Cinchona bark
- Price: Rs.500/Kg
About the Organisation
From Director's Desk
Cinchona cultivation in the Bengal Presidency was begun under the direction of Dr. Thomson Anderson, Superintendent of the Royal Botanical Garden, Calcutta. Subsequently to the death of Dr. Anderson, the Darjeeling plantation has been under the charge of Dr. Anderson’s successors, viz., Mr. O. B. Clarke, during 1870 and 1871, and Dr. George King, since the latter date. The cultivation of Cinchona in Darjeeling was commenced in 1861-62. The object of Government in maintaining these plantations was to supply the hospitals and the people with a cheap remedy for malarial fever. In the year 1906, the Government Cinchona Plantation comprise the following : (1) the Rangju Valley block, consisting of the Rangbi and Mungpoo Divisions, which together measure about 900 acres, containing nearly over 2 million plants, of which more than a million and half are Cinchona (calisaya) ledgeriana, nearly half a million of hybrid, and the remainder of Cinchona succirubra ; (2) the Rayang Valley block, consisting of the Sitong and Labdah Divisions which together comprise an area of about 600 acres, with over 200,000 plants, more than half of which are Cinchona succirubra and hybrid, and the remainder Cinchona (calisaya)ledgeriana; and (3) the Rangju Valley block comprising the Mungpoo Division.
