almost wholly from the bark of the cinchona tree growing in the tropical forests in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. Today Indonesia is among the leading producers of this drug from plantations.

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